(Read previous chapter for disclaimers)
Cupid's Arrow
Chapter 2
Quatre offered his guest some tea. Politely she declined.
"I'm sure you wish to know who I am. I won't keep you waiting any longer. I am part of a...resistance group, what their called does not matter for now. I was looking for you so I could persuade you to join our fight. We met a few years ago. That was how I knew you."
Although Quatre wanted to ask her some questions something in her manner told him that they would not be answered.
" I need my plane fixed. If that is possible I will do the final adjustments myself. Oh yes and my name is Tara. Tara Nepion."
"Tara what are you doing here." ""
"Pardon me Trowa, but the name is not Tara; it's Leia. Leia Nepion. I am part of a group looking for help. I was asked to find you. You will help us. Our enemies are the same so the plans won't change that much. Here are copies of the orders. "
Nimbly Leia swung up onto the Gundam. Trowa sat and crossed his arms waiting for her to reach him. Leia showed him the papers after getting out a flashlight. Silently Trowa read the papers.
"Oh yeah, we hopefully shall be working with Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei, and Quatre Winner.
That got a reaction out of Trowa.
Quatre readily agreed. Like Trowa he felt he could trust her.
"You'll have to stay a few nights though. " He pointed out.
"Right and that will give us time to go over the plans I brought. " She replied. Leaning over she pulled a sheaf of papers from somewhere in her flight suit and spread them over the table. "Did I forget to mention? We may be working with Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei, and Trowa Barton."
Quatre quite suddenly spilled his tea and gaped at her over the table.
Several days later, Trowa set out on yet another mission....for Leia. `To gather information' he thought, `just to gather information.' He slowly maneuvered the car through the Arabian streets. Somehow they reminded him of Quatre. Abruptly he forced his mind away from that topic. He was on a mission with no time for pleasantries. Still he couldn't help wondering where Quatre was.
Quatre wandered into town, hoping he looked like a casual passerby. He was to gather information. Why he wasn't sure. He wished Tara was here with him; she could do this better than he could. In fact, she was the one who had given him his orders. Unfortunately she had to repair her plane. He glanced across the crowded square, relaxing in the heat. `Well might as well start.' He thought. He struck up a conversation with an old man tending his stall when something green caught his eye.
Trowa wandered around awhile, looking for what he didn't know. The square was noisy and it was easy to overhear conversations. The two men to the left were arguing about prices. Not usefull. Trowa sifted through the myrid conversations and varied lives he heard around him. He stood up from his spot and started to move on when he saw a flash of blond hair and pink shirt. Quatre!
Quatre tried to keep his mind on his work he honestly did. But he just couldn't concentrate. Just for a moment he told himself as he stepped out of the sun into an alley. Slowly he sank to the ground and leaned his head between his knees. Even more slowly he breathed in and out trying to restore concentration. Suddenly he was jerked out of his trance by a hand roughly shaking him.
Trowa worked his way over to where the blond had been standing but by the time he got there Quatre had left. Mentally he frowned , `Where had he gone?' He started to search when he noticed a shady nearby ally. Perhaps he had to get out of the sun, Trowa thought. He slipped into the ally. Sure enough there was Quatre . Trowa strode over and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Are you all right?".....No response.
"Quatre? Are you all right?!"....Still no response. Trowa took a deep breath and started shaking him, "Quatre!? Answer me." Slowly Quatre's head came up.
"Wha...?" He seemed dazed for some reason. Trowa considered his priorities. Shrugging he slipped a hand under Quatre . Slowly he helped him up and to the truck he had used. He swiftly navigated the streets to the small hotel he was using as a temporary base.
"hello Trowa." Leia was sitting on his bed calm as could be going through his computer files. Trowa metally growled. He looked at her face expressionless. Quatre having recovered from the shock of being dragged out of a trance looked at Leia closely.
"Trowa....who is this?" he asked, a faint confusion in his tone. Leia jumped up.
"Sorry! I'm Leia. I guess im your new boss thingie." Quatre blinked as did Trowa. "Didn't Tara recruit you yet?"
"Oh. No wonder you look so much like her." Quatre turned to Trowa, who still had a guiding hand on Quatre's elbow. A fact Leia didn't miss. "Tara recruited me. She had meantioned we might be working together. I guess that's what Leia meant." Leia looked at him oddly.
"Your taking this very well...and if you haven't noticed Tara and I look practically nothing alike." Trowa looked from the calm blond next to him to the girl perched on the bed wondering who they were talking about. The girl who Leia had `borrowed' her alis from? "Heh...opps..umm..Tara's my partner. She's also my twin but...that's not really that important." She muttered something under her breath and continued on. "I have a picture of her somewhere but...maybe it would be better if we went and stayed with her and Quatre."
Quatre started. "That would be wonderful." He tried hard not to beam too much. "I'm sure Tara would be overjoyed to see you!" Leia looked at him strangly again.
"Right. Well anyway lets go."
Shadows covered the corner of the large sunlit hanger. A wrecked plane sits in the middle of the hanger, its mechanic/pilot nowhere in sight.
"Yes sir. 03 and 04 have been successfully recruited. Pilot 02 also shouldn't be that hard. Our troubles will stem mostly from 01 and 05."
"Yes...Those two." There was a pause. "Send Lady Tiger after pilot 01. I want you to go after pilot 05. You might even have fun with that one. As for 02...I think he may be a harder nut to crack than you think. Keep you wits about you Wolf."
"Yes Sir. I know the stakes."
"Understood. Transmission terminated."
The unnatural shadows lifted and a gleam of sunlight hit silver hair as a figure slipped off unnoticed. Dark eyes watched the girl leave. The imposing man in pale pale purple spun about to check the security tapes.
MUHAHAHAHAHA! Chapter two done! ^^ Whoever could that man be? I had a lot of trouble trying to give it away without giving it away. I only hope you guys get it. Do we get to see Wufei torture soon? I hope so! I'm sorry if he's OOC for any of you guys but he's too...prickly to resist torturing. ^^ Next chapter coming soon!
Cupid's Arrow
Chapter 2
Quatre offered his guest some tea. Politely she declined.
"I'm sure you wish to know who I am. I won't keep you waiting any longer. I am part of a...resistance group, what their called does not matter for now. I was looking for you so I could persuade you to join our fight. We met a few years ago. That was how I knew you."
Although Quatre wanted to ask her some questions something in her manner told him that they would not be answered.
" I need my plane fixed. If that is possible I will do the final adjustments myself. Oh yes and my name is Tara. Tara Nepion."
"Tara what are you doing here." ""
"Pardon me Trowa, but the name is not Tara; it's Leia. Leia Nepion. I am part of a group looking for help. I was asked to find you. You will help us. Our enemies are the same so the plans won't change that much. Here are copies of the orders. "
Nimbly Leia swung up onto the Gundam. Trowa sat and crossed his arms waiting for her to reach him. Leia showed him the papers after getting out a flashlight. Silently Trowa read the papers.
"Oh yeah, we hopefully shall be working with Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei, and Quatre Winner.
That got a reaction out of Trowa.
Quatre readily agreed. Like Trowa he felt he could trust her.
"You'll have to stay a few nights though. " He pointed out.
"Right and that will give us time to go over the plans I brought. " She replied. Leaning over she pulled a sheaf of papers from somewhere in her flight suit and spread them over the table. "Did I forget to mention? We may be working with Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei, and Trowa Barton."
Quatre quite suddenly spilled his tea and gaped at her over the table.
Several days later, Trowa set out on yet another mission....for Leia. `To gather information' he thought, `just to gather information.' He slowly maneuvered the car through the Arabian streets. Somehow they reminded him of Quatre. Abruptly he forced his mind away from that topic. He was on a mission with no time for pleasantries. Still he couldn't help wondering where Quatre was.
Quatre wandered into town, hoping he looked like a casual passerby. He was to gather information. Why he wasn't sure. He wished Tara was here with him; she could do this better than he could. In fact, she was the one who had given him his orders. Unfortunately she had to repair her plane. He glanced across the crowded square, relaxing in the heat. `Well might as well start.' He thought. He struck up a conversation with an old man tending his stall when something green caught his eye.
Trowa wandered around awhile, looking for what he didn't know. The square was noisy and it was easy to overhear conversations. The two men to the left were arguing about prices. Not usefull. Trowa sifted through the myrid conversations and varied lives he heard around him. He stood up from his spot and started to move on when he saw a flash of blond hair and pink shirt. Quatre!
Quatre tried to keep his mind on his work he honestly did. But he just couldn't concentrate. Just for a moment he told himself as he stepped out of the sun into an alley. Slowly he sank to the ground and leaned his head between his knees. Even more slowly he breathed in and out trying to restore concentration. Suddenly he was jerked out of his trance by a hand roughly shaking him.
Trowa worked his way over to where the blond had been standing but by the time he got there Quatre had left. Mentally he frowned , `Where had he gone?' He started to search when he noticed a shady nearby ally. Perhaps he had to get out of the sun, Trowa thought. He slipped into the ally. Sure enough there was Quatre . Trowa strode over and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Are you all right?".....No response.
"Quatre? Are you all right?!"....Still no response. Trowa took a deep breath and started shaking him, "Quatre!? Answer me." Slowly Quatre's head came up.
"Wha...?" He seemed dazed for some reason. Trowa considered his priorities. Shrugging he slipped a hand under Quatre . Slowly he helped him up and to the truck he had used. He swiftly navigated the streets to the small hotel he was using as a temporary base.
"hello Trowa." Leia was sitting on his bed calm as could be going through his computer files. Trowa metally growled. He looked at her face expressionless. Quatre having recovered from the shock of being dragged out of a trance looked at Leia closely.
"Trowa....who is this?" he asked, a faint confusion in his tone. Leia jumped up.
"Sorry! I'm Leia. I guess im your new boss thingie." Quatre blinked as did Trowa. "Didn't Tara recruit you yet?"
"Oh. No wonder you look so much like her." Quatre turned to Trowa, who still had a guiding hand on Quatre's elbow. A fact Leia didn't miss. "Tara recruited me. She had meantioned we might be working together. I guess that's what Leia meant." Leia looked at him oddly.
"Your taking this very well...and if you haven't noticed Tara and I look practically nothing alike." Trowa looked from the calm blond next to him to the girl perched on the bed wondering who they were talking about. The girl who Leia had `borrowed' her alis from? "Heh...opps..umm..Tara's my partner. She's also my twin but...that's not really that important." She muttered something under her breath and continued on. "I have a picture of her somewhere but...maybe it would be better if we went and stayed with her and Quatre."
Quatre started. "That would be wonderful." He tried hard not to beam too much. "I'm sure Tara would be overjoyed to see you!" Leia looked at him strangly again.
"Right. Well anyway lets go."
Shadows covered the corner of the large sunlit hanger. A wrecked plane sits in the middle of the hanger, its mechanic/pilot nowhere in sight.
"Yes sir. 03 and 04 have been successfully recruited. Pilot 02 also shouldn't be that hard. Our troubles will stem mostly from 01 and 05."
"Yes...Those two." There was a pause. "Send Lady Tiger after pilot 01. I want you to go after pilot 05. You might even have fun with that one. As for 02...I think he may be a harder nut to crack than you think. Keep you wits about you Wolf."
"Yes Sir. I know the stakes."
"Understood. Transmission terminated."
The unnatural shadows lifted and a gleam of sunlight hit silver hair as a figure slipped off unnoticed. Dark eyes watched the girl leave. The imposing man in pale pale purple spun about to check the security tapes.
MUHAHAHAHAHA! Chapter two done! ^^ Whoever could that man be? I had a lot of trouble trying to give it away without giving it away. I only hope you guys get it. Do we get to see Wufei torture soon? I hope so! I'm sorry if he's OOC for any of you guys but he's too...prickly to resist torturing. ^^ Next chapter coming soon!