Chapter 1
Appearances
Wufei Chang sat in the pilot seat of his space pod as he flew through his watch area for the millionth time on his millionth mission. Suddenly the ships alarm went off announcing, loudly, that there was debris in close proximity to his pod. He immediately switched the alarm off and switched on his scanner to find out what it was. 'It's probably just a meteoroid.' Wufei thought as the scanner tried to find out what the anomaly was. He looked out his window and saw 'destroyed mobile suit parts. Well that solves what I found, should probably report this.' As he was about to contact base the scanner alarm went off. 'What the? Substance unknown? How can that be? Now I should really contact base and pick up that sample.'
"Agent water, here. What's up agent zero two?"
"Sally we might have two problems here, and one of them is bigger than the other."
"All right then give me the bigger one first."
"Brace yourself. The scanner, just, found an unknown substance and I'm just now picking up the sample."
"And the smaller problem?"
"It look's like some ones trying to amass a force to take control over the Earth Sphere."
"Right then, get back here A.S.A.P. and we'll meet with the rest of the preventers' over these two new problems."
"Roger that, agent zero two out."
'I wonder what the implications of this substance could mean?' Thought Wufei.
~*~
Elsewhere; "Sir. Excuse me I have some important news. Sir."
"What is it, Lieutenant?"
"Sir. The 'M' squad was destroyed on route to the rally point. Sir"
"How?"
"Sir. First reports say an unknown, unidentified enemy destroyed them. Sir."
"How many enemy units?"
"Sir. The first reports say maybe…one. Sir."
"One?"
"Sir. Yes. Sir."
"Leave me."
"Sir."
The soldier salutes, turns around and leaves the dark room. The leader hidden in the darkness rest his elbows on his desk, and supports his head with his hands.
'How could one unit destroy an entire squad of 30 units and not be seen; If the Gundam's were still around that might be an explanation. But they're long gone, so what could have done this to my elites. I wonder?'
~*~
Relena Dorilan sat in the back of her car as she was brought back to her mansion after another long day of negotiations.
"I wonder how every one is doing? I haven't heard from any of the pilots or Milliardo for far too long. Maybe I should visit to check up on them, to see how they're doing."
"That sounds like an excellent idea Ms. Relena. Should I schedule the trips for you once we get home?"
"That would be perfect Pagan, thank you." 'I wonder if anyone has seen Heero.'
"Where would you like to go first Ms. Relena?"
"Oh I don't know why don't you surprise me. I've always liked a little mystery in my life."
As the car drove along, a figure watched from the forest.
"Five, four, three, two, one, and now."
Just then the car engine started to stall and clucked to a stop.
'She'll be perfect for leading me to the others except for "him." I'll have to find "him" myself. Five, four, three, two, one. Time for my appearance.'
A man of twenty rode out of the forest on a motorcycle. He's six foot even, has jet-black hair, and clothes to match. He walked towards Relena's car, stopped at the driver window, bent down and tapped on the glass.
"Car trouble?"
"Why, yes I was just about to check the engine."
"You know what; why don't you just pop the hood and let me take a look. I'm pretty handy at fixing things?"
"That's very kind of you, thank you."
The man waved behind the hood and said. "You're just lucky I came by, I've heard this is a very dangerous stretch of road. It's my pleasure."
The man spent several minutes under the hood, then stood up, slammed the hood and said, "Try it now."
Sure enough the engine started and the man grinned at his handy work.
"You know I don't mean to pry but you're that Dorilan woman from TV aren't you?"
"You guessed it." She smiled
"Is your estate far? My bikes running on fumes and I'd hate to be stranded. If it's not any trouble."
"Actually we're very close, why don't you ride along side us and stay there."
"Oh, I wouldn't impose on you like that Ms. Dorilan. Just let me use you phone too call a tow and I'll be out of your hair."
"No trouble at all it's a very big house and I would love some company for a change. And please call me Relena."
"Alright, alright you win I'll stay over the night but that's it. I wouldn't want to be a bother."
"Let's just get home and we'll see if you changed your mind about staying longer. You might like my mansion, it's got everything you could want and more."
"Ok, lets go, lead the way."
Pagan closed the windows and spoke quietly to Relena.
"Are you sure about him Ms. Relena; trusting a complete stranger you just met? Even though it's your nature, you should be more cautious now that you're an important figure in politics."
"Of course I am, Pagan. You should learn to relax and trust people."
"If you say so Ms. Relena."
'That went better then I had hoped. What a kind heart she has, even though she has gone through so much pain. Well I have to move fast I only have a short time to get enough of her trust to let me come with her on her visits.'
~*~
The next morning Relena woke to the smell of bacon, eggs, and pancakes. 'Pagan, didn't have to get up so early to make me breakfast.'
She thought as she prepared for the day. As she left her room she came across Pagan coming from his room.
"Pagan? I thought you were downstairs finishing breakfast."
"Why no Ms. Relena. I just woke to prepare breakfast, but is seems our guest has beaten me to the punch."
They both walked downstairs to find their guest setting the table for the two of them.
"Oh, good morning. How did you sleep? Well, I hope. I decided to make you breakfast since it's the least I could do for your kindness."
"You shouldn't have but thank you anyway. Aren't you going to eat?"
"I ate when I got up with the sun."
"Really?"
"Yep…God. I can't believe I've been so rude I never introduced my self. My name is Gabriel, but my friends call me Gabe. Oh, my tow should be here in an hour. We'll if you'll excuse me I'm going to finish reading the news."
"He's almost too much. And we just found out his name." Said Relena after Gabriel had left the room.
"Yes he is quite a character."
"Oh, let me know if you want seconds once you're done." Gabriel yelled from the kitchen.
The pair barely finished the first course, so they never asked for seconds. Twenty minutes later Relena finally found Gabriel in his bathroom. She heard water, she knew better but wanted to talk to this strange man that had stumbled over them in the middle of nowhere.
"What are you doing in there?" She asked through the door.
"Doesn't the running water give it away?" He yelled back.
"So what were you doing on that road anyway?"
"I figured you'd ask that sooner or later. Actually I was headed home for the weekend." He stated.
"You mean you don't work weekends?"
"Nope, I'm one of the lucky few." He said happily
"Well why are you in such a hurry to leave if you have the whole weekend to yourself? You're welcome to stay with us as long as you want."
"Like I said before I don't want to be a bother." The water stopped.
"Would you like me to go outside so you can change?"
"No that's okay I do have a walk in closet after all don't I? Besides it would interrupt the flow of the conversation."
The door opened and Relena stepped back in an automatic reaction and gasped mentally. She quickly took in what she saw: a masculine chest, twelve pack, and not a sign of body hair anywhere. She fought and lost as her eyes automatically went downward, and stopped at where skin met cloth. She felt her face warm slightly as he walked towards his closet. As soon as the door closed behind him she shook her head in a futile attempt to wash her thoughts from her head.
(A/N): Hey you can't fight your body's automatic chemicals!
'At least he didn't notice; I would've been really embarrassed then. Quick think other thoughts: cold shower, space, my job, Heero. Damn it. There he is again, why can't I forget about him, girl, you'll never see him again if he doesn't want me to see him.'
"So you're still set on leaving?"
"Unless you give me a better reason to stay than the pleasure of my company."
"Wait a minute." She leaves and goes to talk to Pagan. "Pagan can I leave today on my trip to visit the others?"
"Of course Ms. Relena why?" Relena interrupted him mid-sentence.
"Perfect, book it for two."
"Certainly Ms. Relena. May I ask who will be going with you?"
"Gabriel." She said as she quickly left to tell him of her idea.
"Well?" he asked when she nearly ran him down.
"How would you like to visit space, and some of my closest friend's?"
"No politics?"
"None."
"I don't know." He said rubbing his chin.
"I promise you'll like every one of them."
"Well…okay." Pagan enters.
"When do we leave Pagan?"
"Two hours."
"Perfect, thank you Pagan."
'Perfect.' Thought Gabriel.
"Are you going to wear that to visit your friends?" He asks questioning her attire. She is wearing a long, tan, silk dress and a tan button down with sleeves that go to her elbows.
"Yes why?"
"Show me what else you packed to wear."
She brings him to her bedroom.
"In the suitcase. What's wrong with what I'm wearing?"
"It's all to formal. Do you have any normal clothes?"
"Those are my normal clothes."
"Then we'll just have to get you a new wardrobe for this trip. Your look needs to loosen up."
Appearances
Wufei Chang sat in the pilot seat of his space pod as he flew through his watch area for the millionth time on his millionth mission. Suddenly the ships alarm went off announcing, loudly, that there was debris in close proximity to his pod. He immediately switched the alarm off and switched on his scanner to find out what it was. 'It's probably just a meteoroid.' Wufei thought as the scanner tried to find out what the anomaly was. He looked out his window and saw 'destroyed mobile suit parts. Well that solves what I found, should probably report this.' As he was about to contact base the scanner alarm went off. 'What the? Substance unknown? How can that be? Now I should really contact base and pick up that sample.'
"Agent water, here. What's up agent zero two?"
"Sally we might have two problems here, and one of them is bigger than the other."
"All right then give me the bigger one first."
"Brace yourself. The scanner, just, found an unknown substance and I'm just now picking up the sample."
"And the smaller problem?"
"It look's like some ones trying to amass a force to take control over the Earth Sphere."
"Right then, get back here A.S.A.P. and we'll meet with the rest of the preventers' over these two new problems."
"Roger that, agent zero two out."
'I wonder what the implications of this substance could mean?' Thought Wufei.
~*~
Elsewhere; "Sir. Excuse me I have some important news. Sir."
"What is it, Lieutenant?"
"Sir. The 'M' squad was destroyed on route to the rally point. Sir"
"How?"
"Sir. First reports say an unknown, unidentified enemy destroyed them. Sir."
"How many enemy units?"
"Sir. The first reports say maybe…one. Sir."
"One?"
"Sir. Yes. Sir."
"Leave me."
"Sir."
The soldier salutes, turns around and leaves the dark room. The leader hidden in the darkness rest his elbows on his desk, and supports his head with his hands.
'How could one unit destroy an entire squad of 30 units and not be seen; If the Gundam's were still around that might be an explanation. But they're long gone, so what could have done this to my elites. I wonder?'
~*~
Relena Dorilan sat in the back of her car as she was brought back to her mansion after another long day of negotiations.
"I wonder how every one is doing? I haven't heard from any of the pilots or Milliardo for far too long. Maybe I should visit to check up on them, to see how they're doing."
"That sounds like an excellent idea Ms. Relena. Should I schedule the trips for you once we get home?"
"That would be perfect Pagan, thank you." 'I wonder if anyone has seen Heero.'
"Where would you like to go first Ms. Relena?"
"Oh I don't know why don't you surprise me. I've always liked a little mystery in my life."
As the car drove along, a figure watched from the forest.
"Five, four, three, two, one, and now."
Just then the car engine started to stall and clucked to a stop.
'She'll be perfect for leading me to the others except for "him." I'll have to find "him" myself. Five, four, three, two, one. Time for my appearance.'
A man of twenty rode out of the forest on a motorcycle. He's six foot even, has jet-black hair, and clothes to match. He walked towards Relena's car, stopped at the driver window, bent down and tapped on the glass.
"Car trouble?"
"Why, yes I was just about to check the engine."
"You know what; why don't you just pop the hood and let me take a look. I'm pretty handy at fixing things?"
"That's very kind of you, thank you."
The man waved behind the hood and said. "You're just lucky I came by, I've heard this is a very dangerous stretch of road. It's my pleasure."
The man spent several minutes under the hood, then stood up, slammed the hood and said, "Try it now."
Sure enough the engine started and the man grinned at his handy work.
"You know I don't mean to pry but you're that Dorilan woman from TV aren't you?"
"You guessed it." She smiled
"Is your estate far? My bikes running on fumes and I'd hate to be stranded. If it's not any trouble."
"Actually we're very close, why don't you ride along side us and stay there."
"Oh, I wouldn't impose on you like that Ms. Dorilan. Just let me use you phone too call a tow and I'll be out of your hair."
"No trouble at all it's a very big house and I would love some company for a change. And please call me Relena."
"Alright, alright you win I'll stay over the night but that's it. I wouldn't want to be a bother."
"Let's just get home and we'll see if you changed your mind about staying longer. You might like my mansion, it's got everything you could want and more."
"Ok, lets go, lead the way."
Pagan closed the windows and spoke quietly to Relena.
"Are you sure about him Ms. Relena; trusting a complete stranger you just met? Even though it's your nature, you should be more cautious now that you're an important figure in politics."
"Of course I am, Pagan. You should learn to relax and trust people."
"If you say so Ms. Relena."
'That went better then I had hoped. What a kind heart she has, even though she has gone through so much pain. Well I have to move fast I only have a short time to get enough of her trust to let me come with her on her visits.'
~*~
The next morning Relena woke to the smell of bacon, eggs, and pancakes. 'Pagan, didn't have to get up so early to make me breakfast.'
She thought as she prepared for the day. As she left her room she came across Pagan coming from his room.
"Pagan? I thought you were downstairs finishing breakfast."
"Why no Ms. Relena. I just woke to prepare breakfast, but is seems our guest has beaten me to the punch."
They both walked downstairs to find their guest setting the table for the two of them.
"Oh, good morning. How did you sleep? Well, I hope. I decided to make you breakfast since it's the least I could do for your kindness."
"You shouldn't have but thank you anyway. Aren't you going to eat?"
"I ate when I got up with the sun."
"Really?"
"Yep…God. I can't believe I've been so rude I never introduced my self. My name is Gabriel, but my friends call me Gabe. Oh, my tow should be here in an hour. We'll if you'll excuse me I'm going to finish reading the news."
"He's almost too much. And we just found out his name." Said Relena after Gabriel had left the room.
"Yes he is quite a character."
"Oh, let me know if you want seconds once you're done." Gabriel yelled from the kitchen.
The pair barely finished the first course, so they never asked for seconds. Twenty minutes later Relena finally found Gabriel in his bathroom. She heard water, she knew better but wanted to talk to this strange man that had stumbled over them in the middle of nowhere.
"What are you doing in there?" She asked through the door.
"Doesn't the running water give it away?" He yelled back.
"So what were you doing on that road anyway?"
"I figured you'd ask that sooner or later. Actually I was headed home for the weekend." He stated.
"You mean you don't work weekends?"
"Nope, I'm one of the lucky few." He said happily
"Well why are you in such a hurry to leave if you have the whole weekend to yourself? You're welcome to stay with us as long as you want."
"Like I said before I don't want to be a bother." The water stopped.
"Would you like me to go outside so you can change?"
"No that's okay I do have a walk in closet after all don't I? Besides it would interrupt the flow of the conversation."
The door opened and Relena stepped back in an automatic reaction and gasped mentally. She quickly took in what she saw: a masculine chest, twelve pack, and not a sign of body hair anywhere. She fought and lost as her eyes automatically went downward, and stopped at where skin met cloth. She felt her face warm slightly as he walked towards his closet. As soon as the door closed behind him she shook her head in a futile attempt to wash her thoughts from her head.
(A/N): Hey you can't fight your body's automatic chemicals!
'At least he didn't notice; I would've been really embarrassed then. Quick think other thoughts: cold shower, space, my job, Heero. Damn it. There he is again, why can't I forget about him, girl, you'll never see him again if he doesn't want me to see him.'
"So you're still set on leaving?"
"Unless you give me a better reason to stay than the pleasure of my company."
"Wait a minute." She leaves and goes to talk to Pagan. "Pagan can I leave today on my trip to visit the others?"
"Of course Ms. Relena why?" Relena interrupted him mid-sentence.
"Perfect, book it for two."
"Certainly Ms. Relena. May I ask who will be going with you?"
"Gabriel." She said as she quickly left to tell him of her idea.
"Well?" he asked when she nearly ran him down.
"How would you like to visit space, and some of my closest friend's?"
"No politics?"
"None."
"I don't know." He said rubbing his chin.
"I promise you'll like every one of them."
"Well…okay." Pagan enters.
"When do we leave Pagan?"
"Two hours."
"Perfect, thank you Pagan."
'Perfect.' Thought Gabriel.
"Are you going to wear that to visit your friends?" He asks questioning her attire. She is wearing a long, tan, silk dress and a tan button down with sleeves that go to her elbows.
"Yes why?"
"Show me what else you packed to wear."
She brings him to her bedroom.
"In the suitcase. What's wrong with what I'm wearing?"
"It's all to formal. Do you have any normal clothes?"
"Those are my normal clothes."
"Then we'll just have to get you a new wardrobe for this trip. Your look needs to loosen up."