St. Tropes, the Carribean
Kathy woke
up in the well shaded guest room. Had
her father forgotten what day it was she thought? She closed her eyes and went back to sleep for a while
longer. Meanwhile, Michael Perkins was
in his office looking at a picture of his ex-wife and daughter. Despite, what people thought about him, he
loved both his wife and daughter very much, but his work didn't allow him to
show it. He touched the faces on the
photographs. He suddenly realized what
day it was and called his wife. After
that he went to the guest room and opened the door slightly. Kathy opened her eyes slightly and then
wider as she turned her head to see her father's face with the sunlight to his
back. "Happy Birthday, Kathy," he said
a very soft voice as he put something on the table. "We'll be together for a week," he added as he shut the door to
go to sleep. Kathy was so happy that
she woke up and jump up from bed to go follow her father. "Really, Daddy?" she asked with a bright
smile on her face. Michael Perkins
nodded.
Relena and
Meia woke up early that morning as well.
They were going to continue the surveillance on Michael Perkins before
they had time to act, so they decided to go to where he would be: the
beach. Meia was as stoic and quiet as
ever as Relena drove them to the beach.
They found the same car that Michael Perkins was driving earlier, and
they saw that his daughter was still with him.
"We'll have to wait some more," said Relena with a sigh as she sat down
in the shade.
"I'm
thirsty," said Meia quietly.
"Then go
and get something to drink. Get me one,
too please," said Relena as she give her some money. Meia left to go get the drinks at a nearby stand. Relena was on her laptop doing more work and
found something that she didn't like.
Apparently, the Preventers had sent one of their agents to arrest Michael
Perkins, and that agent was Heero Yuy.
Relena frowned. They would have
to push their time table up, so that they could take out the target and get out
before Heero Yuy had time to arrive.
Meia was
walking along the shore line back from the drink stand with two drinks when
someone had ran into her. She looked at
the person who had ran into her without any chance in expression. "Oh, my god! I'm so sorry," said the
girl. It was Kathy Perkins.
"Hello,
that's alright," said Meia.
"Oh, where
are my manners? My mother would kill me
if she knew that I was being so rude. My name is Kathy Perkins," Kathy
introduced herself.
"Meia
Krane," said Meia quietly.
"Are you on
vacation, too?" asked Kathy.
"Yes,"
answered Meia without hesitating.
"Oh…do you
want to talk for a while?" asked Kathy.
The two girls went off for a little bit, and Relena had forgotten about
her drink because she was more concerned with Heero's impeding arrival. When Meia came back, she gave Relena her
drink. "I'm sorry that the ice melted,"
she apologized.
"That's
alright. We have to do it earlier than
we thought," said Relena as she took a sip.
"Why?"
asked Meia.
"Because
someone from the Preventers Office will be arriving. Possible as soon as tomorrow to arrest Mr. Perkins. We can't have that. We have to honor the contract," said Relena.
"I
see. We should take him out soon then,"
agreed Meia.
"The agent
could be arriving as soon as tomorrow.
We'll commence operations tonight as soon as I come up with something to
get his daughter out of here," said Relena.
"Yes," said
Meia.
Later on
that night, Mr. Perkins received an e-mail from his ex-wife. It was strange because she was demanding
that Kathy come home right away.
Perkins frowned because despite their differences his wife would never
make a sudden demand like that. Anyway,
he decided not to get into another fight with his ex-wife, so he would have to
tell his daughter that the vacation with him was cut short. "Kathy, I'm sorry, but your mother wants you
to come home to New York," said Mr. Perkins.
"Okay. I guess if she wants me," said Kathy, "but
can I come back soon?"
"Of
course," said her father with a smile.
* * *
The next
day, Mr. Perkins drove his daughter to the airport to drop her off. This time he had security with him, so that
both of them would be more protected.
"Flight 18 departure for Miami, Florida has been delay," broadcasted
over the system. Kathy and her father
were waiting for Flight 25 to New York City.
"I'm going
to go and buy something to drink. I
need a bottle of water," said Kathy as she reached for her wallet.
"No, here's
some money," said her father, and he gave her some.
"Thanks,
Daddy," said Kathy as she stood up to go to the little gift shop to get some
water. She browsed the magazines and
was surprised at the cost of the water bottles. 'I'll get one for Daddy, too,' she thought and picked up two
bottles. She paid for them and left the
gift shop. Just about that time, Relena and Meia had just arrived at the
airport.
"Hello,"
said Kathy as she walked up to Meia to greet her.
"Hello,"
said Meia back to her.
"Is this
your friend?" asked Kathy as she saw Relena.
"My name is
Lena Marquise," said Relena as she held out her hand to shake hands with Kathy.
"Flight 25
for New York City," was broadcast before they could say anything more to each.
"I've go to
go. I'm going home early. It was nice to meet you again, Meia," said
Kathy as she ran off.
They
watched as Mr. Perkins hugged his daughter and kissed her goodbye. They waited until Kathy's flight was finally
in the air before they went into action.
Mr. Perkins took out his cell phone, "What do you mean the Preventers
are coming?" he asked when he talked to someone on the phone.
"We have to
go to the warehouse, Sir, and get rid of all the evidence," said one of his
men.
"Let's go,"
ordered Mr. Perkins and his men followed him.
Relena and Meia moved also and kept going until they reached the
warehouse. Relena gestured for Meia to
take the back entrance, and she would take the front. Relena moved slowly and before any of the lookouts saw her, she
took them out without any trouble. The
men closer to the entrance scrambled when they heard the shots, and Mr. Perkins
took off for his more secured office inside the warehouse. Relena simply shot the men before they could
do anything about it, and she shot the security cameras, so that Perkins
couldn't see what was going on from his office. Meanwhile, Meia was traveling through the back of the warehouse,
and she took out three men without a moment's hesitation. Suddenly a man, who was wearing sunglasses,
grabbed her from behind with thin piece of wire that went around her throat. Meia dropped her gun in surprise as she
struggled to get loose from his grip.
She moved her hands up towards his head to find some pressure point to
make him stop. Instead, she grabbed his sunglasses, but it didn't phase
him. They were standing close enough to
a wall, so Meia smashed the sunglasses against it. The end broke of the sunglasses, and there was a sharp edge to
it. Meia quickly jabbed it into his
skull using all the strength that she had.
He dropped her as soon as she killed him. Meia picked up her gun and started for the office.
* * *
Heero Yuy's
plane had arrived in St. Tropes, and he was ready to go look for Michael
Perkins. He knew about the warehouse
and came up with a plan to get in and out without hurting anyone, so that he
could arrest Mr. Perkins. Little did he
know, that he would be too late to even arrest Mr. Perkins…
Relena was
racing towards Mr. Perkins office as she shot his men left and right to get
there. No one in the warehouse had a
chance against Noir. Finally, she
kicked the door open to find Mr. Perkins holding a gun while sitting in his
chair. He had a smirk on his face. "You're not the Preventers are you?" he
asked. Relena didn't give him an
answer; she simply shot him. Meia
showed up just in time to see her do it.
She lowered her gun.
"We're done
here. Let's go," said Relena.
"Yes," said
Meia as she followed Relena out of the warehouse. It was sunset, and the ocean breeze had the scent of tropical
blossoms in it.
* * *
Heero came
to the warehouse to find that the lookouts were dead at the entrance. This alarmed him, but he didn't betray it on
his face. He walked inside and drew his
gun out in case he needed it. He saw
the bodies on the floor. All the men he
walked over were dead. Finally, he came
to Mr. Perkins's office, and found his body slumped over on his desk with a gun
in his hand. Mr. Perkins' left hand was
over a photograph of his daughter.
Heero remained stoic as he turned away from the scene and walked out of
the warehouse. Heero called the local
authorities to handle the scene at the warehouse. He called to report to Lady Une what had happened, and she was
surprised. He wrote up his report. When he was done, he said, "Mission
completed. What the Hell happened over
there?" He had a very disturbing
thought that there was something wrong about all this.
* * *
Paris, France
Relena
closed the contract on Michael Perkins, while Meia busied herself watering the
plants. They had caught a flight out of
St. Tropes just before Heero's flight had arrived. Relena had planned it that way; they had missed each other at the
warehouse by half an hour. She checked
to see what Heero had filed at the Preventers.
He reported what he had seen at the warehouse:
"Arrived at
15:00 to arrest suspect. The location
was where he was selling weapons out of.
Suspect was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head with a .35
caliber pistol. The same bullets used
on all of the other suspects at the location.
The new suspects are unknown," he had written.
Satisfied,
Relena shut down her laptop, and decided to start dinner. Meia helped her by peeling the
potatoes. Relena warmed the bread up,
and Meia set the table. When they sat
down at the table, Relena said, "To our daily bread,' as she picked up a slice
of her bread, and Meia did the same.
They tapped their slices together and ate dinner in silence.
Next Episode, Episode Three: Lily of the Valley….
