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A/N: I have a question....some people seem to want this relationship to progress quickly, while others think that it should not.
Can y'all tell me exactly how you want that to go? As of now, the two are simply experiencing attraction...they will still have
their little disagreements...and they have NO frenzied urges to jump into bed with each other anytime soon (well...at least Amy
doesn't^.~...lol). Anyways, if y'all will send me reviews telling me whether you want the relationship to progress quickly or
more slowly, I will try to go by a majority-rules basis...but if I don't get many reviews on the issue, I will just write it as I see fit.
There, that should be okay with everyone, right? ^^;
As always, disclaimers apply....we all know exactly what I do NOT own...so don't sue, blah blah blah...
Now, without further ado, Chapter 3!!!
~ Thalia
* * *
Breakfast was a fairly uneventful meal. Both Amy and Zack briefly went over the different devices and items that they would be
carrying, and told Serena and Darien exactly how they would be kept in surveillance. Zack still had a slight welt on his cheek,
but if Serena and Darien noticed, they did not comment. Then, the four of them headed to Terrelunia Inc., main headquarters,
for work: Amy and Serena in Serena's silver Lotus and Zack and Darien in Darien's black Jaguar. When they had arrived and
parked, Amy installed a hidden camera on each car's rear-view mirror, and a program that would detect explosives, and cause
an alarm to go off on both hers and Zack's cell phone, with a message sent to tell how long they would have before the bomb
detonated. Amy knew that Demando had a partiality for blowing things up...two of his most powerful cohorts: both Saffir and
Rubeus, had been bombers. But she, Lita and Raye had worked with their teams on creating numerous devices, pooling their
combined and considerable amounts of knowledge. And such devices had, on more than one occasion, saved their lives.
Zack had to grudgingly admit that she certainly had a plethora of useful gadgets. He personally preferred trusting his personal
intuition rather than depending on technology. But to each his or her own, he supposed. After she was done, all four of them
headed into the building, and planned to meet downstairs at noon for lunch together. Then, Darien gave Serena a peck on the
lips, and he and Zack split up with Serena and Amy.
~ ~ ~
Serena led Amy to the entrance to her laboratory. "I must introduce you to my colleagues." Serena declared.
Amy nodded. "Yes, but do not mention a word about the..special circumstances." She lowered her voice and whispered into
Serena's ear, "I am Amy Winters. Age 26, PhD in Biochem from Harvard. Married to Zack Winters, age 28, MBA from Princeton.
He is your husband's college friend, and both of us had recently transferred to Terrelunia Inc."
Serena nodded in understanding, and the two walked into the lab. "Good morning everyone!" Serena called out cheerily, a wide
smile on her pretty face. "I'd like y'all to meet the newest member of our team."
Amy saw two men and one woman walk up to Serena and herself. First, a tall, dark-haired fellow who bore quite a remarkable
resemblance to Darien, except his hair was longer, and his eyes were pale blue rather than Darien's cobalt blue ones. He gave
Amy a polite smile and a firm handshake. "Soren Starr, a pleasure." Soren, she later found out, was 30 years old, with a
master's degree in Genetic Engineering from the Boston University. Next, came a strikingly beautiful woman with a mane of
moss-green hair and tranquil eyes the color of fine merlot. "Skylar Mason, glad to make your acquaintance." Skylar was 29, and
Amy found out to her surprise that she, like Raye, had gone to Yale. In fact, as Skylar had a master's in Biophysics, the two had
even shared some classes, although the two women had no more than a passing acquaintance with each other. Then, another
man, with honey brown hair and a gentle smile, "Thane Starr, charmed." Thane was Soren's brother, 33, with a master's in
Mathematics and another in Cellular Molecular Biology, also from Boston University. All three were very intelligent, courteous,
cultured people, and each was in charge of a lab group, with Serena overseeing all of them. Amy was ushered into the office
next to Serena's. "Here is your office. Because of your background in computer science as well as Biochemistry, you can work
on the patents. Seriously, though, it should be fairly easy work. Would that be all right?"
"That's perfect. Thank you, Serena." Amy agreed. It was enough work so that no one would get suspicious about her hanging
about the place, but also easy enough so that she would have plenty of time and opportunity to monitor Serena. The morning
passed rather quickly and peacefully. Thane seemed to be quite taken with the pretty, intelligent new member of 'the team',
and under different circumstances, Amy would have been very flattered and might have considered a date or two with him. But
she knew that first and foremost, she was on a mission, and secondly, she was supposed to be married to Zack. 'Pity, Thane
seems like a mannerly, smart man. And when he looked at me he looked into my eyes, not at my chest. Which is more than I
can say for someone else.'
Meanwhile, Darien had also introduced Zack to his staff. His three main subordinates were two women and one man. The first
woman was a tall, brash, tomboyish woman of 29 with a sarcastic sense of humor and a penchant for fast cars. Her sandy
hair cut short as a guy's, she introduced herself as Anila Tennyson, no relation to the poet. She was the chief financial analyst,
who got her MBA from Duke. The second woman, a beauty of 27 with a cloud of aqua green, wavy hair and blue-green eyes,
a perfect body and roses-and-cream skin, who introduced herself as Meredith Kay, publicity manager, with a master's degree in
psychology and a minor in music from Wellesley. Zack gave her a charming smile, and was about to be his debonair, flirtatious
self when Anila, whose piercing ice-blue eyes seemed to notice everything, cleared her throat and gave a pointed look at the
"wedding band" on his finger. Zack remembered his role, and for a moment felt a twinge of guilt. From then on, he treated
Meredith no differently than Anila, with an impersonal, gracious courtesy. The man was 28, with longish white hair, which
reminded Zack briefly of Kevin, except where Kevin was very tall and muscular this guy was slightly shorter and lankier. And
instead of Kevin's serious, almost stony face, this guy's green eyes were bright with mirth. He introduced himself as Yen Starr,
chief of accounting with a degree in finance from Boston University and mentioned that his two brothers Soren and Thane
worked under Serena White. Soren was engaged to another of Serena's staff, a woman named Skylar Mason, but Thane was
still single, Yen explained, most likely because he was the world's biggest geek. Zack glanced at a picture of the three brothers
on Yen's desk, and saw that Thane was, despite his supposed geekiness, tall and handsome in a mellow, distinguished way,
and was irritated to no end. That man would be working with Amy all the live-long day, until this assignment was over. This
Thane character had BETTER realize that Amy was HIS wife...well, not really...but he better not...frustrated, Zack ran a hand
through his hand through his hair. What was with him regarding Amy, anyway?
Darien gave him an office close to his own, and the job of Ad management. All he had to do was to sift through ads, an easy
job that gave him enough freedom and mobility to observe Darien and keep an eye out for trouble without arousing suspicion.
So far so good, there had not been any suspicious people or events, and Zack divided his time equally for daydreaming about
Amy, looking at ads, hating the unknown Thane, and watching Darien. Soon, it was time for lunch, and Darien and Zack headed
downstairs to the lobby to meet Serena and Amy. As the two men were waiting, out of the corner of his eye, Zack noticed a
janitor stare at them intently, then start watching the elevator. Something was not quite right, and the man seemed vaguely
familiar...which was not a good sign. Zack saw Amy and Serena get off the elevator, and the janitor back into the shadows,
confirming his suspicions. Darien pulled his wife in for a kiss, and Zack followed suit with Amy, kissing her briefly on the mouth,
ignoring the sudden heat igniting in the pit of his stomach, then moved his lips to her cheek, and then her ear, taking the chance
to whisper, "Your target, assassin at 10 o'clock."
Amy gave a barely perceptible nod, playing along so that it looked like the two of them were sharing a tender moment, and
scanned the room with half-lowered eyes as Zach kissed her jaw gently. Well! So there were some benefits to being 'wedded'
to him, after all! She soon located the assassin. Imitating Zack's actions, she trailed her lips to his ear, "Got him covered. At
lunch I'll break to go to the ladies' room, dispatch him, while you watch them two. I know he's going to follow us to wherever
we're eating. Oh, and one more thing." She slipped off her wedding ring and handed it to him. "On the way from the kitchen to
the table, food makes a trip." He nodded, and watched as she twisted one of the diamonds to emit a beam of UV light. "Poison
phosphoresces under UV light."
Zack nodded, and the two broke apart. Serena and Darien were looking at them in amusement. "You'd almost think that you
two are a real couple." Serena declared. "That was quite cute, but would not a simple kiss have sufficed?"
Amy and Zack glanced at each other. Well, they had been convincing at least. Too convincing...so convincing that for a fleeting
moment, they WERE a young couple deeply in love, not just acting. But those fluttery, exhilarating feelings disappeared under
the advent of the assassin. They had their work cut out for them.
* * *
'K, that's the end of chapter 3!! REVIEW! REVIEW! Oh, and the wonderful, wonderful person who has me on their favorites' list,
please e-mail me and tell me who you are..because you're AWESOME!! hehehe...
Yeah, the next chapter in the works....til then, all good things come to ye!
~Thalia
* * *
Note on the names: If you have not picked up on it, Holly, Anila, Meredith and Skylar are what I have named the Outers (who
have minor roles in this story....) Meanings....
Holly Thomas (Hotaru Tomoe aka Saturn): Holly plant (life in adversity)
Anila Tennyson (Haruka Tenou aka Uranus): Child of the Wind
Meredith Kay (Michiru Kaiou aka Neptune): Protector of the Sea
Skylar Mason (Setsuna Meiou aka Pluto): Learned, wise one
Similarly for the Starlights...(and I don't even KNOW their dubbed names)
Soren Starr (Seiya Kou aka Starfighter): Warlike one
Thane Starr (Taiki Kou aka Starmaker): The one who creates
Yen Starr (Yaten Kou aka Starhealer): Soothing
Yeah...this is just me having unhealthy amounts of time on my hands....^^;;
Anyways....REVIEWS!!! Keep them coming!! Thanks!!
WOO-HOO!!
A/N: I have a question....some people seem to want this relationship to progress quickly, while others think that it should not.
Can y'all tell me exactly how you want that to go? As of now, the two are simply experiencing attraction...they will still have
their little disagreements...and they have NO frenzied urges to jump into bed with each other anytime soon (well...at least Amy
doesn't^.~...lol). Anyways, if y'all will send me reviews telling me whether you want the relationship to progress quickly or
more slowly, I will try to go by a majority-rules basis...but if I don't get many reviews on the issue, I will just write it as I see fit.
There, that should be okay with everyone, right? ^^;
As always, disclaimers apply....we all know exactly what I do NOT own...so don't sue, blah blah blah...
Now, without further ado, Chapter 3!!!
~ Thalia
* * *
Breakfast was a fairly uneventful meal. Both Amy and Zack briefly went over the different devices and items that they would be
carrying, and told Serena and Darien exactly how they would be kept in surveillance. Zack still had a slight welt on his cheek,
but if Serena and Darien noticed, they did not comment. Then, the four of them headed to Terrelunia Inc., main headquarters,
for work: Amy and Serena in Serena's silver Lotus and Zack and Darien in Darien's black Jaguar. When they had arrived and
parked, Amy installed a hidden camera on each car's rear-view mirror, and a program that would detect explosives, and cause
an alarm to go off on both hers and Zack's cell phone, with a message sent to tell how long they would have before the bomb
detonated. Amy knew that Demando had a partiality for blowing things up...two of his most powerful cohorts: both Saffir and
Rubeus, had been bombers. But she, Lita and Raye had worked with their teams on creating numerous devices, pooling their
combined and considerable amounts of knowledge. And such devices had, on more than one occasion, saved their lives.
Zack had to grudgingly admit that she certainly had a plethora of useful gadgets. He personally preferred trusting his personal
intuition rather than depending on technology. But to each his or her own, he supposed. After she was done, all four of them
headed into the building, and planned to meet downstairs at noon for lunch together. Then, Darien gave Serena a peck on the
lips, and he and Zack split up with Serena and Amy.
~ ~ ~
Serena led Amy to the entrance to her laboratory. "I must introduce you to my colleagues." Serena declared.
Amy nodded. "Yes, but do not mention a word about the..special circumstances." She lowered her voice and whispered into
Serena's ear, "I am Amy Winters. Age 26, PhD in Biochem from Harvard. Married to Zack Winters, age 28, MBA from Princeton.
He is your husband's college friend, and both of us had recently transferred to Terrelunia Inc."
Serena nodded in understanding, and the two walked into the lab. "Good morning everyone!" Serena called out cheerily, a wide
smile on her pretty face. "I'd like y'all to meet the newest member of our team."
Amy saw two men and one woman walk up to Serena and herself. First, a tall, dark-haired fellow who bore quite a remarkable
resemblance to Darien, except his hair was longer, and his eyes were pale blue rather than Darien's cobalt blue ones. He gave
Amy a polite smile and a firm handshake. "Soren Starr, a pleasure." Soren, she later found out, was 30 years old, with a
master's degree in Genetic Engineering from the Boston University. Next, came a strikingly beautiful woman with a mane of
moss-green hair and tranquil eyes the color of fine merlot. "Skylar Mason, glad to make your acquaintance." Skylar was 29, and
Amy found out to her surprise that she, like Raye, had gone to Yale. In fact, as Skylar had a master's in Biophysics, the two had
even shared some classes, although the two women had no more than a passing acquaintance with each other. Then, another
man, with honey brown hair and a gentle smile, "Thane Starr, charmed." Thane was Soren's brother, 33, with a master's in
Mathematics and another in Cellular Molecular Biology, also from Boston University. All three were very intelligent, courteous,
cultured people, and each was in charge of a lab group, with Serena overseeing all of them. Amy was ushered into the office
next to Serena's. "Here is your office. Because of your background in computer science as well as Biochemistry, you can work
on the patents. Seriously, though, it should be fairly easy work. Would that be all right?"
"That's perfect. Thank you, Serena." Amy agreed. It was enough work so that no one would get suspicious about her hanging
about the place, but also easy enough so that she would have plenty of time and opportunity to monitor Serena. The morning
passed rather quickly and peacefully. Thane seemed to be quite taken with the pretty, intelligent new member of 'the team',
and under different circumstances, Amy would have been very flattered and might have considered a date or two with him. But
she knew that first and foremost, she was on a mission, and secondly, she was supposed to be married to Zack. 'Pity, Thane
seems like a mannerly, smart man. And when he looked at me he looked into my eyes, not at my chest. Which is more than I
can say for someone else.'
Meanwhile, Darien had also introduced Zack to his staff. His three main subordinates were two women and one man. The first
woman was a tall, brash, tomboyish woman of 29 with a sarcastic sense of humor and a penchant for fast cars. Her sandy
hair cut short as a guy's, she introduced herself as Anila Tennyson, no relation to the poet. She was the chief financial analyst,
who got her MBA from Duke. The second woman, a beauty of 27 with a cloud of aqua green, wavy hair and blue-green eyes,
a perfect body and roses-and-cream skin, who introduced herself as Meredith Kay, publicity manager, with a master's degree in
psychology and a minor in music from Wellesley. Zack gave her a charming smile, and was about to be his debonair, flirtatious
self when Anila, whose piercing ice-blue eyes seemed to notice everything, cleared her throat and gave a pointed look at the
"wedding band" on his finger. Zack remembered his role, and for a moment felt a twinge of guilt. From then on, he treated
Meredith no differently than Anila, with an impersonal, gracious courtesy. The man was 28, with longish white hair, which
reminded Zack briefly of Kevin, except where Kevin was very tall and muscular this guy was slightly shorter and lankier. And
instead of Kevin's serious, almost stony face, this guy's green eyes were bright with mirth. He introduced himself as Yen Starr,
chief of accounting with a degree in finance from Boston University and mentioned that his two brothers Soren and Thane
worked under Serena White. Soren was engaged to another of Serena's staff, a woman named Skylar Mason, but Thane was
still single, Yen explained, most likely because he was the world's biggest geek. Zack glanced at a picture of the three brothers
on Yen's desk, and saw that Thane was, despite his supposed geekiness, tall and handsome in a mellow, distinguished way,
and was irritated to no end. That man would be working with Amy all the live-long day, until this assignment was over. This
Thane character had BETTER realize that Amy was HIS wife...well, not really...but he better not...frustrated, Zack ran a hand
through his hand through his hair. What was with him regarding Amy, anyway?
Darien gave him an office close to his own, and the job of Ad management. All he had to do was to sift through ads, an easy
job that gave him enough freedom and mobility to observe Darien and keep an eye out for trouble without arousing suspicion.
So far so good, there had not been any suspicious people or events, and Zack divided his time equally for daydreaming about
Amy, looking at ads, hating the unknown Thane, and watching Darien. Soon, it was time for lunch, and Darien and Zack headed
downstairs to the lobby to meet Serena and Amy. As the two men were waiting, out of the corner of his eye, Zack noticed a
janitor stare at them intently, then start watching the elevator. Something was not quite right, and the man seemed vaguely
familiar...which was not a good sign. Zack saw Amy and Serena get off the elevator, and the janitor back into the shadows,
confirming his suspicions. Darien pulled his wife in for a kiss, and Zack followed suit with Amy, kissing her briefly on the mouth,
ignoring the sudden heat igniting in the pit of his stomach, then moved his lips to her cheek, and then her ear, taking the chance
to whisper, "Your target, assassin at 10 o'clock."
Amy gave a barely perceptible nod, playing along so that it looked like the two of them were sharing a tender moment, and
scanned the room with half-lowered eyes as Zach kissed her jaw gently. Well! So there were some benefits to being 'wedded'
to him, after all! She soon located the assassin. Imitating Zack's actions, she trailed her lips to his ear, "Got him covered. At
lunch I'll break to go to the ladies' room, dispatch him, while you watch them two. I know he's going to follow us to wherever
we're eating. Oh, and one more thing." She slipped off her wedding ring and handed it to him. "On the way from the kitchen to
the table, food makes a trip." He nodded, and watched as she twisted one of the diamonds to emit a beam of UV light. "Poison
phosphoresces under UV light."
Zack nodded, and the two broke apart. Serena and Darien were looking at them in amusement. "You'd almost think that you
two are a real couple." Serena declared. "That was quite cute, but would not a simple kiss have sufficed?"
Amy and Zack glanced at each other. Well, they had been convincing at least. Too convincing...so convincing that for a fleeting
moment, they WERE a young couple deeply in love, not just acting. But those fluttery, exhilarating feelings disappeared under
the advent of the assassin. They had their work cut out for them.
* * *
'K, that's the end of chapter 3!! REVIEW! REVIEW! Oh, and the wonderful, wonderful person who has me on their favorites' list,
please e-mail me and tell me who you are..because you're AWESOME!! hehehe...
Yeah, the next chapter in the works....til then, all good things come to ye!
~Thalia
* * *
Note on the names: If you have not picked up on it, Holly, Anila, Meredith and Skylar are what I have named the Outers (who
have minor roles in this story....) Meanings....
Holly Thomas (Hotaru Tomoe aka Saturn): Holly plant (life in adversity)
Anila Tennyson (Haruka Tenou aka Uranus): Child of the Wind
Meredith Kay (Michiru Kaiou aka Neptune): Protector of the Sea
Skylar Mason (Setsuna Meiou aka Pluto): Learned, wise one
Similarly for the Starlights...(and I don't even KNOW their dubbed names)
Soren Starr (Seiya Kou aka Starfighter): Warlike one
Thane Starr (Taiki Kou aka Starmaker): The one who creates
Yen Starr (Yaten Kou aka Starhealer): Soothing
Yeah...this is just me having unhealthy amounts of time on my hands....^^;;
Anyways....REVIEWS!!! Keep them coming!! Thanks!!