Heero (VO): Previously on The Space Between:
Une: I don't know how to tell you this but I have just received word that the
Foreign Minister is going to put forth legislation outlining educational
standards for the military and the Preventers being a quasi-military force….
Heero: We'll be subject to it….
Heero: Like hell (reaches across desk, picks up phone dials a number) Wake up
Grey, this is Heero…yeah I know what time it is (winces, holds phone away from
ear) …you kiss Hilde with that mouth… (looks at Une, winks continue talking)
anyway I've got a job for ya……….
Duo: So fearless leader, are you going to tell us about your master plan or are
you gonna leave us hanging?
Heero: Its simple: we go to school.
All: [except Heero, Grey and Une] WHAT?
Heero: As you all are painfully aware, there is a new administration and they
want to make an impression during their fist few months in office. So they have
tasked us to and I quote 'Identify and remove the major threats to the ESUN'
Grey: Translation: we made a ton of promises to get here and now we're screwed
coz now we have to make good on em, could ya bail our nuts out the fire?
Heero: My 'phantom aid' as Trowa put it, has complied the profiles for the
three drug cartels, five terrorist cells and four individuals on our hit list
into a presentation and is down in Ops waiting to run it.
Turning to a console attached to the railing and presses a button presumably an
intercom.
Heero: Cathy, proceed when ready.
Cathy: Aye, sir.
Heero (VO): and now the conclusion.
{Fade to Black}
{Title sequence, teasers for upcoming episodes (not in order) along with opening credits}
{BGM The Space Between by Dave Matthews Band} plays through
Panning view of the interior of the Operations Center with Catherine Bloom, in Summer Whites, sitting in the command chair.
Heero, at home, sitting on his couch typing on his laptop as Cathy comes up behind him and wraps her arms around his shoulders.
Heero, Cathy and the gang, clad in black, in a firefight, all with matching feral grins
Duo storming out of Heero's office, after he leaves Heero turns to a shadowed corner and raises an eyebrow in a silent question at the figure that steps out.
The President of the ESUN speaking at a press conference with Heero, Lady Une and Relena sitting next to each other in the background, all with varying degrees of boredom on their faces
Wide shot of all the primary Preventers gathered around Lady Une's office desk: Lady Une seated in the center, Heero perched on her side of the desk to her right with Cathy at his left elbow; Grey and Wufei, standing at parade rest, to her right. Duo standing to Une's left. Trowa and Quatre are both seated in the chairs in front of her desk but are turned to face the camera.
Face shot of Heero that zooms in on one of his eyes and then transitions to a star field.
Were the title of the fic is superimposed into the shot.
Heero: (VO) Surprises (part 2)
Location: Yuy residence. Condo #42 Locke Wood Building. Brussels, Belgium
19th floor (the penthouse)
Time: 20:41 Zulu; 21:41 Local
Date: Wednesday, April 18 A.C. 200
{Cut to Heero in a pair of black pajama bottoms and a green tank top sitting on his couch typing onto his laptop}
Heero (VO): From the Journal of Heero Yuy. Well, today everyone found out who my 'phantom aide' is. It was rather… interesting. However, I think that they took it pretty well…
****Flashback****
{BGM: Janie's Got a Gun by Aerosmith}
Location: Preventers World Head Quarters. Brussels, Belgium
17th Floor, Conference Room #1
Time: 09:50 Zulu; 10:50 Local
Date: Wednesday, April 18 A.C. 200
{The scene is the same as before, but all the characters (with the exception of Heero who is still standing) are still, as if frozen in time. He is turned to the camera}
Heero: Cathy had just finished her presentation and was on her up to the conference room and I had just asked if there were any questions or comments. And knowing Duo like I do I felt the need to nip him in the bud so to speak.
{Turns back to the cast and time resumes}
Heero: [glaring at Duo who had opened his mouth to speak] Does it concern the upcoming missions?
Duo: [grinning] sorta
Heero: [sees where this is heading] What?
Duo: Is she coming too?
Heero: Yes. Why?
Duo: Just wondering
Heero: Try to keep your mind out of the gutter, Lt. Commander Bloom is a fine officer and I can personally vouch for her.
Trowa: How's that?
Heero: I trained her personally.
{The characters freeze again and this time it includes Heero}
(VO) Okay here's where things got interesting: before Trowa could respond, Cathy entered the room. Clad in summer whites to say she looked good would be like saying that the sun is hot: a gross understatement. But that wasn't what made things interesting, it was what she did after she came in. I knew that she had something in mind when she started to walk towards me. I could see the mischievous glint in her eye and yet I did nothing. I'll Admit, I was curious as to what she was going to do, but I also know that curiosity killed the cat.
{Time resumes}
[Cathy walks over to Heero, and whispers something into his ear, but in doing so she leans in close, stands on her toes and puts a hand on his chest. In an unconscious reaction, Heero places a hand on her hip. As she whispers in his ear his facial expression goes from an impassive mask to a smirk to a small grin to a wide excrement-eating grin. After she is done he gives a short chuckle, as he bends down to whisper into her ear]
Heero (in a whisper): You are evil you know that, right?
[Cathy suppresses a shiver as his bottom lip grazes her ear lobe]
Cathy (Out loud): You know you love me anyway.
Heero (VO): That's when it happened
[Catching movement out of the corners of their eyes both Heero and Cathy dive out of the way of an angry Trowa. One draws a weapon the other falls into a defensive fighting stance. Trowa moves to make another attempt but is brought up short by the sound of the safety of a handgun being released. Trowa looks at Heero but sees no weapon. Heero seeing his confusion motions for him to look to his right. He does and receives the shock of his life: standing there is his sister with a Glock 35 (.40 cal) leveled at him with her finger on the trigger. The only thing between him and oblivion is 4 ½ pounds of pressure.
Heero: (wry grin) Did I forget to mention that she is also the head of my personal security detail? Well, she is. Why? It's one less thing for me to worry about. [Straightens uniform] Now if there are no more issues that need addressing, I suggest that this meeting be adjourned (bt) any objections? [Everyone is still in shocked silence, mouths agape.] No? Then I take my leave of you. One more thing, there should be a copy of the presentation on your desks, study it well. [Starts for the door, stops and calls Commander Bloom over his shoulder. She slowly moves for the door with her sidearm still drawn, but in the low ready position and a watchful eye on the others.]
{BGM fade}
****End Flashback****
{BGM Here's to the Night by Eve6}
Location: Yuy residence. Condo #42 Locke Wood Building. Brussels, Belgium
19th floor (the penthouse)
Time: 20:46 Zulu; 21:46 Local
Date: Wednesday, April 18 A.C. 200
{Cut to: Heero in a pair of black pajama bottoms and a green tank top sitting on his couch typing onto his laptop, again}
Heero (VO): As I said I think that they took it well. All I got from Trowa were evil glares for the rest of the day. My only hope is that this won't affect the upcoming mission.
[As he is typing on his laptop Cathy, wearing a purple silk night gown, comes up behind him and wraps her arms around his shoulders and rests her head next to his]
Heero: You knew. [Stops typing. Closes laptop]
Cathy: (faux innocence) Excuse me?
Heero: You heard me. [Places laptop next to him]
Cathy: I don't know what you're talking about.
Heero: Then let me jog your memory. [Reaches up, grabs her arms, pulls her over the back of the couch and into his lap and proceeds to tickle her senseless]
Cathy (still laughing): Okay, okay. You win. [Stops tickling her, but she is still in his lap] What was the question again?
Heero: It was more of a statement than a question, but I'll say it again. You knew. Didn't you?
Cathy: Knew what?
Heero (warning tone): Cathy
Cathy: It was a legitimate question because there were two things that I could have known.
Heero: Go on.
Cathy: Well, for one I _could_ have known that Trowa would have reacted strongly.
Heero: And
Cathy: And I _could_ have known how you would respond to me. (Smug) Much like you are now.
Heero (grinning): I state again: you are evil
Cathy [leaning in]: And I say again: You (kiss) love (kiss) me (kiss) for it (kiss).
[The last kiss is an extended one.]
Heero (low voice): Not that I'm complaining, but what did you come in here for?
Cathy: [thinking] I don't really remember. (Sly) perchance you could jar my memory? Among a few other things.
Heero: If Trowa only knew…
Cathy: That's it! That's what I came in to ask you.
Heero: Hey, you guys ain't from West Virginia. Are you?
Cathy: No! What I meant was should we tell him (pause) about us?
Heero (softly): What do we tell him? We can't even explain it. We're more than just friends. And I wouldn't use the word lovers. To be honest I don't know what we have, but I do know this: being with you is as close to normal as I've ever been.
Cathy (sad smile): Too bad we both know that it will never last.
Heero: Yeah, I know. But let's enjoy it while we have it, huh?
Cathy: Right. [Gets up and heads toward bedroom pauses.] You coming to bed soon?
Heero: Yeah, I'll be there in a few, just let me finish this. [Picks up laptop, opens it and resumes typing]
Heero (VO): I also hope that this won't come between her and Trowa. It would destroy them both. It seems that I'll have to do some damage control tomorrow. [Closes out program and shuts down laptop. Lays it on the couch rises and begins to turn off the remaining lights in the room and heads for their bedroom.]
{Pan out a window to skyline, BGM fade}
{Cut to}
Location: Yuy residence. Condo #42 Locke Wood Building. Brussels, Belgium
19th floor (the penthouse)
Time: 03:30 Zulu; 04:30 Local
Date: Thursday, April 19 A.C. 200
{Cut to wide panning shot of Master bedroom}
{Shot pans from left to right}
[We see a nicely appointed bedroom. A large, currently occupied, four poster bed dominates the room, nightstands on either side. On the opposite wall stands a long dresser with two mirrors. If you are facing the dresser, off to the left is a six-drawer chest-of-drawers and a set of French doors that lead onto a private rooftop terrace. To the right of the dresser is the entryway a set of sliding doors leading to the master bath and dressing areas. To the right of the sliding doors sits an entertainment center. ]
{Refocus on the bed}
[Heero and Cathy are curled up together in bed. (Minds out of the gutter hentai's!!) Heero is on his back, still in his pajama bottoms even though we can't see them. One of his arms is wrapped around her waist; the other is across his eyes. Cathy, in her night gown still, is on her stomach half on half off of him with her arms wrapped around his chest and her head is tucked beneath Heero's chin. The ringing of a phone disturbs the quiet. Using the arm over his eyes he reaches for the phone. We only hear his side of the conversation.]
Heero (to himself): This had better be good. (Into phone) Yuy… What!? [Sits up]…When…that little… No, I'll handle them. You deal with the ones out there… Right…You did good, Yuy out.
[Hangs up phone. Pinches the bridge of his nose. Cathy, who has woken up and heard his half of the conversation, waits patiently for him to come to a decision.]
Heero: We need to pay Senator Matthew Hayes a visit. (bt) Now.
[Throwing the sheets back, both of them rise out of bed and head for the sliding doors that lead to the two walk-in closets the hold their wardrobes]
Cathy: What's the uniform of the day? [Begins to grab clothing]
Heero: Basic black [Puts on the black field uniform, which consist of black boots, cargo pants, tee shirt and the Preventer Jacket. The jacket has been redesigned for ISD, its still black but the shoulders are charcoal gray (kinda like the Star Trek: First Contact uniform jacket) with the Preventer logo in silver. However instead of the standard boots Heero wears a pair of black Skechers sport sneakers. In addition to this he puts on his hip holster. In it he slides his SigArms, P220 with SIGLITE ® night sites and 14 rounds of .45 caliber hollow points. ((AN: I got tired of the 9mm. Really, it has no stopping power. Now .45 ACP, that'll stop ya. Besides that's what most Federal agents carry today. )) In addition to that he puts four extra clips in the cargo pockets of his pants. A six-inch long and an inch and a quarter in diameter cylinder is placed in a special holder in his jacket near the small on his back. Cathy is similarly dressed except that her shirt is a ribbed v-neck and she carries her Glock 34.
After dressing they leave the condo and head for the building's underground parking lot, via private elevator. Once in the garage they climb into a black BMW 333i and drive off into the predawn light.]
{Fade to black}
End Surprises Part II
Heero VO: Next time on Gundam Wing: The Space Between...
[Heero, seated in an overstuffed chair with Cathy standing in the shadows behind him, is talking with a man in his mid-to-late forties, average build and height, and sandy brown hair. Who was earlier identified as Senator Matthew Hayes]
Sen. Hayes: Heero, you realize that we have no alternative?
Heero: Yeah Matt, I know. Not that I like the bastard, he's a grade-A asshole, it's just that, I don't want to give her any advantage, but I agree there is no other way.
Cathy: So, we're gonna assassinate Sen. Martin?
Heero: Yeah.
Cathy (coldly): I going to enjoy this one
[At her last words her eyes became the flat lifeless eyes of a killer or perfect solider, you decide]
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