Ch 4
Heero was clacking away at his computer. For the life of him, he couldn't figure out why he suspected Mr. Ross, he just did. It was instinct and hero always trusted instinct.
"You're working too hard."
"No, not nearly hard enough." Quatre sighed as he stepped up behind Heero. Rather than give a lecture, he decided to humor Heero.
"How many do you think are involved?"
"Thousands. This is a major operation. But probably the last one of it's kind. More and more people have been accepting peace and the New Galaxy Alliance. The ones who don't like peace very much, ex-soldiers and the like, are getting exiled from the peaceful colonies and kingdoms. They've gone somewhere, under control of one ringleader. I don't know where they have gone, but with that kind of manpower, they could build all kinds of weapons and such to take over. The question is, where do they get funding and leadership. Mr. Ross is one of the top five richest men in the New Galaxy Alliance, and one hellava leader. And by instinct, I don't trust him." Quatre wasn't expecting this long response, but didn't say anything. He knew Heero was just saying everything now, so as to ward off any future questions.
"Just be careful, Heero. We can't take them all on." Quatre said.
"Yes, and I'm probably underestimating all those people. But better safe than sorry." Quatre just stared. This safe stuff coming from Herro Yuy. Quatre shook his head. Heero had never stopped typing throughout the entire conversation. He walked out, closing the door behind him, and nearly bumped into Trowa.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Then in a lower voice, "Were you listening?" Trowa nodded and motioned Quatre into the next room. Closing the door behind him, Trowa looked sadly at his best friend.
"I believe that there is another threat coming soon. But there hasn't been much of anything to get so excited about. I fear that Heero has felt dormant for so long, he needs to make a mountain out of a molehill just to feel human again."
"I know and I feel the same way. Throughout all of these past years, he has kept his own company, never going out or being with others. Simply put, he needs a life, a woman, a reason to feel happy and human." Quatre said. He then caught hold of the gleam in his friends' eye.
"Uh oh. What are you thinking?" Trowa just smiled.
"I think we should spend more time in the translating business." Trowa had told his friend before about the two women there. Quatre only smiled.
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"But I wanna rent the Brad Pit movie. It's a classic!" Kaylee said.
"But it comes out on HBO next month," Jen said.
The 2 girls were in the video store. They planned on renting a few chick flicks and having another all night gabfest. They had even invited Katie along, but she was standing quietly next to the 2 squabbling girls. She didn't care what movie they rented, she was just happy to be going along. The sound of the jingle bells on the door sounded, but only Katie turned, the other 2 deep in bickering.
"You guys….hey….GUYS!!!"
The other 2 girls looked in shock at Katie's sudden outburst.
"What?" Kaylee asked. All Katie could do was point in the direction of the door. And there stood 3 of the most handsome guys those girls had ever seen. Two of them, Kaylee and Katie could have sworn they recognized, but they couldn't place them or the third. But with his fair skin, blue eyes, and whitish-blond hair, he was all Jen could look at. Suddenly Kaylee's eyes widened. "Those are Mr. Sasaski's translators." She said to Katie, but saw Katie had already noticed. And was watching the tallest boy very closely.
"Who?" Jen asked. The girls had never talked about work. They didn't see a need to when there was so much else to discuss. Therefore the subject of Mr. Ross had never come up.
"Oh just some people from work." Kaylee dismissed it absently. "Oh shit! They are coming this way!" The 3 girls closely inspected the back of a movie case.
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Quatre smiled as he walked into the video store, Trowa and Heero behind him. He don't know how he had done it, but he had convince Heero and the rest of the pilots to move to Washington D.C, saying it was closer to the main suspect. So a week later, all five pilots were crowded into a hotel room. Secretly, Trowa and Quatre had been following the 3 ladies since then, while Heero only grumbled about their "sightseeing". Wufei had been let in on the plot to "find a girl for Heero" and thought it was stupid, but didn't say anything. Duo had a big mouth and therefore was only told they were watching for suspects, just like they had told Heero. It was Quatre who had suggested renting a movie, after he saw the 3 girls go inside, and had dragged Herro and Trowa along. Heero planned on closely inspecting Kaylee.
"Psst! Quatre! I can't see! Stand on your tiptoes!" Duo whispered into the earpiece Quatre wore. The small pin Quatre was wearing had a camera in it.
"Shh! Or I'll take it off!"
"No! Please! I'll be good."
The 3 men started non-chalantly checking out the movie selection, and making their way towards the girls. While Trowa and Quatre could only watch Katie and Jen (respectively), Heero was in full work mode until he looked into the deep, bright green eyes of Kaylee as she glanced up.
"Oh man, there are some hot mamma's in there. Why couldn't I come?" Duo said. "Itai!"
"Shut up, baka!" Wufei said. By that time, the 3 boys had made their way to the girls.
"Having trouble ladies?" Quatre asked.
"Well, no…I mean yes…umm well kind-of…" Jen stammered. Poor Katie seemed to fade in with the movies. Kaylee laughed.
"well, yes actually." She said to Quatre and smiled, eyeing Heero. "We can't decide between these two movies. What do you think?" Suddenly Katie found her tounge.
"I think this one would be good. She said, holding up a new release.
"Yeah, that one looks good." Jen said. 'Stupid!' she thought. 'Jen, you're an idiot. Why can't you just act normal, like at work, and just talk.' And so thinking, she turned red and shut up. Both her and Katie happily let Kaylee pick out a movie, thank the men, and check out. The 3 men let their eyes follow the girls, then got a movie and left as well.
"Hey Quatre, I—ooff!" Duo said.
"Shut up, baka. Let them get here first." Wufei said.
'Man, Heero really has a hard shell.' Quatre and Trowa thought. Little did they know that all Heero could think of was Kaylee. 'It will be a damn shame if she turns out to be the enemy.' Heero thought.
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Kaylee was chuckling as she drove herself and her 2 friends back to Jen's house.
"Man, Jen! I understand Katie, because she is always shy," this earned a glare from Katie, "but you must spend some really quiet days." Jen just sulked in the passenger seat.
"Yeah, well, I couldn't help it. I don't know what came over me. Lets just go make some popcorn and watch the movie. Which one did you get?" Kaylee blushed.
"The Brad Pit one."
"Kaylee!" Came 2 voices at once.
"But it's a horror one! I promise it will be good!" Kaylee said. Suddenly Katie started cracking up.
"What?" Kaylee asked, slightly offended.
"You're just so funny, Kaylee. Let's go watch Brad Pit!" And as the three girls parked the car, they were all laughing.
Heero was clacking away at his computer. For the life of him, he couldn't figure out why he suspected Mr. Ross, he just did. It was instinct and hero always trusted instinct.
"You're working too hard."
"No, not nearly hard enough." Quatre sighed as he stepped up behind Heero. Rather than give a lecture, he decided to humor Heero.
"How many do you think are involved?"
"Thousands. This is a major operation. But probably the last one of it's kind. More and more people have been accepting peace and the New Galaxy Alliance. The ones who don't like peace very much, ex-soldiers and the like, are getting exiled from the peaceful colonies and kingdoms. They've gone somewhere, under control of one ringleader. I don't know where they have gone, but with that kind of manpower, they could build all kinds of weapons and such to take over. The question is, where do they get funding and leadership. Mr. Ross is one of the top five richest men in the New Galaxy Alliance, and one hellava leader. And by instinct, I don't trust him." Quatre wasn't expecting this long response, but didn't say anything. He knew Heero was just saying everything now, so as to ward off any future questions.
"Just be careful, Heero. We can't take them all on." Quatre said.
"Yes, and I'm probably underestimating all those people. But better safe than sorry." Quatre just stared. This safe stuff coming from Herro Yuy. Quatre shook his head. Heero had never stopped typing throughout the entire conversation. He walked out, closing the door behind him, and nearly bumped into Trowa.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Then in a lower voice, "Were you listening?" Trowa nodded and motioned Quatre into the next room. Closing the door behind him, Trowa looked sadly at his best friend.
"I believe that there is another threat coming soon. But there hasn't been much of anything to get so excited about. I fear that Heero has felt dormant for so long, he needs to make a mountain out of a molehill just to feel human again."
"I know and I feel the same way. Throughout all of these past years, he has kept his own company, never going out or being with others. Simply put, he needs a life, a woman, a reason to feel happy and human." Quatre said. He then caught hold of the gleam in his friends' eye.
"Uh oh. What are you thinking?" Trowa just smiled.
"I think we should spend more time in the translating business." Trowa had told his friend before about the two women there. Quatre only smiled.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"But I wanna rent the Brad Pit movie. It's a classic!" Kaylee said.
"But it comes out on HBO next month," Jen said.
The 2 girls were in the video store. They planned on renting a few chick flicks and having another all night gabfest. They had even invited Katie along, but she was standing quietly next to the 2 squabbling girls. She didn't care what movie they rented, she was just happy to be going along. The sound of the jingle bells on the door sounded, but only Katie turned, the other 2 deep in bickering.
"You guys….hey….GUYS!!!"
The other 2 girls looked in shock at Katie's sudden outburst.
"What?" Kaylee asked. All Katie could do was point in the direction of the door. And there stood 3 of the most handsome guys those girls had ever seen. Two of them, Kaylee and Katie could have sworn they recognized, but they couldn't place them or the third. But with his fair skin, blue eyes, and whitish-blond hair, he was all Jen could look at. Suddenly Kaylee's eyes widened. "Those are Mr. Sasaski's translators." She said to Katie, but saw Katie had already noticed. And was watching the tallest boy very closely.
"Who?" Jen asked. The girls had never talked about work. They didn't see a need to when there was so much else to discuss. Therefore the subject of Mr. Ross had never come up.
"Oh just some people from work." Kaylee dismissed it absently. "Oh shit! They are coming this way!" The 3 girls closely inspected the back of a movie case.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Quatre smiled as he walked into the video store, Trowa and Heero behind him. He don't know how he had done it, but he had convince Heero and the rest of the pilots to move to Washington D.C, saying it was closer to the main suspect. So a week later, all five pilots were crowded into a hotel room. Secretly, Trowa and Quatre had been following the 3 ladies since then, while Heero only grumbled about their "sightseeing". Wufei had been let in on the plot to "find a girl for Heero" and thought it was stupid, but didn't say anything. Duo had a big mouth and therefore was only told they were watching for suspects, just like they had told Heero. It was Quatre who had suggested renting a movie, after he saw the 3 girls go inside, and had dragged Herro and Trowa along. Heero planned on closely inspecting Kaylee.
"Psst! Quatre! I can't see! Stand on your tiptoes!" Duo whispered into the earpiece Quatre wore. The small pin Quatre was wearing had a camera in it.
"Shh! Or I'll take it off!"
"No! Please! I'll be good."
The 3 men started non-chalantly checking out the movie selection, and making their way towards the girls. While Trowa and Quatre could only watch Katie and Jen (respectively), Heero was in full work mode until he looked into the deep, bright green eyes of Kaylee as she glanced up.
"Oh man, there are some hot mamma's in there. Why couldn't I come?" Duo said. "Itai!"
"Shut up, baka!" Wufei said. By that time, the 3 boys had made their way to the girls.
"Having trouble ladies?" Quatre asked.
"Well, no…I mean yes…umm well kind-of…" Jen stammered. Poor Katie seemed to fade in with the movies. Kaylee laughed.
"well, yes actually." She said to Quatre and smiled, eyeing Heero. "We can't decide between these two movies. What do you think?" Suddenly Katie found her tounge.
"I think this one would be good. She said, holding up a new release.
"Yeah, that one looks good." Jen said. 'Stupid!' she thought. 'Jen, you're an idiot. Why can't you just act normal, like at work, and just talk.' And so thinking, she turned red and shut up. Both her and Katie happily let Kaylee pick out a movie, thank the men, and check out. The 3 men let their eyes follow the girls, then got a movie and left as well.
"Hey Quatre, I—ooff!" Duo said.
"Shut up, baka. Let them get here first." Wufei said.
'Man, Heero really has a hard shell.' Quatre and Trowa thought. Little did they know that all Heero could think of was Kaylee. 'It will be a damn shame if she turns out to be the enemy.' Heero thought.
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Kaylee was chuckling as she drove herself and her 2 friends back to Jen's house.
"Man, Jen! I understand Katie, because she is always shy," this earned a glare from Katie, "but you must spend some really quiet days." Jen just sulked in the passenger seat.
"Yeah, well, I couldn't help it. I don't know what came over me. Lets just go make some popcorn and watch the movie. Which one did you get?" Kaylee blushed.
"The Brad Pit one."
"Kaylee!" Came 2 voices at once.
"But it's a horror one! I promise it will be good!" Kaylee said. Suddenly Katie started cracking up.
"What?" Kaylee asked, slightly offended.
"You're just so funny, Kaylee. Let's go watch Brad Pit!" And as the three girls parked the car, they were all laughing.