Dedication: To all who love Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell and Trowa Barton... YOU ALL RULE!!!!
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~~Chapter 4~~
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~Double the prey, double the dough~
" I see no point in bringing him back. I mean... why? " one of the pilots asked suddenly, glancing back at Wufei from over their shoulder.
Wufei wrinkled his nose, " Just fly this thing there... no questions... "
" Alright.. "
Wufei turned his head to the side, staring out at the stars and blackness that swept past them as they flew towards the L1 Colony. He frowned lightly and then sighed heavily.
' Maybe I shouldn't be doing this... what could possibly happen to Earth if I brought Heero back with me... '
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Trowa blinked and then frowned lightly at Quatre, " What exactly do you mean by that? We aren't going to be around to see tomorrow? "
Dorothy licked her lips and nodded, " Yes, what exactly did you mean... "
" I'm scared now, you guys... " Catherine whispered, shrinking back into her chair.
Trowa walked across the room and sat down beside her, bringing her close, wrapping an arm around her shoulder, " Don't be. We'll keep you safe... "
" If we can keep ourselves safe first, Trowa... " Quatre spoke up finally, glancing over at him.
Trowa's frown from before deepened, " Now what the hell is that suppose to mean, Quatre?! We're not going to die or something just because Heero's going to be coming here... "
Quatre jerked his left brow up in question, " Do you honestly think so, Trowa? Do you think we're safe from him? From the destruction he could do to this planet? Heero's meant to stay in outer space where he belongs... "
Trowa scowled, " Heero's free to do as he pleases, to come and go as he pleases... you shouldn't be this way. What's wrong with you, Quatre? "
Quatre shook his head, " Perhaps your right. Perhaps I'm even right... who knows? Just forget about it for now... "
" Quatre... you started it, so... just finish it by telling us what's going on... " Dorothy calmly spoke.
Quatre looked at her, feeling everyone's eyes on him. He nodded, " I'm sorry... perhaps you're right, Dorothy... there's just something that I had received in the mail... by the federal express actually. It's out in the main hallway... "
Trowa silently rose from the couch and left the room to return only seconds later, large enveloppe in hand, eyeing it curiously. Catherine and Dorothy looked up at him, curious as well. Quatre only stood there, a hand running over his face and then being plowed through his blonde hair.
Trowa turned the enveloppe around a few times before ripping the top off and then reaching inside to pull out the handful of pictures and documents.
" What are these... " he asked, flipping through the pictures, just standing in the doorway.
Quatre walked over to him and sighed heavily, " They're from the thirteenth constellation.... "
Trowa glanced up from the pictures, " Thirteenth constellation? Isn't that where the Gundams came from? "
" I'm not all entirely sure... " Quatre sighed.
" But what do they have to do with Heero being on Earth? " Catherine asked.
" It doesn't matter if he's on Earth now... what matters is that they don't get their hands on him... "
" Whoa, whoa, whoa! " Trowa shouted, pictures in one hand and documents in the other as he raised them to silence everyone. " Are you trying to say that someone wants Heero dead? "
Quatre swallowed and remained silent, keeping his eyes glued to the ground. Dorothy walked up to him, placing a light hand on his forearm.
" Is it, Quatre? " Trowa asked, his voice firm as he stared at Quatre.
Quatre slowly nodded his head, lifting his eyes from the ground to meet Trowa's blazing sea-green ones, " Y-yeah.... "
" But why? Who could possibly want him dead? " Catherine asked, standing from the couch to stare at Trowa then at Quatre.
" The same person who wants Relena Peacecraft dead as well... " a deep rich voice lacking humor this time said from the doorway....
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' Goddammnit! Where could she have decided to run off to this time? ' Heero thought to himself as he rudely pushed past some loitering scientists as he ran through the narrow hallway towards room twenty-three.
As soon as he stopped in front of it, he didn't wait for any invitation. He slammed his fist down onto the airlock, the door sliding open immediately upon touch. Heero stepped into the room with caution in case she was standing there ready to take his head off with a heelkick. He reached over and switched on the light that lit up half the room, the half where the large queen-size bed was situated.
Heero walked to the middle of the room, taking in the mess with narrowed prussian blue eyes. The computer in the corner had a large hole in the top hand corner of the monitor, the wall behind it had another large hole in it, small droplets of dry blood decorating the edges of the bullet hole and the ground where he and Relena... was covered in blood, her blood.
He shook his head and then crouched down to the blood stained carpet to run his fingers over it. The crusted blood made a strange and odd scraping sound that seemed to echo throughout the room loudly, causing Heero to cringe slightly.
" Where could she have gone to? I don't think I'm going to find her in this large building and besides... I have a mission to complete... " he muttered to himself as he jumped off the ground and made his way to the door to find Chang Wufei standing there, somber look on his face as he watched Heero stop and face him, uncertainty in his prussian blue eyes.
" Wufei! What are you doing here? "
" I've come to take you back to Earth, Heero... " Wufei stated flatly.
Heero blinked, " Why? Who sent you? "
" No one sent me.... well, maybe someone did, but that's not the point. The point is that you're suppose to come back to Earth with me right now... "
Heero shook his head and then brushed past Wufei to begin running down the hallway, " I don't have time to go back. " he shouted over his shoulder.
Wufei narrowed his eyes and then chased after him, " Why's that, Yuy? " he called after him.
" I have to find Relena... " he called back disappearing around a corner and disappearing behind the first door he spotted - the showering area.
Wufei crinkled his nose and followed, trying to match his pace....
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Steam. It was everywhere. Fogging up the mirrors that lined the far walls, causing the edges of the sinks to be covered with a heavy condensation. Heero blinked and then coughed lightly at the lack of air that was circulating, or trying to, the showers. He noticed that there was only one shower on in the back room and he wipe his arm over his forehead, walking slowly towards the one shower that was turned on.
" Heero? " Wufei called out uncertain as he stepped into the showers and then began to cough because of the steam. " Heero? Where'd you? "
Heero frowned and glanced down at the clothes laying on the black and white tiled floor. He knitted his brow and then glanced up at the fogged up shower door, taking note of the damp towels hanging over the top of the shower door. Heero scratched his chin and then reached out to knock loudly on the shower door.
Heero waited for someone to respond. Wufei came up behind him, glancing down at the discarded pants and shirt and frowned, a hand over his mouth and nose.
" What's going on, Heero? They obviously can't hear you... " Wufei shouted over the pelting of the shower.
Heero ignored him. Scowling at the person who didn't answer him. He reached out and yanked open the shower door, the scowl completely wiped from his hard features to be replaced with one of surprise and complete and utter shock at what he saw before him. Wufei watched Heero's back, watched how the muscles bunched and tensed together as soon as he had gotten the door open.
" What is it? " he asked lightly.
Heero ignored him again and stepped into the shower, the steaming hot water burning into his back, but he pushed it away as he turned the shower off, his thick dark brown unruly strands sticking to his forehead as he turned around and crouched down in front of Relena, her legs under his rear as he leaned over but stopped as he saw the puffy purple flesh surrounding the hole.
Wufei's eyes went wide, " Holy shit... " he muttered outloud, crouching to the ground beside her as well. " Who is she? "
Heero brought his hand to the bullet wound he had put in her, scarring her beautiful body forever. He extended a finger and gingerly applied pressure to it, instantly breaking the blisters around the bullet wound quickly, a light, almost whiteish colour of blood trickling down the front of her pale breasts.
He then reached up and pressed to fingers to her neck, trying to find a pulse. He found one. A very faint one, but at least she was still alive. Now Dr. J wouldn't kill him for killing off his newest toy. Heero smirked and over glanced at Wufei who couldn't take his eyes off her face and her body that was half sitting, half laying.
" Wufei, pass me the towels on the stall door above you... " he asked in a flat voice, eyeing Relena's pale face, taking in the dark circles that had begun to form under her eyes, the blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
Wufei stood up and grabbed the towels before tossing them onto Heero's head. Heero scowled at him and then unfolded one to wrap around Relena's naked body before lifting her off the ground and into his arms. Wufei stepped aside, watching Heero's face as he held the girl close to his slightly damp body.
" Are you going to be coming with me? " Wufei asked as he followed Heero from the showers, dropping the other towel onto Relena's chest, falling in step with the ex-Wing Zero pilot.
Heero kept his hard, unwavering gaze ahead, " I don't know. I suppose.... I might as well. When are you leaving? "
" As soon as possible. Trowa wants to see you desperately.... says something about not being able to reach you on the phone at your dorm on Earth..."
Heero snorted and then stepped through a door that slid open. Wufei frowned lightly and followed, " Will you be coming alone? Or will you be bringing her? "
Dr. J looked up from the papers he had in his hand, his left hand that was more like a claw, scratching his brow lightly, but then dropped in complete surprise as Heero strode into the room, Relena carried limply in his arms. He jumped up from his chair and rushed over to them.
" Found her in the shower like this... " Heero stated simply.
" After that horrible scream sounded? "
Heero nodded, " Yeah... "
" Well then... bring her into the back room, behind my office... " Dr. J said over his shoulder as he turned from Heero and Wufei to slap his good hand down onto a button after he opened a drawer in his desk.
To their right, a loud whoosh sound was heard as the large bookshelf lining the wall slid open enough for them to walk through without touching the sides or the wall. Dr. J quickly disappeared into the secret room, his raspy voice calling for them to hurry it up. Wufei glanced at Heero and then Heero left him to stand there watching them leave.
Heero shifted his body to the side and walked into the room, bringing in Relena's arms close to her body so they wouldn't bump into the sides of the wall. He found Dr. J standing in front of a control panel, his good hand skimming along the large keyboard, his long fingers moving with grace across the keyboard.
" On the table... over there.. " he called over to Heero as he felt the ex-gundam pilots presence in the room.
Heero remained silent as he did what he was told. Walking over to the long metal table, he placed Relena in the middle of it, letting her arms lay at her sides, her face facing the bright light above. Dr. J pressed a few more buttons before a loud mechanical whining was heard. Two large, long metalic arms flew past Heero's head, grazing his scalp as they flew to Relena's body.
Heero was a little shocked and took a few steps back, eyeing the two arms curiously, wondering how they were possibly going to get Relena's shoulder as good as new. Dr. J let out a loud evil chuckle, watching Heero's tense back as he backed up towards him.
" Don't worry, my boy! They will make her all new, her skin will be as smooth as it was before and there will be nothing wrong with her. "
Heero whirled around to face him, " How will they fix her up to be as good as new? " he questioned.
Dr. J hit a button and a small screen slid out of the control panel, just in front of them. Heero walked over to it and stared down into it, watching as the two mechanical arms went to work, first inserting a smaller pair of hands into the bullet wound to fix up the damaged bone, then to piece back together the torn muscles with lasers, then laser back the ripped veins, then piece the flesh, layer by layer.
" How did you come up with this? " Heero asked Dr. J as he watched the arms go to work on her back wound now.
Dr. J just merely shrugged and grinned sardonically, " That's not really a concern, now is it, Heero? All that matters, is that she's going to be alright... "
" Too bad I didn't kill her like I had vowed to do.. " he simply said, turning away from Dr. J and the control panel to brush past a confused Wufei to head to his room to grab his gun and then make his way to the spaceport for the departure for Earth...
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" Sir! New documents on Heero Yuy... as requested... " a young soldier the age of nineteen reported as he walked swiftly into the large office, slapping a large enveloppe full of pictures.
" Good... and the girl? " the man sitting in the leather chair asked.
" As requested... "
" Good! Very good... "
" Sir! "
" What happened to assasinating her, Bings? " the man asked, turning the chair around so that he could stare at the young soldier.
Bings Birkett swallowed, " S-sir... I have no availible information for you at this time, sir! "
" Is that so? " the man inquired with the jerk of his left dark brow.
Bings nodded. Jeremy Wilkins crinkled his nose in digust, his soft silver eyes narrowing in disgust as he eyed the enveloppe sitting in front of him.
" Are they here at least? "
" I believe so, sir... "
" Good. Get them! " Jeremy snapped, two fingers tightly gripping the bridge of his nose.
Bings left the room quickly to return with three men, two short, the other tall, obviously the leader. Jeremy looked up at them and then plastered a fake smile to his thin hard lips.
" Boys! " he greeted them with false cheerfulness. " How great of you to show up... have you completed your mission? "
The leader snorted and leaned forward, placing a hand on the nicely polished black desk. He pulled back his upper lip in a sneer, " Where's our money, Wilkins? " he spat.
The smile was wiped quickly from Jeremy's face as he glared hard at the man, " No completed mission, Barge, no money. It's as simple as that. Did you or did you not, complete the goddamned mission?! " he shouted at them, his patience running thin.
Barge stood up and crossed his arms over his large chest, " Wilkins... we did as you had asked. Now, where's our goddamn fucking money!?! "
Jeremy shot up from his chair, his hands flat on the top of his desk as he glowered at Barge, " Proof, Barge! Prove to me that she's dead and not running around the Earth and Colonies!! " he screamed back.
The two shorter men began to back away as did Bings. Barge closed his eyes and sighed in extreme exasperation. Jeremy reached down, his hands trembling with anger as he grabbed the remote to his T.V. and snapped his finger down onto the on/off button, turning on a T.V. to their right.
" Ms. Catelonia! Do you know if she really is alive? Do you know if Relena Peacecraft is still alive? " one anxious reporter asked into the microphone before thrusting it into Dorothy Catelonia's face as she tried to make her way towards her limo.
Dorothy stopped and looked at the reporter, her sky blue eyes twinkling with tears and from the flashes of the bulbs in the cameras that flashed off, just taking her photograph, waiting for her to answer them, to give them some kind of assurance.
" I... I don't know what to say. What can I say? Maybe she got away, maybe she didn't. Who knows, right? I don't know... " she replied smoothly, ducking away from the cameras and microphones as she shoved through the crowd, then disappeared into her limp gratefully.
Jeremy watched the look of horror slide into Barge's face, " Now... you wanna bypass that again to me about your completing the missoin of assasinating Relena Peacecraft and her family? "
Barge swallowed, suddenly fearing Jeremy, " Well, I... we did kill them. We even took the time to kill her foster mother as well. But.... "
" But what!? "
" But... I didn't exactly kill her as asked, I sho-- " Barge couldn't finish, he would never finish as his eyes went wide and he crumpled to the ground, a smoking hole in the middle of his eyebrows, the blood trickling down his nose and over his lips.
Jeremy cocked back the hammer and pulled the gun towards the short man on the left, " Now, explain to me what really happened out there in the Sanc Kingdom! "
The short man glanced at his friend for help, but his friend just stood there shaking.
" We killed them all... but I wasn't there to see what had happened to Relena Peacecraft. From what we were told from Barge, was that he shoved her into a closet and locked her in it. Then we burnt it all down.... "
Jeremy cocked an eyebrow, " Is that true? Was she still in there when it was burning? "
The short man named Mikey nodded, " Y-yeah! She was locked in there and then we set it all on fire before we got out... she should've died along with the others... "
" I see... " Jeremy said as he re-cocked the hammer and placed the gun on his desk.
Mikey let out a small breath of relief. Jeremy reached over to grab the enveloppe and rip the top off. He stuck his hand inside and yanked out two handfuls of photographs of Heero Yuy, scattering them out onto the top of his desk.
" This my good men, is our next prime target! You get him... your money doubles... and... " Jeremy said, letting his voice trail off dramatically, causing the two short men to walk up to the desk, stepping over Barge's twitching body. " this... is what I also want you to make as your prime target. You get them both.... your money triples... or higher! "
Mikey and the other short man named Scotty stared down at the picture that Jeremy had tossed to them... Relena Peacecraft in the arms of Heero Yuy, her head thrown back in passion as he suckled her, every detail perfect, right down to the swell of her left breast, the same code for the L1 Colony showing nicely in the back of the chair that was laying on it's side, just a few feet behind Relena and Heero....
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Author's Note: Well... if you're all wondering what's going on and why it's so freaked up at the moment... well, I can explain that to you... it's bringing out the plot!!! There! I explained it to you. *grins broadly from ear to ear* Anywho.... you have all met the guy who wants them both dead... a dirty son of a biotch.... the deal with Dorothy Catelonia in the last scene... it's part of the plot as well.. remember, I didn't explain to you about who walked in on them, telling them that it was the same guy that wanted Relena dead for Heero. You'll just have to wait until *Sagittarius Girl* complains about when the next chapter is going to come out. MWUAHAHAHAHHAA... I'm finished...