A.N.: 6x9, angst, non-yaoi, slight lime later
Disclaimer: yea, yea, I forgot it in the last couple chapters. Do you think I own GW? If I did, don't you think I'd be able to write better fictions than this? I don't own it!!
The Death of Lucrezia Noin, the Birth of
Luca Firoin Pt. 3
Lady Une sighed at the question she had been expecting and prepared for. "That data is confidential, Wind, and although I know of your friendship with both Preventers Fire and Water, I cannot give you this information."
"Can not, or will not?" Zechs said through clenched teeth.
"Both," she replied calmly, but still had to look away from his icy stare.
"Explain." He commanded coldly.
She stood up and left her desk to stand by and look out the window that made up one of the walls of her office. Zechs straightened and followed her with his eyes. " I will tell you what I can, which isn't much, although I'm sure you won't be satisfied." She conceded. " I can not tell you where Lucrezia Noin or Sally Po are because my position as head of Preventers restricts me from discussing such matters with those of lower rank that are not associated with the mission. You will understand that if this information were to accidentally leak out, many lives maybe put in danger." She held up her hand and turned around to forestall the coming protest. "However, even if I were at liberty to explain this assignment to you legally, I would still be bound by my word. I'm afraid I was sworn to secrecy by both of them before I had a chance to fully realize what they were planning on doing. I may not approve of or even agree with this mission that they requested but I will not go back on my word and reveal what they obviously don't want you to know."
"Damn it, just tell me where they are Une!" He slammed the desk with enough force to send some of the papers flying.
Bending to retrieve the misplaced documents she glanced up, cool and curious. "Why is it so important to you? I know she's your best friend but friends come and go. Or do you just want find her so you can yell at her like you are doing now?" she ticked the questions off on her fingers. "So you can have fun and make that ditz you call your girlfriend jealous? Why do you want to know so badly?"
" I am not using Noin to make Marina jealous! She's--" Zechs, seeing where this was going, shut his jaw and glared at her again.
Lady Une stated quietly but firmly with an accusing, sad look, "Did you ever tell her?"
"What?" He asked, now even more confused.
"Did you ever tell her that you cared about her? Because I don't think she knew, otherwise she may not have left." Lady Une's narrowed her eyes even more. "You know, Noin's as loyal as they come but I guess five years of waiting for you was too much even for her," She looked away, talking more to herself now. "Unfortunately, I think she's so loyal that she won't even bother looking for some one new where she's going. Maybe Sally will take care of that." The Commander snapped her attention back to the glowering young man in front of her. "Now get out of my office, Zechs, and don't come charging in here again without an appointment unless you want to do extra paperwork." Lady Une dramatically turned her back on the man, her shoulder-length brown hair swaying with the momentum. "You are dismissed Officer Wind." She repeated, emphasizing his lower station.
With another slam to her desk and a growl he complied and stomped angrily out of the commander's office. Anyone who saw him in the halls immediately stepped out of the scowling man's way. Zechs went back to his room, telling the hovering Marina to stay the hell away from him, and locked himself in to brood over the best way to find 'his' Noin. 'Damn it, how was I supposed to foresee this? I'm not a psychic. She left because she thinks I don't care." He made the growling noise in the back of his throat that had become one of his trademarks, banishing that line of thinking, and took out a World Atlas, tossing his long, platinum blonde hair back in annoyance. 'Noin can't hide from me, I know way too much about her. The complication is whether or not it's her that picked where to go. If it's Sally's choice then maybe I should talk with Wufei.'
Deep down he knew it was hopeless. They had grown apart. Noin was resourceful and if she didn't want to be found, she wouldn't be.
Hopeless.
* * * * *
Lady Une winced as the door to her office crashed into the frame with a vibrating shudder. 'Well, that went as well as can be expected. At least the glass in the door didn't break.'
She sighed in relief that that encounter was over and sank back into her chair. Lady Une unconsciously began organizing the papers Whirlwind Marquise had messed up. 'True to his name,' she mused, smirked at this analogy. 'Well that's one down, one to go. In person, that is. I hope Wufei took this better than Zechs did. And then I have to deal with the other four. I'm counting on them not stopping in for a visit, but if they do I may need some protection since I hold no authority over them. Was I the only one that saw this outcome? Those women have been mistreated, I'll admit, but still, that doesn't mean they all have to leave. Funny, a couple of years ago this situation would have seemed silly in light of the wars. I don't think those young men even thought about women then. I guess old habits die hard for them. Those poor guys. they won't realize what they had until they lose it.' She remembered the helpless (though enraged) look on Zechs face and sighed.
This was going to be hard to keep up. The girls had invited her to visit them with Marimeia discreetly once every month or so. She would need an excuse to leave head quarters for that with her adopted daughter for a weekend at a time without seeming suspicious. Hmmm.
Just then she faintly heard the sound of the elevator across the hall open. Before she could even prepare herself for Wufei's onslaught, a wild, uncontrolled sobbing was heard echoing through all the halls on the floor. 'Definitely not Wufei.'
Lady Une furrowed her eyebrows as a girl with bleached hair ran past the door blubbering. She recognized her as the 'ditz' she had been talking about with the blonde's boyfriend just moments before. Marisa.Mary.well, whatever-her-name-was's mother was one of her best secretaries, which was the only reason Ditz got into Preventers in the first place.
Lady Une's lip curled in disgust at the spectacle the young woman was making of herself. Then she smirked again, 'So Ditz was stupid enough to get in Zechs' way while he's throwing a tantrum. I really should feel sorry for her.' She could hear her whimpering from all the way down the hall with her door closed. 'So much for that relationship. Zechs will probably never look at her again.'
The crying became louder and Lady Une watched through the glass in the door that had survived Hurricane Zechs, at the girl who hadn't. Her mother, looking patiently annoyed, led her by, taking Ditz very likely to the bathroom to clean up.
"He.just.said to.get away.from him! And .he cursed.at me!" she wailed between sobs.
Lady Une rolled her eyes and opened her previously saved program on her laptop. 'I better start working or I'll never get done today,' she thought just as she heard the elevator opening again. Instead of a weeping sound following the beep there came a quickly advancing stomping. She sighed again, resaving the document, and got ready for the anticipated round two. 'Here we go again, I just hope Wufei left his katana behind.'
A.N. Ok, just needed to finish this interlude. ::grins:: And pick on Marina of course. Do you think it would be too much if I had Zechs realize his love? 'Care' just seems very insignificant. Or should I leave him in his frustrated oblivion?
Icy B. Discordia
Disclaimer: yea, yea, I forgot it in the last couple chapters. Do you think I own GW? If I did, don't you think I'd be able to write better fictions than this? I don't own it!!
The Death of Lucrezia Noin, the Birth of
Luca Firoin Pt. 3
Lady Une sighed at the question she had been expecting and prepared for. "That data is confidential, Wind, and although I know of your friendship with both Preventers Fire and Water, I cannot give you this information."
"Can not, or will not?" Zechs said through clenched teeth.
"Both," she replied calmly, but still had to look away from his icy stare.
"Explain." He commanded coldly.
She stood up and left her desk to stand by and look out the window that made up one of the walls of her office. Zechs straightened and followed her with his eyes. " I will tell you what I can, which isn't much, although I'm sure you won't be satisfied." She conceded. " I can not tell you where Lucrezia Noin or Sally Po are because my position as head of Preventers restricts me from discussing such matters with those of lower rank that are not associated with the mission. You will understand that if this information were to accidentally leak out, many lives maybe put in danger." She held up her hand and turned around to forestall the coming protest. "However, even if I were at liberty to explain this assignment to you legally, I would still be bound by my word. I'm afraid I was sworn to secrecy by both of them before I had a chance to fully realize what they were planning on doing. I may not approve of or even agree with this mission that they requested but I will not go back on my word and reveal what they obviously don't want you to know."
"Damn it, just tell me where they are Une!" He slammed the desk with enough force to send some of the papers flying.
Bending to retrieve the misplaced documents she glanced up, cool and curious. "Why is it so important to you? I know she's your best friend but friends come and go. Or do you just want find her so you can yell at her like you are doing now?" she ticked the questions off on her fingers. "So you can have fun and make that ditz you call your girlfriend jealous? Why do you want to know so badly?"
" I am not using Noin to make Marina jealous! She's--" Zechs, seeing where this was going, shut his jaw and glared at her again.
Lady Une stated quietly but firmly with an accusing, sad look, "Did you ever tell her?"
"What?" He asked, now even more confused.
"Did you ever tell her that you cared about her? Because I don't think she knew, otherwise she may not have left." Lady Une's narrowed her eyes even more. "You know, Noin's as loyal as they come but I guess five years of waiting for you was too much even for her," She looked away, talking more to herself now. "Unfortunately, I think she's so loyal that she won't even bother looking for some one new where she's going. Maybe Sally will take care of that." The Commander snapped her attention back to the glowering young man in front of her. "Now get out of my office, Zechs, and don't come charging in here again without an appointment unless you want to do extra paperwork." Lady Une dramatically turned her back on the man, her shoulder-length brown hair swaying with the momentum. "You are dismissed Officer Wind." She repeated, emphasizing his lower station.
With another slam to her desk and a growl he complied and stomped angrily out of the commander's office. Anyone who saw him in the halls immediately stepped out of the scowling man's way. Zechs went back to his room, telling the hovering Marina to stay the hell away from him, and locked himself in to brood over the best way to find 'his' Noin. 'Damn it, how was I supposed to foresee this? I'm not a psychic. She left because she thinks I don't care." He made the growling noise in the back of his throat that had become one of his trademarks, banishing that line of thinking, and took out a World Atlas, tossing his long, platinum blonde hair back in annoyance. 'Noin can't hide from me, I know way too much about her. The complication is whether or not it's her that picked where to go. If it's Sally's choice then maybe I should talk with Wufei.'
Deep down he knew it was hopeless. They had grown apart. Noin was resourceful and if she didn't want to be found, she wouldn't be.
Hopeless.
* * * * *
Lady Une winced as the door to her office crashed into the frame with a vibrating shudder. 'Well, that went as well as can be expected. At least the glass in the door didn't break.'
She sighed in relief that that encounter was over and sank back into her chair. Lady Une unconsciously began organizing the papers Whirlwind Marquise had messed up. 'True to his name,' she mused, smirked at this analogy. 'Well that's one down, one to go. In person, that is. I hope Wufei took this better than Zechs did. And then I have to deal with the other four. I'm counting on them not stopping in for a visit, but if they do I may need some protection since I hold no authority over them. Was I the only one that saw this outcome? Those women have been mistreated, I'll admit, but still, that doesn't mean they all have to leave. Funny, a couple of years ago this situation would have seemed silly in light of the wars. I don't think those young men even thought about women then. I guess old habits die hard for them. Those poor guys. they won't realize what they had until they lose it.' She remembered the helpless (though enraged) look on Zechs face and sighed.
This was going to be hard to keep up. The girls had invited her to visit them with Marimeia discreetly once every month or so. She would need an excuse to leave head quarters for that with her adopted daughter for a weekend at a time without seeming suspicious. Hmmm.
Just then she faintly heard the sound of the elevator across the hall open. Before she could even prepare herself for Wufei's onslaught, a wild, uncontrolled sobbing was heard echoing through all the halls on the floor. 'Definitely not Wufei.'
Lady Une furrowed her eyebrows as a girl with bleached hair ran past the door blubbering. She recognized her as the 'ditz' she had been talking about with the blonde's boyfriend just moments before. Marisa.Mary.well, whatever-her-name-was's mother was one of her best secretaries, which was the only reason Ditz got into Preventers in the first place.
Lady Une's lip curled in disgust at the spectacle the young woman was making of herself. Then she smirked again, 'So Ditz was stupid enough to get in Zechs' way while he's throwing a tantrum. I really should feel sorry for her.' She could hear her whimpering from all the way down the hall with her door closed. 'So much for that relationship. Zechs will probably never look at her again.'
The crying became louder and Lady Une watched through the glass in the door that had survived Hurricane Zechs, at the girl who hadn't. Her mother, looking patiently annoyed, led her by, taking Ditz very likely to the bathroom to clean up.
"He.just.said to.get away.from him! And .he cursed.at me!" she wailed between sobs.
Lady Une rolled her eyes and opened her previously saved program on her laptop. 'I better start working or I'll never get done today,' she thought just as she heard the elevator opening again. Instead of a weeping sound following the beep there came a quickly advancing stomping. She sighed again, resaving the document, and got ready for the anticipated round two. 'Here we go again, I just hope Wufei left his katana behind.'
A.N. Ok, just needed to finish this interlude. ::grins:: And pick on Marina of course. Do you think it would be too much if I had Zechs realize his love? 'Care' just seems very insignificant. Or should I leave him in his frustrated oblivion?
Icy B. Discordia
