Disclaimers: I don't own Gundam Wing, as much as I want to. I'm just borrowing them. I'm not making money.

AN: Another new idea. How's this one? Not beta-read yet, will be reposted when it's fixed...I hope it's understandable…ARGH!!! Thank you Reviewers!! Please, more more more reviews!! I hope people are still reading at this point...*groan*! I dun have too many answers for the question I had…please people…I'm stuck!

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Unsure Feelings
Part 5: Caught Off Guard


Katryna, in her own Gundam, was checking the suit's stats as she traveled to her destination by autopilot. Silently anticipating the battle, she looked up, surprised, when Heero's voice broke into her silent thoughts. She confirmed that she was completely ready for battle before looking up to Heero's face on the left screen of the cockpit.

"Sorry 01, I didn't catch that."

"I said we're nearing South Africa. We'll be there in about 10 minutes."

"Roger. I'm ready. What's Relena doing here again?"

"She's visiting the children there for a charity fund. We have to land outside of South Africa, and go on by foot. We'll watch her speech, and follow her and make sure she gets safely to her shuttle and back to the Sank Kingdom. We're expecting her to be taken either right after her speech, or on her shuttle. Be prepared for anything."

"All right. I am, we discussed this. There's one point we're missing; if we do get her, how do we transport her?"

"In my Gundam."

"She'll be sitting on ya." Katryna would have laughed at that if she didn't dislike the whiny princess so much.

"She'll be sitting sideways in the seat. I'll be on the ground in front to control the gundam."

"But you don't have any harnesses!" Katryna raised an eyebrow.

"I won't die. The cockpit isn't big. I can balance myself. I know what I'm doing."

"If you say so…"

"Heero! Katryna!" Quatre's voice broke into their conversation, and both pilots booted up a link.

"Something wrong Quatre?" Katryna asked. "We're on a tight schedule, make it quick."

"Heero, you know Katryna's disadvantages!"

"Excuse me Quatre?" Katryna was surprised that Quatre was talking to Heero as if she wasn't there. The blond was rarely so…rude…

"Who's been on my laptop?" Heero ground out.

"Duo. Heero, what are you going to do?"

"Nothing. We're there, over and out."

"Heero!" Quatre cried as Heero severed the connection. The other pilots in the room looked at each other.

"Heero won't take care of her. He said she'd just be a war casualty." Duo stood. "You traced them Quatre?"

"South Africa, eastern border."

"Roger that. C'mon Trowa." It had been decided that if they knew the location, Duo and Trowa would follow as back up. It was world news that Relena was doing a speech there anyway. They had to move fast.

Meanwhile, as Katryna and Heero landed and hid their Gundams, Katryna turned to Heero.

"My disadvantages? What was that about Heero?"

"Nothing. Just concentrate on the mission at hand." Heero ignored her, walking ahead of her toward the building where Relena was to make her speech. With a sigh, Katryna followed him.

As they neared the building, Katryna felt uneasy, as if she were being watched. She moved quicker, closer to Heero, whispering without moving her lips.

"Traced. If confronted, split. Meet up in air."

Heero nodded slightly to show Katryna that he understood. But no one confronted them, and they went on as if they didn't know there was a watcher. Once they had passed the guards at the front of the building, Katryna stood at the corner of one side of the building, eyes alert for anything, as Heero watched Relena from an open window. Hearing a sound to her left, she turned, looking into the darkness for the source. The next second, a hand was on her shoulder. She spun around with a surprised gasp to see a man with a trench coat on, a hat shadowing his face.

"Excuse me miss, what are you doing here?" Katryna didn't recognize the voice.

"And you mister?" She carefully made her voice higher.

"I'm looking for a friend I was supposed to meet here."

Katryna stepped back, into the shadows, waiting for the man to move closer and out of Heero's view before he could see the spying youth. As predicted, the man stepped closer in front of her to keep sight of her. He gave no indication of noticing Heero. "Well?" He asked. Katryna tapped a button at the side of her watch/communicator. Heero glanced at his similar watch when it shook silently and the screen displayed a red dot. Someone was talking to Katryna.

"I'm waiting for someone too."

"Might your name be Katryna?" The man asked. Katryna's eyes widened in surprise as her mask slipped momentarily before she forced it back into place.

"Wrong person sir. The name's Rachel. Excuse me. I'm going inside." Not waiting for an answer, Katryna pushed past the man, walking out into the open. Heero saw this, and turned back to watch Relena. She was just finishing her speech, and he too, moved toward the side of the building where he could watch her get into her shuttle that was in the backfield of said building.

The man smiled in the shadows. He too, headed in the opposite direction of both Heero and Katryna. On his way, he discarded his hat and trench coat. The moon glinted off his white/silver mask.

Katryna made sure that the man hadn't been following her before she doubled back to follow him. She saw Heero walk toward the backfield, and knew Relena was finished with her speech and would be leaving soon, but she had to find out who the man was. She stopped in her tracks when she saw the reflection of the moon's eerie rays on a glint of white metal. Zechs Marquise. 'But how did he know who I was…?' She didn't have time to think when someone from behind her pulled her back by her wrist.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Heero whispered fiercely. "We have to get back to the Gundams now! The shuttle is preparing to launch!" He let go of her arm when another voice broke into their silent stare.

"Hey! Who are you two? Show yourselves!" A man, most likely a guard, yelled. Without wasting a moment, Heero once again grabbed Katryna's arm, tugging her with him at a dead sprint. Surprised, Katryna tripped and sprawled ungracefully to the ground. She could hear the man nearing them as she tried to get up, but she had twisted her ankle. The next moment, she was up against the wall, Heero's lips on hers. Her eyes widened in surprised, crossing to see Heero's icy eyes staring at her, before she closed her eyes in understanding. Heero too, closed his eyes.

"What the hell? Just a couple of teenagers making out! You two get out of here!" The man shouted, giving Heero a push before turning and jogging back toward wherever he came from. Heero gave no indication of caring until the man was far enough and Katryna pushed him away. Heat rushed to her cheeks, and she was glad it was dark enough to hide her blush.

"Sorry." Heero said gruffly. He licked his lips, still tasting her lips on his before snapping out of his reverie. "We're late. We have to get going. Can you walk?"

Katryna straightened from the wall, testing her ankle. Pain shot up her leg and she winced, but nodded nevertheless. "Yea. I'm fine. I'll only slow you down. Hurry and I'll meet you up there. We have to finish this first."

Heero nodded, and started running toward his Gundam. Katryna tried to follow, but winced at the pain. She paused a moment, rubbing her ankle for a moment before deciding to totally numb and ignore the pain. But to her surprise, as she started to run again, the pain was gone. She'd have to figure that out later. In the distance, she heard shouting, and knew that the shuttle was in trouble. A moment later she heard a bang. Quickly scaling her Gundam, she glanced at an overview of the area. Wing Zero was fighting off the many suits that were trying to near Relena's shuttle and bring it down.

'That's my mission…' She quickly took off on her own Gundam, and was at the battle scene in seconds.

"Heero, get the shuttle to land then take Relena. I'll cover for you. GO!"

"Ninmu Ryoukai." Heero responded. (A.N. Mission accepted…) Wing Zero headed off closer to the shuttle. Katryna turned her attention to the suits, slashing any of them that got too close to the shuttle. She kept an eye on the left screen, watching Heero aid the shuttle's landing, and maneuver the Gundam closer to it, blocking any human gunfire from the shuttle. Heero exited the gundam, moving at breakneck speed to the shuttle door that opened. Relena flung her arms around Heero, and Heero pushed her off, grabbing her wrist and pulling her along with him toward the Gundam.

"Katryna." Another voice cut into her split concentration and another screen appeared on her contact window. A man with a mask appeared.

"Zech's Marquise. Why are you after Relena Peacecraft?"

"I want a little family reunion with my little sister, my beloved Katryna."

"Liar. My name is Rachel."

"Your name is neither. You are Kataryna McKnowan, and you are betrothed to Milliardo Peacecraft. I do want a family reunion. To marry you, in the presence of my little sister Relena."

"My name is NOT Kataryna McKnowan!" Katryna cried. She didn't know who the McKnowans were, especially with her amnesia of her early childhood, but for some reason, that the name McKnowan was familiar to her. She shook her head, glancing again in Heero's direction. The Gundam had just started up, and was slashing at all the mobile suits that Katryna had stopped covering, trying to make an escape.

"My beloved, you do not know who you are…you are mine, Kataryna McKnowan. No matter how you deny it, it is the truth. Come with me, we'll do a DNA scan. Then we'll know for sure, won't we?"

"I'm not going anywhere with you!" Katryna severed the connection, and turned to help Heero.

"Go Heero! I'm still covering you!" Katryna slashed at another mobile suit that was heading for Zero's back with her saber. "I'm right behind you Heero!" The next moment, Heero had shot out of view, just as an explosion threw Katryna against her control panel, despite the safety restraints holding her.

"You can't protect them Katryna. You can only do that if you either kill us all, or surrender to me." Zechs voice once again rang in Katryna's ears.

"I'll do anything for my past but I won't EVER surrender to you!" Katryna screamed, throwing her Gundam forward into Epyon, jarring both pilots. Zechs laughed.

"You can't hurt me my princess." The other mobile suits swarmed around her, and she tried in vain to fight them all.

"I'm NOT Kataryna McKnowan!"

"You are." Another voice said. To her surprise, Katryna herself realized that the voice came from her own head. "You are Kataryna McKnowan, 14 years old, the heir of the McKnowan possessions since the death of your family, and the only remaining heir to the McKnowan powers."

"No I'm not!" Katryna screamed, trying to chase the voice from her head as she fought.

"Katryna!" Duo also cut into her concentration, as did Trowa.

"Retreat Katryna!" Trowa ordered.

"Come with me Kataryna McKnowan. You are mine."

Pain seared in Katryna's head and blood.

"The pain you feel, I control. Simply surrender, and it'll leave."

"Katryna!" Duo called again. "Katryna, listen to me! Don't do anything, just retreat!"

"Duo…" Katryna whispered as she watched both Duo and Trowa fight, unconsciously lowering her Gundam to the ground.

"There's a good girl Kataryna. Now stand and exit your Gundam with your hands up." Zechs ordered.

"Don't do it Katryna!" Trowa said, trying to break whatever spell was holding Katryna. She paid no attention.

"I'm not Kataryna McKnowan…I'm Katryna…aren't I?" Katryna asked herself. She didn't hear anything else, but her own thoughts. Her distraction gave Zechs the time he needed to work.

"GO!" He signaled the order. Within seconds, all the suits left Deathscythe and Heavyarms, heading toward Katryna's silent and motionless Gundam.

"Katryna!" Duo called, flying toward the helpless girl.

"That isn't wise Duo Maxwell." Zech's voice stopped the American. "I can have her killed, right now." Duo and Trowa watched helplessly as soldiers climbed Katryna's Gundam. Duo gave it one last go.

"KATRYNA!"

Katryna's head snapped up. "Duo!" She cried, trying to start of Gundam. But the door opened by the emergency switch outside, and soldiers grabbed her, pulling her out. Something hit the back of her head, and she fell unconscious, left to her last thoughts. 'I'm not Kataryna McKnowan…am I?'






Saori: O.k This may have been kinda confusing...or very, but...I'm working hard! I hope it is liked!!! Please REVIEW!!! PLEASE!!!!!! Next part out soon I hope! ^.^ Should I make Heero go save Katryna? Or make him a meanie...??