Regretting Nothing - Part 2
Author's Note: I would like to thank Shila for giving me the title for this piece. Even though she hasn't read all of it (because it hasn't all been posted) she has already hit on the major theme of this story. I am continuing for the five actually people who review it (that was at last count) and even for the people who don't review it. But, it's special for you five, you know who you are. Still continuing my story. This takes place the day after Relena walked out on her own life. There's a new character at the end.
Quatre had a meeting with Relena this morning, and he was already running late. Even if it was a Saturday. It seemed like Relena couldn't even get the weekend off these days. Her offices had no choice, but to schedule the meeting on a Saturday. Quatre didn't mind because he enjoyed having breakfast with Relena. However, Quatre received a call from the Preventers office this morning from Lady Une saying that there was an urgent matter that required his attention. He had an office at the Preventers. Just like all the other Gundam pilots, but everyone was able to do their own thing. Only Wufei worked regularly at the offices. Trowa was with the circus with his sister, Catherine. Quatre had to take care of his family business, which had expanded quite bit in such a short time. Duo had his salvage company to worry about.
Heero…well, he was no where to be found. He still had the right to an office, so it was open for him, and it even had his name on the door. The office was cleaned regularly, too. Even if Heero was never there. Either way, Quatre was in a hurry. 'What could be so important?' he thought as he practically ran into the building trying to get to the conference room. He could hear Duo complaining about having to come in on an early Saturday morning for Preventer business.
Quatre was surprise to find Wufei, Duo, and Trowa waiting for him. Lady Une looked as serious as ever. Quatre felt slightly embarrassed for coming to the meeting last. "I am sorry to keep you all waiting. I had to call Relena's offices and tell them that I was going to be late. I couldn't get through," Quarte said.
"There's a reason why you couldn't get through Quatre. It's because the of the fact that the office is in a panic this morning. Relena's missing," said Lady Une.
There was a collective gasp in the room. Lady Une had waited until all of the Gundam pilots, except for Heero, to arrive so that she wouldn't have to repeat herself.
"What do you mean missing? I just saw her at that state dinner last week," said Duo.
"What if she was kidnapped? Or worse…" said a very concerned Quatre.
"Don't think that way. We just have to find her," said Wufei in an attempt to comfort Quatre.
"That means that we'll have to go to her offices in Paris to look for clues," this came from Trowa, who appeared to be the calmest of the four.
"We should call in Heero," said Duo in a quiet voice, "He has a way of finding Relena in situations like these."
"We don't even know where Heero is. We can't reach him. None of us have heard from him in months. Besides, we should focus on looking for Relena. We can't be searching for two people at once," said Trowa.
"He's right. It would be a waste of time to look for Heero. Heero will come when he feels like it. The way he always does. We can't leave Relena out there to defend herself. She is just a woman after all, " said Wufei. He ignored the look that Lady Une gave him.
"Yes. Time is of the essence here. We can't let too much time flow by. When did someone notice that she was missing, Lady Une?" asked Quatre.
"Pegan. He called us this morning. Apparently, Relena never called for a ride back home last night. He came by earlier, but she said that she had some more work to do. But, she never called back. There's also something else. The entire computer network system is fried. Apparently, a very powerful virus was fed into the computer system. The entire network is down. The tech guys at the offices don't know when or how the virus made it into such a secured system. They were lucky that the virus just effected the system there," said Lady Une.
"Last night! Why didn't someone say anything sooner? What time exactly? How cold is the trail we're following?!" shouted Duo.
"She would have to have disappeared after seven because all the manual time cards were already punched. There was no one left in the offices. Except for Relena, she was suppose to be the last one to leave," reported Lady Une.
"Is the computer system being tampered with have something to do with Relena's sudden disappearance? Do you know how long it will take to unscramble the system and get it back on-line?" questioned Quarte.
"What about the security system? Was it active at the time? The cameras?" asked Wufei.
"We don't know for sure. It's possible that the system being infected had something do with Relena missing. The security system was ingrained with the rest of the network. We don't even know if it was active. We can't tell. Everything's all mixed up or missing. The cameras were active, but it too is scramble. It will take about six weeks for the system to be back up. I am trying to get them to work faster," said Lady Une.
"Missing?" said Trowa lifting an eyebrow.
"Yes. There is some data missing. Quite a bit actually. But, there's no way of telling which data is missing," answered Lady Une.
"Why would data be missing? Are you sure it wasn't stole?" asked Quatre.
"What is there to steal, Quatre? Relena's speech drafts?" said Wufei with a slight smirk on his face. Quatre let that one slide because it made sense. There wasn't anything really classified on the system. It wasn't stuff for national security.
"Well, let's not waste anymore time here. Shall we? We need to get to the offices in Paris and investigate," said Lady Une. With that they were dismissed.
* * *
Over the next two weeks, the four Gundam pilots work to find clues as to Relena's mysterious disappearance. There is no foul play involved. It was as if she just up and left without a word. Of course, this couldn't be confirm without the security camera footage. However, it was getting pressing to locate Relena. The press was already hounding the offices during the investigation. Lucky for the Preventers, they were able to keep Relena's absence from leaking to the press. Now, however, it had become increasingly imperative for the Preventers to bring in other agencies to help find her.
Quatre was done with the tech guys for the day. The tech guys were working tirelessly with Quatre to unscramble the system and to trace the virus's origins. It would be done in another week as oppose to another four weeks. He was walking towards his car to drive to his hotel to get some much deserve sleep. Quatre stopped when he spotted someone leaning against his shining BMW hybrid car (takes electricity and gas).
He was tall. He had deep blue eyes with an ever present glint of intensity. His brown unruly hair barely covered them. He was muscular in built. He was dressed in black jeans and he had a trench coat. It was Heero.
Quatre let out a gasp. "Heero?" he said in a shaky and surprised voice, "What are you doing here?"
"Relena's missing. What do you think?" Heero responded in the same cold voice he always uses.
"How did you find out?" asked Quatre.
"I always find out about things, Quatre. You should know that by now," Heero answered, "Did any of you find out more today?"
"Well, nothing much. We still haven't been able to unscramble the system. In order to find out about the missing files. We have to untangle the threads so to speak. Whomever design it was a good programmer. Here's the file so far, except for today's log in," said Quatre handing over the file to Heero.
Heero shook his head and waved away the file. "I know what the file already says. Besides, I would like to look into it myself," he said in almost a whisper.
Quarte looked at him surprised. "Are you sure you don't need any help, Heero?" he asked even though he was really tired.
"No."
With one more look at Heero's back as he walked into the elevator to get to the ground level of the office, Quarte got into his car and drove off.
'That was a surprise. Maybe, there is hope,' thought Quarte as he drove to his hotel.
* * *
Relena had finally arrive at her new university and new life after almost three weeks. She gazed at the campus' open lush gardens. To her it was the door way to the Garden of Eden. The way to her freedom and herself. However, there was little time to admire her surroundings for now. She can do that later. First, she had to find her dorm room and meet her new roommate. Relena had decided that she would experience life on campus as normal as possible. She was excited at her new freedom, and the new doors that were waiting to be opened for her.
Her school was a school that was almost only for those at genius level. She was going to savor this new experience. She was now daring and looked forward to meeting her new roommate. Relena had to get some new stuff, but that could wait. She had to see her new room and new roommate. 'I've never had a roommate before. I wonder what's it like. Will she be nice? I hope so,' she thought as she looked for her dorm. She found it and checked in. The girl at the counter give her directions to her room. Relena looked for the number. When she found the number, she took out the key, and unlocked the door.
There was a girl who was putting books on the shelf. She is petite and slim in built. The girl looks very exotic. Like a mixture of Asian and European features. Her skin is tawny. Her eyes are an amber color, and her hair was sort of a blondish brown. The girl looks up at Relena and gives her a warm smile and offers her hand. They both share a firm hand shake.
"My name is Angela Hart," she said with a British accent.
"Well, my name is Sidney Marquette. I guess I'm your roommate," said Relena.
Author's Note: I would like to thank Shila for giving me the title for this piece. Even though she hasn't read all of it (because it hasn't all been posted) she has already hit on the major theme of this story. I am continuing for the five actually people who review it (that was at last count) and even for the people who don't review it. But, it's special for you five, you know who you are. Still continuing my story. This takes place the day after Relena walked out on her own life. There's a new character at the end.
Quatre had a meeting with Relena this morning, and he was already running late. Even if it was a Saturday. It seemed like Relena couldn't even get the weekend off these days. Her offices had no choice, but to schedule the meeting on a Saturday. Quatre didn't mind because he enjoyed having breakfast with Relena. However, Quatre received a call from the Preventers office this morning from Lady Une saying that there was an urgent matter that required his attention. He had an office at the Preventers. Just like all the other Gundam pilots, but everyone was able to do their own thing. Only Wufei worked regularly at the offices. Trowa was with the circus with his sister, Catherine. Quatre had to take care of his family business, which had expanded quite bit in such a short time. Duo had his salvage company to worry about.
Heero…well, he was no where to be found. He still had the right to an office, so it was open for him, and it even had his name on the door. The office was cleaned regularly, too. Even if Heero was never there. Either way, Quatre was in a hurry. 'What could be so important?' he thought as he practically ran into the building trying to get to the conference room. He could hear Duo complaining about having to come in on an early Saturday morning for Preventer business.
Quatre was surprise to find Wufei, Duo, and Trowa waiting for him. Lady Une looked as serious as ever. Quatre felt slightly embarrassed for coming to the meeting last. "I am sorry to keep you all waiting. I had to call Relena's offices and tell them that I was going to be late. I couldn't get through," Quarte said.
"There's a reason why you couldn't get through Quatre. It's because the of the fact that the office is in a panic this morning. Relena's missing," said Lady Une.
There was a collective gasp in the room. Lady Une had waited until all of the Gundam pilots, except for Heero, to arrive so that she wouldn't have to repeat herself.
"What do you mean missing? I just saw her at that state dinner last week," said Duo.
"What if she was kidnapped? Or worse…" said a very concerned Quatre.
"Don't think that way. We just have to find her," said Wufei in an attempt to comfort Quatre.
"That means that we'll have to go to her offices in Paris to look for clues," this came from Trowa, who appeared to be the calmest of the four.
"We should call in Heero," said Duo in a quiet voice, "He has a way of finding Relena in situations like these."
"We don't even know where Heero is. We can't reach him. None of us have heard from him in months. Besides, we should focus on looking for Relena. We can't be searching for two people at once," said Trowa.
"He's right. It would be a waste of time to look for Heero. Heero will come when he feels like it. The way he always does. We can't leave Relena out there to defend herself. She is just a woman after all, " said Wufei. He ignored the look that Lady Une gave him.
"Yes. Time is of the essence here. We can't let too much time flow by. When did someone notice that she was missing, Lady Une?" asked Quatre.
"Pegan. He called us this morning. Apparently, Relena never called for a ride back home last night. He came by earlier, but she said that she had some more work to do. But, she never called back. There's also something else. The entire computer network system is fried. Apparently, a very powerful virus was fed into the computer system. The entire network is down. The tech guys at the offices don't know when or how the virus made it into such a secured system. They were lucky that the virus just effected the system there," said Lady Une.
"Last night! Why didn't someone say anything sooner? What time exactly? How cold is the trail we're following?!" shouted Duo.
"She would have to have disappeared after seven because all the manual time cards were already punched. There was no one left in the offices. Except for Relena, she was suppose to be the last one to leave," reported Lady Une.
"Is the computer system being tampered with have something to do with Relena's sudden disappearance? Do you know how long it will take to unscramble the system and get it back on-line?" questioned Quarte.
"What about the security system? Was it active at the time? The cameras?" asked Wufei.
"We don't know for sure. It's possible that the system being infected had something do with Relena missing. The security system was ingrained with the rest of the network. We don't even know if it was active. We can't tell. Everything's all mixed up or missing. The cameras were active, but it too is scramble. It will take about six weeks for the system to be back up. I am trying to get them to work faster," said Lady Une.
"Missing?" said Trowa lifting an eyebrow.
"Yes. There is some data missing. Quite a bit actually. But, there's no way of telling which data is missing," answered Lady Une.
"Why would data be missing? Are you sure it wasn't stole?" asked Quatre.
"What is there to steal, Quatre? Relena's speech drafts?" said Wufei with a slight smirk on his face. Quatre let that one slide because it made sense. There wasn't anything really classified on the system. It wasn't stuff for national security.
"Well, let's not waste anymore time here. Shall we? We need to get to the offices in Paris and investigate," said Lady Une. With that they were dismissed.
* * *
Over the next two weeks, the four Gundam pilots work to find clues as to Relena's mysterious disappearance. There is no foul play involved. It was as if she just up and left without a word. Of course, this couldn't be confirm without the security camera footage. However, it was getting pressing to locate Relena. The press was already hounding the offices during the investigation. Lucky for the Preventers, they were able to keep Relena's absence from leaking to the press. Now, however, it had become increasingly imperative for the Preventers to bring in other agencies to help find her.
Quatre was done with the tech guys for the day. The tech guys were working tirelessly with Quatre to unscramble the system and to trace the virus's origins. It would be done in another week as oppose to another four weeks. He was walking towards his car to drive to his hotel to get some much deserve sleep. Quatre stopped when he spotted someone leaning against his shining BMW hybrid car (takes electricity and gas).
He was tall. He had deep blue eyes with an ever present glint of intensity. His brown unruly hair barely covered them. He was muscular in built. He was dressed in black jeans and he had a trench coat. It was Heero.
Quatre let out a gasp. "Heero?" he said in a shaky and surprised voice, "What are you doing here?"
"Relena's missing. What do you think?" Heero responded in the same cold voice he always uses.
"How did you find out?" asked Quatre.
"I always find out about things, Quatre. You should know that by now," Heero answered, "Did any of you find out more today?"
"Well, nothing much. We still haven't been able to unscramble the system. In order to find out about the missing files. We have to untangle the threads so to speak. Whomever design it was a good programmer. Here's the file so far, except for today's log in," said Quatre handing over the file to Heero.
Heero shook his head and waved away the file. "I know what the file already says. Besides, I would like to look into it myself," he said in almost a whisper.
Quarte looked at him surprised. "Are you sure you don't need any help, Heero?" he asked even though he was really tired.
"No."
With one more look at Heero's back as he walked into the elevator to get to the ground level of the office, Quarte got into his car and drove off.
'That was a surprise. Maybe, there is hope,' thought Quarte as he drove to his hotel.
* * *
Relena had finally arrive at her new university and new life after almost three weeks. She gazed at the campus' open lush gardens. To her it was the door way to the Garden of Eden. The way to her freedom and herself. However, there was little time to admire her surroundings for now. She can do that later. First, she had to find her dorm room and meet her new roommate. Relena had decided that she would experience life on campus as normal as possible. She was excited at her new freedom, and the new doors that were waiting to be opened for her.
Her school was a school that was almost only for those at genius level. She was going to savor this new experience. She was now daring and looked forward to meeting her new roommate. Relena had to get some new stuff, but that could wait. She had to see her new room and new roommate. 'I've never had a roommate before. I wonder what's it like. Will she be nice? I hope so,' she thought as she looked for her dorm. She found it and checked in. The girl at the counter give her directions to her room. Relena looked for the number. When she found the number, she took out the key, and unlocked the door.
There was a girl who was putting books on the shelf. She is petite and slim in built. The girl looks very exotic. Like a mixture of Asian and European features. Her skin is tawny. Her eyes are an amber color, and her hair was sort of a blondish brown. The girl looks up at Relena and gives her a warm smile and offers her hand. They both share a firm hand shake.
"My name is Angela Hart," she said with a British accent.
"Well, my name is Sidney Marquette. I guess I'm your roommate," said Relena.