Well this is one of the few chapters that I'm working on where I have a few ideas.

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It was two hours before dawn and Heero was climbing up the wall of the Black Fang base. Professor G had given him the location and Heero had gone in on foot. The security system would have stopped any normal man but because of his advanced training they presented no threat to Heero. At the top of the wall Heero gathered all of his rope up and took the climbing pin out of the wall. He put the rope into his small rucksack and ran across the roof of the building to the air vents. All he had to do was get in, locate the Gundam scientists, place a tracking beacon on each of them then give the signal for the attack. The Gundams would attack the base providing a distraction for the retrieval team to come in and pull the Gundam scientists out. Easy, or so Heero thought.

Gently unscrewing the air vent Heero climbed in and replaced the vent so not to attract any attention should any Guards come up onto the roof. The vent was a tight squeeze but Heero lay flat on his stomach and quietly shuffled forward. According to Professor G if he went down three levels to Level 10 then if he moved across the Subsection 19a he should find a door marked restricted. There would be two or three guards there so the most logical thing to do was take them out at the beginning of their shift so it would give him three hours to give them each a tracking beacon. Heero reached a junction. One path led to the right, one to the left, one up; one in front and one went down. Heero pulled out two magnetic climbing locks and placed them in the vent leading up. He then ran his rope through them and started his descent. Heero descended six levels before stopping to check where he was.

Heero pulled out a small pen light as well as a communications device. The device is similar to a mobile phone except there is no audio function. Heero switched the light on and stuck it in his mouth. He started to type a message.

"Air Vent breached. Descended six levels at first junction. Directions needed" A simple message.

Heero sent it and within thirty seconds he had a reply.

"Proceed north. Down one Level. Right at Junction. Exit at Air Vent."

Heero memorised the directions then deleted the message. Heero pulled the ropes and the magnetic climbing hooks down and put them into his rucksack. Heero went north until he got to the Junction that led down. He repeated his previous actions and went right at the junction. He found the air vent and looked down. As expected there was two guards outside a door marked "Restricted Access". He pulled out a small capsule and dropped it through the vent. A green gas filled the room below and the guards collapsed. Heero waited until the gas had cleared until he dropped down into the corridor.

The door was electronically locked but after a quick search of the bodies Heero found a key card that let him.

"Easy money" he muttered as he swiped the card through. The door unlocked and Heero entered the room, shutting the room behind him.

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Trowa Barton was to lead the assault on the base due to the sheer firepower of his Gundam. No one really argued with Une on that point because she still had a tendency to go a little psychotic every now and then and the Gundam pilots all shared a little healthy fear of that. All except Trowa, that is, who never showed any kind of fear. Duo was drumming his fingers over the small microphone on his console. He didn't know it was there and as a result was beginning to annoy Wufei. Wufei switched his microphone on so he was speaking directly with Duo.

"Maxwell if you don't stop that drumming I kill you - mission or no mission" Wufei hissed

"Huh? Oh the microphone - sorry - I forgot - I'll drum somewhere else" Duo said apologetically although secretly he was pleased that he had annoyed Wufei without even trying.

Trowa and Quatre were playing computerised chess and Duo tuned into the game. Trowa was winning - or so it appeared. From no where Quatre launched a full-scale assault, forcing Trowa to pull his king deep into his ranks. Duo smiled to himself. Quatre was the second best chess player in their little group. Heero was the best. Trowa retaliated with a strike of his own - taking out Quatre's Queen.

"An exchange of Queens" Duo noted as Quatre took Trowa's exposed Queen.

Trowa thought for a few minutes and finally came up with a move that completely shocked Duo.

"Trowa what are you doing? You've just exposed your King!" he said, activated the communications link to Heavy Arms

Quatre answered before Trowa did.

"It's a trap Duo, look at his pieces"

Duo looked over the board trying to find a way of attacking Trowa's King. Each time he would loose the attack. He grinned to himself. Then Quatre did something unusual. He moved on of his back row pieces, a Knight, to a square where he was unprotected. Seizing the opportunity, Trowa took the piece and Quatre responded by moving his bishop behind Trowa's pawn. Trowa's King was pinned. Quatre had won. Trowa had only got one option. Surrender.

"I resign," he said, in his usual monotonous voice.

"OK, well we'd better keep our eyes open now" Quatre said, as he closed the file off.

"Agreed" Trowa replied.

Out of the corner of his eye Duo saw what looked like an electrical field moving in their direction.

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The room was in darkness but Heero could make out a single form sitting in a chair. He saw a glint of metal and recognised the shape of an old fashioned duelling sword, similar to the one that Treize Khushrenada used to carry around with him. Heero pulled out his hand0gun and aimed at the man.

"I wouldn't fire that in here if I were you," the voice, a male, warned.

"Why not?" Heero asked, not moving his gun

"Because there is a reverse motion field in here. Fire that gun and the bullet will only go half the distance before doubling back on its owner."

Heero holstered his gun. The lights suddenly came on and Heero blinked. The man was sitting in a chair. He looked to be the same age as Treize was before he died and he had the same kind of hair except that he had Milliardo's eyes.

"You're probably wondering two things. One: Who am I? Two: Where are the Gundam scientists"

"I don't care about the first," Heero lied" But to complete my mission I need to know the second"

"You're a terrible liar Mr Yuy" the man accused, getting out of his chair.

He walked around the desk, stopping at a glass case to remove a second sword like his. This one was also identical to Treize's. He turned to look at Heero and threw the sword across the room. Heero caught it with one hand, his right hand.

"Duel with me and I will tell you all you want to know"

"I don't have time to duel with you"

"Ah yes you want to put the tracking device on the remaining scientists then get to your Gundam"

"How did you know about that?" Heero asked, his finger gently pushing the sheath of the sword down.

"Because your Professor G is my own personal agent. His real name is Professor G but he isn't related to the Professor G you know."

Heero watched the man start to circle Heero. Heero accepted the change to duel and drew the sword out of its sheath. The man opposite Heero did the same. They touched swords and the fight began.

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Heero's trained as a soldier but can he duel?

What was that electrical field that Duo saw?

How much do Black Fang know about the Gundams plan of attack?

All will be revealed - only a few more chapters to go!!!!