Disclaimers: I do not own G-Wing but I often dream about it.
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The Old School
Chapter 2
After the full tour of the school, in which Relena didn't say a thing, the g-boys listened and tried not to stare at Relena in disbelieve, and Grayfox who did all the talking looking exasperated with everyone, the girls led them to their rooms.
They walked down a hallway and into a circular room with many doors and beside each door was a computer.
"This is the Willow Wing. It is one of the largest wings the school has to offer. It has a total of ten rooms when the average wing has six. This wing belongs to Duo, Relena, Jenny, Cassy, and I. And sometimes Ryoul if he's not afraid that Relena will kill him at the moment. Since you are friends with Relena and Duo, we said you boys could sleep in some of our spare rooms. They're more comfortable then the guest rooms." Said Grayfox
"Why so many rooms for such a small group?" asked Heero watching Relena
"There are only a few students at the school at the present and the best students get the best wings. The teachers want us to stay with our partners, and at the present Relena and I am partner-less. The teachers hope that the thought of being able to be in this wing will make some of the students ask to be our partners. The teachers also like to think that they decide who sleeps in what wing they don't though. We, the students, chose were we sleep. Like with Tank and Atom. The teachers want them to sleep in this wing with us, but they wanted to be in the wing that most of there friends are in. So they sleep in the wing with their friends and we just say they sleep here. It's all very simple really." Replied Grayfox.
"What happened to your partners?" asked Quatre
"My wolves chased my last one off. I didn't like him anyway. And Relena chased Ryoul around the school several times. They did eight laps with Relena swearing that she was going to gut him like a fish when she caught him. It was all very interesting to watch." Answered Grayfox and Relena grinned evilly.
A knock sounded at the door.
"I'll get it," said Relena speaking for the first time that day
"Alright is there any more questions?" asked Grayfox "No? Good. Who was it Relena?"
Relena walked over not looking happy.
"Atom. She wanted to warn me that Ryoul came back early."
"Oh. I see." Grayfox turned back to g-boys "If you here something go bump in the night it is either one of my animals or Ryoul begging Relena not to kill him. And if you do Relena call me. I'd love to watch. I never liked that boy." Relena smiled even more evilly than before. Grayfox started to point each boy to his room.
"This is your room Heero. Right next to mine." Said Relena
Heero grabbed her arm.
"We need to talk." Said Heero quietly
"We can talk after dinner. Go get changed into your leathers. I have to go to class. When your done changing Atom will be waiting to take you to talk to the head master."
"Leather?"
"Yes. Cloth would be torn to sheds in the woods so we all were leather. See you later Heero." With that Relena left.
Heero walked into the small but cozy room. It had a window at the far wall with a small dresser underneath it, a very high tech computer in a corner; a bed in the center with a table beside it, there was an empty shelf above the bed, across from the bed was a door that led to a bathroom and a near empty book case in the corner next to the window. There was also a chair of no great interest. Heero walked over to look at the books in the bookcase. There were three books. A book on the computer in his room, one on the school itself, and another on plants. Heero then walked over to the dresser and opened it. It was filled with clothing, all in his colors and style. Green tank top and black shorts, there was also a jacket and a pair of black pants. Heero changed and then walked into the main room to wait for the others.
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The talk with the Head master had been boring. All he talked about was how if information on the school was released it could endanger the lives of the students and teachers. So when they left they were not to talk about what they had seen here.
Heero was bored and felt a brief feeling of relief when they were released. Atom had been waiting for them and led them back to their rooms. When they arrived they found Relena, Duo, Jenny, and Grayfox were typing away at the computers.
"Don't interrupt them." Atom advised "They know you're here and if they have anything to say to you they will say it if you approach them. Just don't talk to them. The lesson going on right now is timed. If you talk to them you will break their concentration and make them really mad. Now I must run. See ya."
Atom left. Quatre walked toward Duo and Duo held out a piece of paper.
"Here is a map of the school. After this period we have math. After math is dinner. You have been asked to sit at the doctor table so you can talk to Sally. You have yet to see her because several kids have chicken pocks and she is the best at keeping the young ones calm. The doctor's table is marked on the map." Duo had said this all with eyes glued to the screen and typing one handed. Quatre took the map. "Until dinner you may explore the school, work on your computer in your rooms, or watch us stare at our computers in a zombie like fashion."
"Zombie like fashion? Jenny after math please remind me to hit him." Said Grayfox
"Can do." Replied Jenny
"Are you picking on me?" asked Duo
"What else are we going to do for fun?" Asked Relena
"Now I know you girls are picking on me!" said Duo. The three girls laughed evilly.
This entire conversation had been done with their eyes and hands never leaving their computers.
Quatre and Trowa decided to explore, Wufei went to his room to sulk about Sally, and Heero decided to also go to his room. Heero looked once more around the room and noticed that the computer chair next to Duo's was smaller then the others like it was built for a child. Heero also noticed every few seconds Duo would look over at it for half a second. Heero guessed it was where Cassy had sat. Heero turned and started to walk toward his room as he passed Relena she pushed a folded piece of paper into his hand. Heero walked into his room before he opened it. It read:
Heero,
You said we needed to talk. After dinner I must take care of something. It involves Ryole and a baseball bat. Please meet me in my room. Then I will be able to talk.
Relena
Heero folded the note.
"I will meet you Relena." Heero murmured to himself. Then turned and went to the computer and logged on.
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Heero walked into the main room of their wing. The dinner conversation with Sally had been made up of Wufei shouting about the injustice of lying and Sally shouting back defending herself. Uninteresting but intriguing to watch. After dinner Heero had seen Relena sneak off after a boy with pale blue, spiky hair. He wasn't sure but he thought he saw a baseball bat hidden behind her back. Heero chuckled softly. Heero then made his way to Relena's room. As he entered the room he quickly guessed he had entered the wrong room. It was a child's room. The room was set up the same as his except everything was on a smaller scale. On the floor was a collection of toys, the shelf above the bed held a few books, pictures, a few toys, and a small jewelry box, on the dresser under the window was a collection of stuffed animals that spread to the bed. Also on the bed was Duo. Heero quickly moved out of his sight. Duo was sitting on the edge of the bed with his head bowed. He held in his
hands a well-loved stuffed cat. As Jenny walked in to the room from a different direction he guessed that Jenny and Duo's rooms connected to Cassy's.
"Duo what are you doing here?" asked Jenny
"Nothing," said Duo softly.
"Duo, it's not your fault that she went missing. Relena is an expert at stealing things and even she can't figure out how it was done. There is nothing we can do until the hackers locate their position. Come to bed. You need sleep."
With a heavy sigh Duo got up and left. Heero carefully walked into the room. He walked to the bookcase and noticed it was filled with fairy tales and schoolbooks. He walked to the bedside table and picked up one of the picture. It was a picture of a younger Duo and perched on his shoulders was a girl who looked like she was indeed Duo's daughter. She had the same violet eyes and long dark brown hair held in a braid. Heero heard a noise in the room next door and quietly left.
Heero then entered the door on the other side of his room. It was Relena's. Like the other room's it was set up the same. On the dresser was several potted night shade plants, on her bed was the bear he had given her, on the shelf above the bed was a picture of an old woman. Below the picture was a brass plate that said Darkling and beside it several tools of Relena's trade. On the bed side table Heero noticed a picture of him and Relena dancing. As he wondered how she got a hold of it he heard the door open. He turned around as Relena walked in swinging the bat idly and looking quite pleased with herself.
"That should teach him to stay away. Oh, hello Heero." Said Relena as she leaned the bat beside the door. "What did you want to talk to me about?"
"Mainly about you being a thief."
"I guessed as much. It's simple really. I heard Darkling talk about how when she was younger she would go thieving. The stories fascinated me and I asked her to teach me. She agreed and I found out that I have a knack for it, I really enjoy it, and nothing you or anyone else can say will change that."
"But it's dangerous. You could get caught or killed."
"It's the danger that makes it fun. Heero, I have been treated like a porcelain doll all my life. If I didn't do something exiting, fun, and dangerous once in awhile I would go mad!" Relena suddenly smiled "And if you are so worried about me getting hurt maybe you should accompany me."
Heero walked close to Relena, he lifted her chin with his hand to look into her eyes. He was so close that all he had to do was lean down a few inches to kiss her.
"Relena..."
A knock on the door made them jump apart. Relena opened the door and standing there was Grayfox.
"Relena a teacher was just here saying that you took a bat to Ryoul." She said
"Would I," Relena put a hand on her chest and had a look of innocents on her face "do something like that. Anyway I came here right after dinner."
"I thought so but he didn't want to believe me, and I am sorry if I interrupted something."
"No. I was just leaving. Good night girls." With that Heero left
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The next morning after breakfast the entire gang was in the main room of the wing laughing at Wufei and Sally. They were arguing again. When Tank and Atom burst in.
"They found them! They are alive and well. Oz has them in a base not far from here be ready to leave in half an hour." Said Tank in a rush then they both left.
"She's alive." Duo murmured
"Come on we only have 30 minuets to get ready to save the little ones. Lets move people!" said Grayfox and everyone went to their rooms to get ready to rescue the children.
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They were all pilled up in the van Quatre, Trowa, Duo, Heero, Wufei, Tank, Atom, Relena, Sally, Jenny, and Grayfox. They would travel most of the way in the van then walk to the base.
"How did you find them Atom?" asked Quatre
"I didn't. You see every child under the age of twelve wears a bracelet that has a tracer in it. The further away the tracer is the more erratic the signal gets. A group of students who call themselves hackers specialize in tracking those signals to their source. That's how they were located."
"What's the plan to rescue them?" asked Trowa
"Tank, Grayfox, Sally, Wufei, and myself will stay out side to keep the guards busy while the rest of you will sneak inside, split into groups of two and search for the children. When you find them you are to stay with them and contact the other groups on your watch two-way radios. Those will be given to you when we get there. When you are all together you will, as a group, get the children out and then we will all retreat. When we are a safe distance away I will blow the base up. Got it?"
Mass nodding of heads.
"We're there. All out." Tank stopped the car and the all filled out.
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"Duo have you and Jenny found anything yet?" asked Heero over the radio
"Beside a lot of now unconscious guards, a hole lot of nothing. Quatre and Trowa are heading to the main office maybe they will find something."
"Quatre..."
"We heard. We still haven't found anything yet. But we are close to the main office. Give us a few more minuets."
"Understood. Over." Relena came up to Heero.
"Anything?"
Heero shook his head no. As they continued Heero thought about Relena. After sneaking in he was slowly discovering why she was one of the best thieves around. She was almost as stealthy as he was and was discovering that he was enjoying working with her. But what really surprised him was that he was constantly thinking about Relena's need for a partner. Heero was going over the most likely reason for way he was feeling this way when Relena froze.
"What's up?" he asked
Relena looked around a corner carefully.
"There is a cell down there that has eight guards protecting it. Don't you think that is a bit much for a normal cell?"
Heero looked and nodded.
"Let's see what's inside." Heero cocked his gun and went towards the guards Relena following with a mean smile on her face.
Knocking out the guards was very simple and in a matter of seconds Heero and Relena had knocked them all cold. Heero would have just killed them but Relena was still a pacifist and had also pointed out that in the cell were probably very young children who should not see a dead body. Heero had to agree. Mostly because he thought that no child should even see anything remotely similar to the things he had seen as a child.
"Heero help me open the door."
Heero went to aid Relena in opening the stuck door. After some pulling and pushing the door swung outward. They both looked inside. It was dark and still. Looking more like a box than any thing else. It also looked empty. Then all of a sudden a soft voice was heard.
"Nightshade?" a pause then much louder "Oh Nightshade you found us!"
Then Relena was almost completely bowled over by a mob of very happy children. One of them was a girl who looked to be eight, with violet eyes, and dark braided hair.
"Duo do you read?" asked Heero
"Yeah what is it?"
"There is a young girl here and I believe her name is Cassy."
"You found them!! Were are you?"
"Cell number 349. Quatre did you get that."
"Yeah will be there in five minuets. Bet Duo runs all the way."
"He is don't worry. Heero we'll be there in 2 minuets. Duo slow down!" Said Jenny
A few minuets latter Heero heard someone racing down the walkway. Heero barely had time to draw his gun before Duo was past him. Then Duo was past him again traveling in apposite direction. When Heero got a good look at Duo his ever-present mask almost broke. Duo was flat on his back being held down by a very happy Cassy. Jenny, Quatre, and Trowa came walking up. Jenny and Quatre burst out laughing at the site, Trowa's eyes flickered with emotion for a second but his mask held.
"Daddy you found me! Were have you been, hi Jenny, who are these guys, can we go home, are you going to stay awhile, I'm hungry, I want to go home, I missed you, who are these guys?" Jenny stopped for a second to take a breath and Duo held up a hand and Cassy fell silent.
"She has your mouth Maxwell." Came Wufei's voice over the radio.
"Come on Cassy get off your father."
"Alright Jenny, Daddy please answer my questions."
Duo now able to stand up took Jenny's hand.
"These are friends of mine Jenny. These are the guys I have been working with sense I left."
"Ooh! Can we go home now?"
"Yes. We're all leaving. Did you get that Tank, Atom?"
"Roger that "Braid Boy". We will see you at the north gate."
Duo sighed and turned his head sky ward and muttered something that sounded like why me. He then looked at Cassy, smiled then said.
"Lets go home."
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They were walking back to the van. Heero was walking beside Relena who was listening to a fast talking little boy who had attached himself to her hand.
"Their defenses were weak! They deserved to be broken into." Said Wufei angrily
"I agree with Wufei. Their defenses were rather weak." Agreed Quatre "Maybe..."
Quatre was interrupted by a loud explosion behind him. They all spun around to see what was left of the base go boom. Duo and Tank Spun around.
"Atom!!"
"What?" asked Atom looking as innocent as the summer sky trying to hide her rocket launcher behind her.
Duo and Tank rolled their eyes while Relena and Jenny tried to hide their laughter. All the children however thought it very funny and were laughing their heads of.
"You guys are picking on me!" she turned and walked in a huff back to the van.
The sight of this made Grayfox burst out laughing.
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Heero was lying on the bed in his room reading the book about the school. The head master had been so happy to see the little ones safe that he had offered the Gundam pilots the chance to stay at the school as permanent students. He for one was thinking of taking him up on the offer. Heero's thoughts were interrupted by shouting in Relena's room. She was interviewing people for the job of her partner. From the sounds of it things were not going to well. Heero got up from the bed and looked at the book abandoned on the bed.
"Mission accepted." With that Heero left the room.
Duo was sitting on a chair and flirting with Jenny as Cassy sat by Duo playing with his braid. It had been three days since the children had been rescued and in those few days Heero had learned that Cassy was very enamored of Duo and fallowed him almost every where. Heero saw a young boy stalk out of Relena's room not looking too happy. Heero stopped by her door took a deep breath and knocked on her door.
"Who is it." Asked a very annoyed Relena
Heero momentarily regretted coming at this time, but shook his head and walked in.
"Oh. Hello Heero. What do you want?" asked Relena
The sight that had been awaiting him on the other side of the door was breath-taking. She was sitting on a chair in the middle of the room her golden hair pooled around her like a golden water fall and she was dressed in, what he guessed were her working cloths, skin tight dark purple leather that showed off her matured body.
"I came because I want to ably for the job of your partner."
Relena almost fell out of her chair.
"Why?"
"Because, and I have thought long and hard about this, I... I love you."
This time she did fall out of her chair. In one swift movement he picked her up and held her in the semi lose circle of his arms. She looked at him completely baffled. Her expression made him smile. This made her jaw drop. Heero took advantage of this and claimed her lips with his. At the contact Heero's dark world was lit with her warm light. He had never thought that anything could taste so sweat. He felt so warm. Heero pulled her closer to him, holding her tight. Heero never wanted to let her go. But sadly he found out that breathing was a good thing.
"How do Duo and Jenny go so long without air?" he gasped asking no one in particular.
"Practice?" Relena suggested just as breathless as he was
"Lets see." Said Heero with a playful smile and kissed her again. Relena sighed happily and put her arms around his neck. When they pulled away again Heero moved his head slightly and started to kiss her neck.
"You are definitely approved to be my partner." She sighed closing her eyes.
"Shall I tell the head master for you two? You both look a touch on the busy side," asked a voice by the door
They both turned to see Duo leaning against the doorframe with Cassy still attached to his braid.
"Don't you knock?" asked Relena angrily but not stepping out of Heero's arms.
"I did. You didn't hear. Shall I go tell the head master?" he asked again
"Please." Said Heero
"Right." As Duo turned to leave he looked over his shoulder and said, "The trick is to take a deep breath before hand, and to occasionally breath through your nose." He then turned and left, a giggling Cassy followed still holding his braid.
"So that's how they do it." Said Relena in a mater of factly tone.
"Lets practice. Shall we?" asked Heero
Relena turned to him and looked in to his eyes. They both almost drowned in each other's gaze.
"We shall."
They kissed again and Heero pulled her onto the bed. Neither of them pulled put of each other's grasp through out that long and sweet night.
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Three months later.
Quatre had gone back to his mansion and Trowa to his circus. Heero had stayed with Relena. Duo had also stayed having been threatened life and braid by Cassy. Wufei visited often, slowly becoming closer to Sally.
At the moment Heero, Relena, Duo, Jenny, and Cassy were waiting in a small room for one of the students to arrive.
Cassy was beyond excited. She just couldn't wait for the seven months to be up so she could meet her new little brother or sister. Jenny to was very excited. She still couldn't believe that she was now Jenny Maxwell and she was two months pregnant with Duo's kid. Duo was still dazed about the whole pregnant thing but was exited all the same and very happy.
Heero also was feeling impatient about having to wait eight months to see his first-born. He had married Relena around the same time that Jenny got pregnant. He and Relena were the best thieving team around. They were both utterly in love. Heero sat in a chair and pulled Relena into his lap. When he had found out that she was pregnant he had forbidden her to go thieving. She had agreed after much complaining. Heero had also been helping Duo with Cassy so he would have some idea how to take care of a child.
Heero's thoughts were interrupted by the entering of the female student. She sat down by the computer and got ready to type.
"Alright start at the beginning, and please don't talk fast."
"You see Elf_fox it started when Jenny came to the house that me, Heero, and the other Gundam pilots lived..." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~END
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The Old School
Chapter 2
After the full tour of the school, in which Relena didn't say a thing, the g-boys listened and tried not to stare at Relena in disbelieve, and Grayfox who did all the talking looking exasperated with everyone, the girls led them to their rooms.
They walked down a hallway and into a circular room with many doors and beside each door was a computer.
"This is the Willow Wing. It is one of the largest wings the school has to offer. It has a total of ten rooms when the average wing has six. This wing belongs to Duo, Relena, Jenny, Cassy, and I. And sometimes Ryoul if he's not afraid that Relena will kill him at the moment. Since you are friends with Relena and Duo, we said you boys could sleep in some of our spare rooms. They're more comfortable then the guest rooms." Said Grayfox
"Why so many rooms for such a small group?" asked Heero watching Relena
"There are only a few students at the school at the present and the best students get the best wings. The teachers want us to stay with our partners, and at the present Relena and I am partner-less. The teachers hope that the thought of being able to be in this wing will make some of the students ask to be our partners. The teachers also like to think that they decide who sleeps in what wing they don't though. We, the students, chose were we sleep. Like with Tank and Atom. The teachers want them to sleep in this wing with us, but they wanted to be in the wing that most of there friends are in. So they sleep in the wing with their friends and we just say they sleep here. It's all very simple really." Replied Grayfox.
"What happened to your partners?" asked Quatre
"My wolves chased my last one off. I didn't like him anyway. And Relena chased Ryoul around the school several times. They did eight laps with Relena swearing that she was going to gut him like a fish when she caught him. It was all very interesting to watch." Answered Grayfox and Relena grinned evilly.
A knock sounded at the door.
"I'll get it," said Relena speaking for the first time that day
"Alright is there any more questions?" asked Grayfox "No? Good. Who was it Relena?"
Relena walked over not looking happy.
"Atom. She wanted to warn me that Ryoul came back early."
"Oh. I see." Grayfox turned back to g-boys "If you here something go bump in the night it is either one of my animals or Ryoul begging Relena not to kill him. And if you do Relena call me. I'd love to watch. I never liked that boy." Relena smiled even more evilly than before. Grayfox started to point each boy to his room.
"This is your room Heero. Right next to mine." Said Relena
Heero grabbed her arm.
"We need to talk." Said Heero quietly
"We can talk after dinner. Go get changed into your leathers. I have to go to class. When your done changing Atom will be waiting to take you to talk to the head master."
"Leather?"
"Yes. Cloth would be torn to sheds in the woods so we all were leather. See you later Heero." With that Relena left.
Heero walked into the small but cozy room. It had a window at the far wall with a small dresser underneath it, a very high tech computer in a corner; a bed in the center with a table beside it, there was an empty shelf above the bed, across from the bed was a door that led to a bathroom and a near empty book case in the corner next to the window. There was also a chair of no great interest. Heero walked over to look at the books in the bookcase. There were three books. A book on the computer in his room, one on the school itself, and another on plants. Heero then walked over to the dresser and opened it. It was filled with clothing, all in his colors and style. Green tank top and black shorts, there was also a jacket and a pair of black pants. Heero changed and then walked into the main room to wait for the others.
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The talk with the Head master had been boring. All he talked about was how if information on the school was released it could endanger the lives of the students and teachers. So when they left they were not to talk about what they had seen here.
Heero was bored and felt a brief feeling of relief when they were released. Atom had been waiting for them and led them back to their rooms. When they arrived they found Relena, Duo, Jenny, and Grayfox were typing away at the computers.
"Don't interrupt them." Atom advised "They know you're here and if they have anything to say to you they will say it if you approach them. Just don't talk to them. The lesson going on right now is timed. If you talk to them you will break their concentration and make them really mad. Now I must run. See ya."
Atom left. Quatre walked toward Duo and Duo held out a piece of paper.
"Here is a map of the school. After this period we have math. After math is dinner. You have been asked to sit at the doctor table so you can talk to Sally. You have yet to see her because several kids have chicken pocks and she is the best at keeping the young ones calm. The doctor's table is marked on the map." Duo had said this all with eyes glued to the screen and typing one handed. Quatre took the map. "Until dinner you may explore the school, work on your computer in your rooms, or watch us stare at our computers in a zombie like fashion."
"Zombie like fashion? Jenny after math please remind me to hit him." Said Grayfox
"Can do." Replied Jenny
"Are you picking on me?" asked Duo
"What else are we going to do for fun?" Asked Relena
"Now I know you girls are picking on me!" said Duo. The three girls laughed evilly.
This entire conversation had been done with their eyes and hands never leaving their computers.
Quatre and Trowa decided to explore, Wufei went to his room to sulk about Sally, and Heero decided to also go to his room. Heero looked once more around the room and noticed that the computer chair next to Duo's was smaller then the others like it was built for a child. Heero also noticed every few seconds Duo would look over at it for half a second. Heero guessed it was where Cassy had sat. Heero turned and started to walk toward his room as he passed Relena she pushed a folded piece of paper into his hand. Heero walked into his room before he opened it. It read:
Heero,
You said we needed to talk. After dinner I must take care of something. It involves Ryole and a baseball bat. Please meet me in my room. Then I will be able to talk.
Relena
Heero folded the note.
"I will meet you Relena." Heero murmured to himself. Then turned and went to the computer and logged on.
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Heero walked into the main room of their wing. The dinner conversation with Sally had been made up of Wufei shouting about the injustice of lying and Sally shouting back defending herself. Uninteresting but intriguing to watch. After dinner Heero had seen Relena sneak off after a boy with pale blue, spiky hair. He wasn't sure but he thought he saw a baseball bat hidden behind her back. Heero chuckled softly. Heero then made his way to Relena's room. As he entered the room he quickly guessed he had entered the wrong room. It was a child's room. The room was set up the same as his except everything was on a smaller scale. On the floor was a collection of toys, the shelf above the bed held a few books, pictures, a few toys, and a small jewelry box, on the dresser under the window was a collection of stuffed animals that spread to the bed. Also on the bed was Duo. Heero quickly moved out of his sight. Duo was sitting on the edge of the bed with his head bowed. He held in his
hands a well-loved stuffed cat. As Jenny walked in to the room from a different direction he guessed that Jenny and Duo's rooms connected to Cassy's.
"Duo what are you doing here?" asked Jenny
"Nothing," said Duo softly.
"Duo, it's not your fault that she went missing. Relena is an expert at stealing things and even she can't figure out how it was done. There is nothing we can do until the hackers locate their position. Come to bed. You need sleep."
With a heavy sigh Duo got up and left. Heero carefully walked into the room. He walked to the bookcase and noticed it was filled with fairy tales and schoolbooks. He walked to the bedside table and picked up one of the picture. It was a picture of a younger Duo and perched on his shoulders was a girl who looked like she was indeed Duo's daughter. She had the same violet eyes and long dark brown hair held in a braid. Heero heard a noise in the room next door and quietly left.
Heero then entered the door on the other side of his room. It was Relena's. Like the other room's it was set up the same. On the dresser was several potted night shade plants, on her bed was the bear he had given her, on the shelf above the bed was a picture of an old woman. Below the picture was a brass plate that said Darkling and beside it several tools of Relena's trade. On the bed side table Heero noticed a picture of him and Relena dancing. As he wondered how she got a hold of it he heard the door open. He turned around as Relena walked in swinging the bat idly and looking quite pleased with herself.
"That should teach him to stay away. Oh, hello Heero." Said Relena as she leaned the bat beside the door. "What did you want to talk to me about?"
"Mainly about you being a thief."
"I guessed as much. It's simple really. I heard Darkling talk about how when she was younger she would go thieving. The stories fascinated me and I asked her to teach me. She agreed and I found out that I have a knack for it, I really enjoy it, and nothing you or anyone else can say will change that."
"But it's dangerous. You could get caught or killed."
"It's the danger that makes it fun. Heero, I have been treated like a porcelain doll all my life. If I didn't do something exiting, fun, and dangerous once in awhile I would go mad!" Relena suddenly smiled "And if you are so worried about me getting hurt maybe you should accompany me."
Heero walked close to Relena, he lifted her chin with his hand to look into her eyes. He was so close that all he had to do was lean down a few inches to kiss her.
"Relena..."
A knock on the door made them jump apart. Relena opened the door and standing there was Grayfox.
"Relena a teacher was just here saying that you took a bat to Ryoul." She said
"Would I," Relena put a hand on her chest and had a look of innocents on her face "do something like that. Anyway I came here right after dinner."
"I thought so but he didn't want to believe me, and I am sorry if I interrupted something."
"No. I was just leaving. Good night girls." With that Heero left
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The next morning after breakfast the entire gang was in the main room of the wing laughing at Wufei and Sally. They were arguing again. When Tank and Atom burst in.
"They found them! They are alive and well. Oz has them in a base not far from here be ready to leave in half an hour." Said Tank in a rush then they both left.
"She's alive." Duo murmured
"Come on we only have 30 minuets to get ready to save the little ones. Lets move people!" said Grayfox and everyone went to their rooms to get ready to rescue the children.
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They were all pilled up in the van Quatre, Trowa, Duo, Heero, Wufei, Tank, Atom, Relena, Sally, Jenny, and Grayfox. They would travel most of the way in the van then walk to the base.
"How did you find them Atom?" asked Quatre
"I didn't. You see every child under the age of twelve wears a bracelet that has a tracer in it. The further away the tracer is the more erratic the signal gets. A group of students who call themselves hackers specialize in tracking those signals to their source. That's how they were located."
"What's the plan to rescue them?" asked Trowa
"Tank, Grayfox, Sally, Wufei, and myself will stay out side to keep the guards busy while the rest of you will sneak inside, split into groups of two and search for the children. When you find them you are to stay with them and contact the other groups on your watch two-way radios. Those will be given to you when we get there. When you are all together you will, as a group, get the children out and then we will all retreat. When we are a safe distance away I will blow the base up. Got it?"
Mass nodding of heads.
"We're there. All out." Tank stopped the car and the all filled out.
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"Duo have you and Jenny found anything yet?" asked Heero over the radio
"Beside a lot of now unconscious guards, a hole lot of nothing. Quatre and Trowa are heading to the main office maybe they will find something."
"Quatre..."
"We heard. We still haven't found anything yet. But we are close to the main office. Give us a few more minuets."
"Understood. Over." Relena came up to Heero.
"Anything?"
Heero shook his head no. As they continued Heero thought about Relena. After sneaking in he was slowly discovering why she was one of the best thieves around. She was almost as stealthy as he was and was discovering that he was enjoying working with her. But what really surprised him was that he was constantly thinking about Relena's need for a partner. Heero was going over the most likely reason for way he was feeling this way when Relena froze.
"What's up?" he asked
Relena looked around a corner carefully.
"There is a cell down there that has eight guards protecting it. Don't you think that is a bit much for a normal cell?"
Heero looked and nodded.
"Let's see what's inside." Heero cocked his gun and went towards the guards Relena following with a mean smile on her face.
Knocking out the guards was very simple and in a matter of seconds Heero and Relena had knocked them all cold. Heero would have just killed them but Relena was still a pacifist and had also pointed out that in the cell were probably very young children who should not see a dead body. Heero had to agree. Mostly because he thought that no child should even see anything remotely similar to the things he had seen as a child.
"Heero help me open the door."
Heero went to aid Relena in opening the stuck door. After some pulling and pushing the door swung outward. They both looked inside. It was dark and still. Looking more like a box than any thing else. It also looked empty. Then all of a sudden a soft voice was heard.
"Nightshade?" a pause then much louder "Oh Nightshade you found us!"
Then Relena was almost completely bowled over by a mob of very happy children. One of them was a girl who looked to be eight, with violet eyes, and dark braided hair.
"Duo do you read?" asked Heero
"Yeah what is it?"
"There is a young girl here and I believe her name is Cassy."
"You found them!! Were are you?"
"Cell number 349. Quatre did you get that."
"Yeah will be there in five minuets. Bet Duo runs all the way."
"He is don't worry. Heero we'll be there in 2 minuets. Duo slow down!" Said Jenny
A few minuets latter Heero heard someone racing down the walkway. Heero barely had time to draw his gun before Duo was past him. Then Duo was past him again traveling in apposite direction. When Heero got a good look at Duo his ever-present mask almost broke. Duo was flat on his back being held down by a very happy Cassy. Jenny, Quatre, and Trowa came walking up. Jenny and Quatre burst out laughing at the site, Trowa's eyes flickered with emotion for a second but his mask held.
"Daddy you found me! Were have you been, hi Jenny, who are these guys, can we go home, are you going to stay awhile, I'm hungry, I want to go home, I missed you, who are these guys?" Jenny stopped for a second to take a breath and Duo held up a hand and Cassy fell silent.
"She has your mouth Maxwell." Came Wufei's voice over the radio.
"Come on Cassy get off your father."
"Alright Jenny, Daddy please answer my questions."
Duo now able to stand up took Jenny's hand.
"These are friends of mine Jenny. These are the guys I have been working with sense I left."
"Ooh! Can we go home now?"
"Yes. We're all leaving. Did you get that Tank, Atom?"
"Roger that "Braid Boy". We will see you at the north gate."
Duo sighed and turned his head sky ward and muttered something that sounded like why me. He then looked at Cassy, smiled then said.
"Lets go home."
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They were walking back to the van. Heero was walking beside Relena who was listening to a fast talking little boy who had attached himself to her hand.
"Their defenses were weak! They deserved to be broken into." Said Wufei angrily
"I agree with Wufei. Their defenses were rather weak." Agreed Quatre "Maybe..."
Quatre was interrupted by a loud explosion behind him. They all spun around to see what was left of the base go boom. Duo and Tank Spun around.
"Atom!!"
"What?" asked Atom looking as innocent as the summer sky trying to hide her rocket launcher behind her.
Duo and Tank rolled their eyes while Relena and Jenny tried to hide their laughter. All the children however thought it very funny and were laughing their heads of.
"You guys are picking on me!" she turned and walked in a huff back to the van.
The sight of this made Grayfox burst out laughing.
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Heero was lying on the bed in his room reading the book about the school. The head master had been so happy to see the little ones safe that he had offered the Gundam pilots the chance to stay at the school as permanent students. He for one was thinking of taking him up on the offer. Heero's thoughts were interrupted by shouting in Relena's room. She was interviewing people for the job of her partner. From the sounds of it things were not going to well. Heero got up from the bed and looked at the book abandoned on the bed.
"Mission accepted." With that Heero left the room.
Duo was sitting on a chair and flirting with Jenny as Cassy sat by Duo playing with his braid. It had been three days since the children had been rescued and in those few days Heero had learned that Cassy was very enamored of Duo and fallowed him almost every where. Heero saw a young boy stalk out of Relena's room not looking too happy. Heero stopped by her door took a deep breath and knocked on her door.
"Who is it." Asked a very annoyed Relena
Heero momentarily regretted coming at this time, but shook his head and walked in.
"Oh. Hello Heero. What do you want?" asked Relena
The sight that had been awaiting him on the other side of the door was breath-taking. She was sitting on a chair in the middle of the room her golden hair pooled around her like a golden water fall and she was dressed in, what he guessed were her working cloths, skin tight dark purple leather that showed off her matured body.
"I came because I want to ably for the job of your partner."
Relena almost fell out of her chair.
"Why?"
"Because, and I have thought long and hard about this, I... I love you."
This time she did fall out of her chair. In one swift movement he picked her up and held her in the semi lose circle of his arms. She looked at him completely baffled. Her expression made him smile. This made her jaw drop. Heero took advantage of this and claimed her lips with his. At the contact Heero's dark world was lit with her warm light. He had never thought that anything could taste so sweat. He felt so warm. Heero pulled her closer to him, holding her tight. Heero never wanted to let her go. But sadly he found out that breathing was a good thing.
"How do Duo and Jenny go so long without air?" he gasped asking no one in particular.
"Practice?" Relena suggested just as breathless as he was
"Lets see." Said Heero with a playful smile and kissed her again. Relena sighed happily and put her arms around his neck. When they pulled away again Heero moved his head slightly and started to kiss her neck.
"You are definitely approved to be my partner." She sighed closing her eyes.
"Shall I tell the head master for you two? You both look a touch on the busy side," asked a voice by the door
They both turned to see Duo leaning against the doorframe with Cassy still attached to his braid.
"Don't you knock?" asked Relena angrily but not stepping out of Heero's arms.
"I did. You didn't hear. Shall I go tell the head master?" he asked again
"Please." Said Heero
"Right." As Duo turned to leave he looked over his shoulder and said, "The trick is to take a deep breath before hand, and to occasionally breath through your nose." He then turned and left, a giggling Cassy followed still holding his braid.
"So that's how they do it." Said Relena in a mater of factly tone.
"Lets practice. Shall we?" asked Heero
Relena turned to him and looked in to his eyes. They both almost drowned in each other's gaze.
"We shall."
They kissed again and Heero pulled her onto the bed. Neither of them pulled put of each other's grasp through out that long and sweet night.
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Three months later.
Quatre had gone back to his mansion and Trowa to his circus. Heero had stayed with Relena. Duo had also stayed having been threatened life and braid by Cassy. Wufei visited often, slowly becoming closer to Sally.
At the moment Heero, Relena, Duo, Jenny, and Cassy were waiting in a small room for one of the students to arrive.
Cassy was beyond excited. She just couldn't wait for the seven months to be up so she could meet her new little brother or sister. Jenny to was very excited. She still couldn't believe that she was now Jenny Maxwell and she was two months pregnant with Duo's kid. Duo was still dazed about the whole pregnant thing but was exited all the same and very happy.
Heero also was feeling impatient about having to wait eight months to see his first-born. He had married Relena around the same time that Jenny got pregnant. He and Relena were the best thieving team around. They were both utterly in love. Heero sat in a chair and pulled Relena into his lap. When he had found out that she was pregnant he had forbidden her to go thieving. She had agreed after much complaining. Heero had also been helping Duo with Cassy so he would have some idea how to take care of a child.
Heero's thoughts were interrupted by the entering of the female student. She sat down by the computer and got ready to type.
"Alright start at the beginning, and please don't talk fast."
"You see Elf_fox it started when Jenny came to the house that me, Heero, and the other Gundam pilots lived..." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~END