Here it is, the fifth chapter. So all the ex-Gundam pilots are regrouped. What does Noin have in mind? ^^ Find out! Don't forget to R&R!
~The Orders of Soldiers~
~*Force of the Future*~
Location: Somewhere on Earth
"News, Number Two?"
"Yes, sir. The Preventers are regrouping the former Gundam pilots."
Silence. "Really, Number Two?"
"Y-Yes sir. The Minister of Peace is on her way to Earth from Colony L1 with one of the pilots who was known to have managed the 01 and 00 model. Four other ships were dispatched from the other four colonies carrying one of the Gundam pilots."
Silence. "Hmm...thank you for telling me, Number Two. You will be rewarded."
"May I ask what you intend to do?"
"Certainly. I plan to rule the Earth, and trample over those who had tried to do so before me. The former OZ sector...Treize Kushrenada, rest his soul...his daughter, Mariameia, the little brat...hah! I will succeed where others had fallen! I will reign where others had crumbled in power. I will rule the world, Number Two, and in order to do so---"
"You must get rid of the Peace Ministry."
"Exactly! In fact, we must get rid of the one in charge of the ministry."
"Relena Peacecraft---"
"Exactly. And I'm putting you in charge to make sure that it does happen."
"Thank you, Number One."
Location: Preventers Headquarters, Earth
"Heero!" Quartre greeted as Heero and Relena entered Noin's office.
Relena was correct; the former Gundam pilots were all together again. Wufei was standing by the wall in a white buttoned shirt and black traditional Chinese pants, arms folded and grunting a hello with his eyes closed. Quatre was sipping tea and sitting on one of the lounge chairs, dressed peculiarly in a red t-shirt and beige pants. Trowa was standing towards the window, looking outside calmly in a blue turtleneck, vest and matching pants. His hair became a little less swift and was a little more messier than the last time either of them remembered. Duo was still Duo, in a pale green buttoned shirt and jeans.
"Well, if it isn't Heero Yuy," Duo said smarily.
"Hello, Duo," he said coldly.
Noin was seated on her desk, busy reading some latest reports and Zechs was floating behind her, reading some more reports. He was leaning startlingly closer than usual to Noin, and she didn't mind that. Relena was bedazzled but tried to ignore it.
"Preventer Noin...Brother," she greeted. "Mission accomplished."
Heero blinked; that was HIS line!
Noin nodded wearily, getting to her feet. "Alright, people," she stated. "I asked all of you to come here for a special purpose. As you all know, terrorists have been bombing Peace Ministry buildings with no ulterior motive, none at all. They've been keeping a lot of things out of the loop and they're covering their tracks pretty damn well."
"Figures," Duo remarked, "they are terrorists."
Zechs sighed. "The point is, you kids know things the Preventers will take months to figure out," he told them. "You were trained extensively to think, smell, hear and see like a soldier, so you know what you're looking for. Plus," he added, "in case of an emergancy, we may need you kids."
"Wow, the almighty Zechs needs help from five kids," Trowa murmured as he approached the group calmly and coolly before settling his gaze at the former OZ soldier. "That's unheard of."
"Trowa, you have a pretty dry sense of humour nowadays," Quatre pointed out.
"The point is," Noin stated, "we need your help. Your skills."
"Wow, I feel pretty special all of a sudden," Duo said happily.
"Don't you always?" Wufei snapped.
Heero shurgged. "No problem," he said calmly. "What do you want us to do?"
Noin nodded, handing each one a folder. "We want you to go undercover," she told them. "Each one of you has a package of a specific area. You will be assigned to that building and watch for anything suspicious. I'm betting my life on that they have undercover agents in those buildings." She turned to Relena. "You will brief the heads of those buildings."
Relena nodded. "Alright."
Zechs nodded as well. "Noin and I will be investigating in Amsterdam and most of the Eastern European countries," he told them. "Heero, you and Relena will be in Moscow, Russia and monitoring the situation there aand those involved in their former Republic. Duo, you have the North American continent, roughly in New Washington. Trowa, you have the South American continent, and will monitor from Nova San Juan. Quatre, you have the Arabian countries and parts of the Asian areas and Wufei, you have all of the Eastern and Southeastern Asia."
They nodded and looked at their files.
"Who will take care of the African and Australian Outbacks?" Relena asked.
"We have Preventer Une covering the Australian Outbacks and we called in Preventer Po coming in from Colony L5 to assist with the other preventers in the African continent," Noin replied. "You all have your orders. Carry them out to the best of your ability. We have to get those bastards for what they've done."
"Okay, Preventer Noin," Quatre said.
Wufei was scowling. "Geez, and she made me play messenger!"
No one understood what he was muttering about.
"Inside those folders are your information in regards to your area," she continued, "and your tickets. Round air fare. You will have a contact within that building who will help you search for any terrorists as well as keep you up to date of what's going on."
"I'm Relena's bodyguard?" Heero said out loud in mild surprise.
Relena was shocked, turning to Noin and Zechs for an answer.
Zechs was just as surprised. "What?!"
Noin shrugged, trying hard not to smile foolishly. "I didn't know what to do," she said softly. "Relena had those meetings this week with the Russian officials and it would have been suspicious if they were always caught dead together. At first, I though I'd put them as married---" That made Zechs go to the brink of insanity, "---but then I knew what your reaction would be. So, bodyguard it is." She turned to Heero.
Heero shrugged. "Alright, then."
Zechs glared a look that said "Do anything stupid and die."
Noin clapped her hands together. "Okay, you all have your specified missions," she told them. "Don't turn me down, people. You're dismissed."
Quatre said as they filed out, "Guess I'll be with you, Wufei."
Wufei grunted something in responce that was not human.
"Guess it'll be you and me, pal," Duo said cheerfully, putting his arm on Trowa's shoulder and whistling cheerfully behind the passive Quatre and the despaired Wufei.
Trowa, in return, looked down with curiousity at Duo's actions. "Do me a favour, Duo," he said calmly, "and put your hand down from my shoulder. I don't want people to think the wrong thing."
Duo did so automatically.
"Are you okay about this entire thing, Heero?" Relena asked calmly.
He shrugged. "This entire situation with the terrorists is unnerving," he admitted slowly as they walked behind the rest of the ex-Gundam pilots. "It worries me...how many people will pay the price before we hunt them down, I do not know."
Relena smiled partially. "I meant the entire arrangement."
He shrugged, trying desperately to hide the embarrassment. He had just blurted out his thoughts of the entire situation regardless of the arrangement Noin had made. "I am okay," he stated simply, to avoid any more confusion. "What worries me now is your safety."
Relena sighed. That was sweet, she thought as they walked down the corridor.
"Was that such a wise decision, putting my younger sister with that...guy?" Zechs demanded once they had disappeared from Noin's office. He was pacing back and forth like a paranoid man as he continued bitterly, "For God's sake, Noin, what were you thinking? He's the same age as Relena and at this point---"
"Is grown up to make their own decisions," Noin finished calmly as she tossed some papers aside and looked up at Zechs calmly. She had seen Zechs like this before, back at the Acadamy when they were training as OZ recruits. "If they choose do advance in their bond, then so be it. We can't do anything about it, you and I both know that."
"But---" he protested.
"They're no longer children, Zechs."
"Yes, but their minds aren't completely adults yet either," he countered.
"Zechs...please," she said wearily, rubbing her temples. "Just leave the topic alone. I've done enough for today and I don't wish to enter another debate just...about...now..." She swooned over in her chair, making Zechs reach out and catch her before hitting the floor.
"Noin...Noin!" he cried, before slapping the comm unit. "Call the hospital, now!"
~End of Chapter
No! Noin! Don't worry...so, what do u think? Pleaze review! Chapter six is in the making still, so hang on...
~The Orders of Soldiers~
~*Force of the Future*~
Location: Somewhere on Earth
"News, Number Two?"
"Yes, sir. The Preventers are regrouping the former Gundam pilots."
Silence. "Really, Number Two?"
"Y-Yes sir. The Minister of Peace is on her way to Earth from Colony L1 with one of the pilots who was known to have managed the 01 and 00 model. Four other ships were dispatched from the other four colonies carrying one of the Gundam pilots."
Silence. "Hmm...thank you for telling me, Number Two. You will be rewarded."
"May I ask what you intend to do?"
"Certainly. I plan to rule the Earth, and trample over those who had tried to do so before me. The former OZ sector...Treize Kushrenada, rest his soul...his daughter, Mariameia, the little brat...hah! I will succeed where others had fallen! I will reign where others had crumbled in power. I will rule the world, Number Two, and in order to do so---"
"You must get rid of the Peace Ministry."
"Exactly! In fact, we must get rid of the one in charge of the ministry."
"Relena Peacecraft---"
"Exactly. And I'm putting you in charge to make sure that it does happen."
"Thank you, Number One."
Location: Preventers Headquarters, Earth
"Heero!" Quartre greeted as Heero and Relena entered Noin's office.
Relena was correct; the former Gundam pilots were all together again. Wufei was standing by the wall in a white buttoned shirt and black traditional Chinese pants, arms folded and grunting a hello with his eyes closed. Quatre was sipping tea and sitting on one of the lounge chairs, dressed peculiarly in a red t-shirt and beige pants. Trowa was standing towards the window, looking outside calmly in a blue turtleneck, vest and matching pants. His hair became a little less swift and was a little more messier than the last time either of them remembered. Duo was still Duo, in a pale green buttoned shirt and jeans.
"Well, if it isn't Heero Yuy," Duo said smarily.
"Hello, Duo," he said coldly.
Noin was seated on her desk, busy reading some latest reports and Zechs was floating behind her, reading some more reports. He was leaning startlingly closer than usual to Noin, and she didn't mind that. Relena was bedazzled but tried to ignore it.
"Preventer Noin...Brother," she greeted. "Mission accomplished."
Heero blinked; that was HIS line!
Noin nodded wearily, getting to her feet. "Alright, people," she stated. "I asked all of you to come here for a special purpose. As you all know, terrorists have been bombing Peace Ministry buildings with no ulterior motive, none at all. They've been keeping a lot of things out of the loop and they're covering their tracks pretty damn well."
"Figures," Duo remarked, "they are terrorists."
Zechs sighed. "The point is, you kids know things the Preventers will take months to figure out," he told them. "You were trained extensively to think, smell, hear and see like a soldier, so you know what you're looking for. Plus," he added, "in case of an emergancy, we may need you kids."
"Wow, the almighty Zechs needs help from five kids," Trowa murmured as he approached the group calmly and coolly before settling his gaze at the former OZ soldier. "That's unheard of."
"Trowa, you have a pretty dry sense of humour nowadays," Quatre pointed out.
"The point is," Noin stated, "we need your help. Your skills."
"Wow, I feel pretty special all of a sudden," Duo said happily.
"Don't you always?" Wufei snapped.
Heero shurgged. "No problem," he said calmly. "What do you want us to do?"
Noin nodded, handing each one a folder. "We want you to go undercover," she told them. "Each one of you has a package of a specific area. You will be assigned to that building and watch for anything suspicious. I'm betting my life on that they have undercover agents in those buildings." She turned to Relena. "You will brief the heads of those buildings."
Relena nodded. "Alright."
Zechs nodded as well. "Noin and I will be investigating in Amsterdam and most of the Eastern European countries," he told them. "Heero, you and Relena will be in Moscow, Russia and monitoring the situation there aand those involved in their former Republic. Duo, you have the North American continent, roughly in New Washington. Trowa, you have the South American continent, and will monitor from Nova San Juan. Quatre, you have the Arabian countries and parts of the Asian areas and Wufei, you have all of the Eastern and Southeastern Asia."
They nodded and looked at their files.
"Who will take care of the African and Australian Outbacks?" Relena asked.
"We have Preventer Une covering the Australian Outbacks and we called in Preventer Po coming in from Colony L5 to assist with the other preventers in the African continent," Noin replied. "You all have your orders. Carry them out to the best of your ability. We have to get those bastards for what they've done."
"Okay, Preventer Noin," Quatre said.
Wufei was scowling. "Geez, and she made me play messenger!"
No one understood what he was muttering about.
"Inside those folders are your information in regards to your area," she continued, "and your tickets. Round air fare. You will have a contact within that building who will help you search for any terrorists as well as keep you up to date of what's going on."
"I'm Relena's bodyguard?" Heero said out loud in mild surprise.
Relena was shocked, turning to Noin and Zechs for an answer.
Zechs was just as surprised. "What?!"
Noin shrugged, trying hard not to smile foolishly. "I didn't know what to do," she said softly. "Relena had those meetings this week with the Russian officials and it would have been suspicious if they were always caught dead together. At first, I though I'd put them as married---" That made Zechs go to the brink of insanity, "---but then I knew what your reaction would be. So, bodyguard it is." She turned to Heero.
Heero shrugged. "Alright, then."
Zechs glared a look that said "Do anything stupid and die."
Noin clapped her hands together. "Okay, you all have your specified missions," she told them. "Don't turn me down, people. You're dismissed."
Quatre said as they filed out, "Guess I'll be with you, Wufei."
Wufei grunted something in responce that was not human.
"Guess it'll be you and me, pal," Duo said cheerfully, putting his arm on Trowa's shoulder and whistling cheerfully behind the passive Quatre and the despaired Wufei.
Trowa, in return, looked down with curiousity at Duo's actions. "Do me a favour, Duo," he said calmly, "and put your hand down from my shoulder. I don't want people to think the wrong thing."
Duo did so automatically.
"Are you okay about this entire thing, Heero?" Relena asked calmly.
He shrugged. "This entire situation with the terrorists is unnerving," he admitted slowly as they walked behind the rest of the ex-Gundam pilots. "It worries me...how many people will pay the price before we hunt them down, I do not know."
Relena smiled partially. "I meant the entire arrangement."
He shrugged, trying desperately to hide the embarrassment. He had just blurted out his thoughts of the entire situation regardless of the arrangement Noin had made. "I am okay," he stated simply, to avoid any more confusion. "What worries me now is your safety."
Relena sighed. That was sweet, she thought as they walked down the corridor.
"Was that such a wise decision, putting my younger sister with that...guy?" Zechs demanded once they had disappeared from Noin's office. He was pacing back and forth like a paranoid man as he continued bitterly, "For God's sake, Noin, what were you thinking? He's the same age as Relena and at this point---"
"Is grown up to make their own decisions," Noin finished calmly as she tossed some papers aside and looked up at Zechs calmly. She had seen Zechs like this before, back at the Acadamy when they were training as OZ recruits. "If they choose do advance in their bond, then so be it. We can't do anything about it, you and I both know that."
"But---" he protested.
"They're no longer children, Zechs."
"Yes, but their minds aren't completely adults yet either," he countered.
"Zechs...please," she said wearily, rubbing her temples. "Just leave the topic alone. I've done enough for today and I don't wish to enter another debate just...about...now..." She swooned over in her chair, making Zechs reach out and catch her before hitting the floor.
"Noin...Noin!" he cried, before slapping the comm unit. "Call the hospital, now!"
~End of Chapter
No! Noin! Don't worry...so, what do u think? Pleaze review! Chapter six is in the making still, so hang on...