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Wufei leaned back in his chair closing his eyes. He was surveying a colony transtport that wasn't doing anything particulerly intersesting. His eyes flew open when heard the screen beeping. Hitting the answer button Lady Unes face appeared on the screen.
" Wufei, we have a new mission for you want it." She smiled breifly knowing sitting there was driving him crazy.
" What is it?" He wasn't letting her talk him in to anymore of these insignificant missions where his ablities were sorely out of place.
" A threat has been made on the life of Quatre Rababa Winner." His obsidian eyes glinted then narrowed in anger. He quickly nodded his head. " I'll send you the coordinates of where you are to meet your back up." A slight smile made its way across his face.
" Don't worry I'll find them." He turned off the screen and typed in the coordinates given him.
Lady Une paced in her office. The day had been trying enough as it was with the threat on Quatre Winner, now reports came in telling of crates of bio weapons on at least three differnent colonies. She sighed and went to the window pressing her forehead up to the cool glass. Normally the Gundam pilots would have been who she called in for this but they had their own problems now that one of them was being targeted.
Lady Une walked back to her desk sitting down with another sigh. She quickly began her message to Relena Darlain telling her of the recent threat. She knew Relena would want to know, he was after all her friend and the friend of the man she loved.
People moved around the large room talking quietly with each other. Some were already sitting in chairs waiting for the press conference to begin. The conference was being held for the people to ask questions about the new weapons treaty being voted for in the near future. Lately there had been problems on the some of the colonies with personal arms and the selling of weapons. The Vice Foreign Minister had been visiting the colonies and talking with representatives on what to do to regulate the problem of personal arms. They had come to an agreement to outlaw the selling of weapons on the colonies and regulate the personal ownership of weapons. With the support of the head of the Winner Foundation they had been able to achieve their goal. Though the treaty was not popular with all they belived this to be the best solution for the moment.
Security was high at the confrenceses since the protests had become a little out of hand on a colony and an officer was hurt. Though opposition was met everyone was suprised to find that over all it was a welcomed treaty. One group stood out among the few that opposed it, they were unkown for the most part. As not a lot was known about them and they had yet to make any harmful moves, the preventers had not been called in as of yet. Now they were begining to be suspious of the situation and quite.
A young preventer entered the room, his black hair was slicked back and palced in a small ponytail. He paused loking around the room at all the people. Finding what he was looking for he sat down in the front row placing himself in front of the microphones. Around the room four other boys placed themselves at each door waiting for the conference to begin.
He walked through the door behind the others following them into the conference room. As he took his seat his eye caught those of a Preventer in the first row. He looked around the room catching the eyes of three others placed around the room. They're all here. Heero must have alerted them. He released a strained sigh. They need to forget about me. We need to protect Miss Relena at all cost. She is the one important in this. Well, here goes nothing, just have to try to keep anything from happening. He snapped back to attention as Relena began the conference.
Heero watched Relena as she answered the peoples questions. She looked so beautiful to him, her long golden tresses hanging to he shoulders. She had ordered extra sucurity around the building. Lady Une had told all of them that no one but Quatre had been threatened, not even Relena. This made them belive it was a personal as well as political vendetta. The discription of the man had brought up nothing, giving them no lead. His eyes scanned the room. Nothing looked out of place, but something was bothering him.
"....thank you for your time." Relena smiled at sat back down.
Quatre stood up a walked over to the microphones to began answering questions. Cameras flashed and people began throwing questions at him all at once. He held up his hand trying to slow down the flow of questions. A shot rang out silencing everyone as men moved away from the walls guns now drawn.
" Everyone stay seated!" The panic that had nearly consumed the place was put down as the command was heeded immdeitly by all. Quatre remained standing where he was. He looked around for the others. Wufei had been pushed back in his seat and was now being gaurded. Duo and Trowa were being pushed to the front row too. Heero was pushed into a seat beside Wufei with a gun trained on him. They singled them out! Now what can we do?! There has to be something. Calming down he moved his eyes around the room looking for someway to distract them long enough to get Relena and the others out of there.
" Mr. Winner." Quatres eyes snapped back to the man in front of him. He was obviously the leader. " In front of me NOW." He fixed his gun on Quatres chest and cocked it.
Quatre moved around the microphones and down the front of the small stage to stand a few feet from the man.
" I know you." Quatres eyes widened as he recognized the man who had given him the warning a few nights before.
" I told you did I not. You should have listened to me. Now your life is mine." The mans eyes only held a gleam of sanity in there shallow depths. Quatre felt chills as he looked into them, his own deep blue eyes glowed with emotion.
" Not if we can help it!" Duo, braid flying, rushed the man holding a gun on him. All at once the other four moved, rushing the surprised men in front of them. People screamed around them and were quickly being brought under control by the remaining men.
Quatre rushed the leader knocking the gun up at the last moment as it went off, the bullet grazing his shoulder. Ignoring the pain he grappled with the larger man trying in vain to push him off balance. The man landed a well placed kick to Quatres side making him let go of him. Taking his chance he attacked. Quatre blocked the blows and kicked out. Somehow the man caught his foot and twisted sending Quatre to the ground. A knife was at his throat in an instant.
" Tell the others to stop fighting or you die now." The man smirked in Quatres face.
" No." Quatre defied him outright.
" No! We'll back off just don't kill him." Came Duos voice, desperation edging it.
The man pulled Quatre to his feet the knife still at his throat. The other four were sporting cuts, and numerous bursies were begining to show. They had taken down a lot of the men but had allowed themselves to be subdued to save Quatre. The rest of the people had been held at bay by other gunmen and were now ushered along with the representatives to the back of the room.
" What do you want?" Relena spoke up.
" Me?" The man mocked her. Tuning serious he said, " I want this treaty stopped, I want to have military rule back in place with me at the head, but most of all I want this boys life in my hands." He tightened the knife on Quatres neck drawing blood. Trowa moved forward angry, emotion flaring in his emerald eyes. A man on his left swung the butt of his gun into his stomach. Trowa dropped into Wufei's arms.
" No! Don't touch them!" Quatre tried to struggle, only succeding in tightening the grip on him.
" Stop struggling, it is useless."
" Who are you? You can at least tell us that." Heero faced the man holding Quatre sending him a icy glare.
" I suppose I can give you that out of respect. The name is Thalner."
" Yip, yip. Well what do you plan on doing with us Thalner." Duo peered through a slightly swollen eye.
" Line them up and guard them cautiously, we're dealing with Gundam pilots here." He sneered. Immdeitly they were pushed into a line in front of Thalner. He surveyed the men in front of him as well as the one in his grasp. He had watched them durring the war. They had become a strong team, facing there adversaries without flinching. For that he had come to respect them, albeit grudgingly. His grand plans for the war had been destroyed by one of them after all. That had brought down all his glories plans for fame and granduer. Now was his chance at that power again and the power of having that one person in his grasp.
" No matter what you do you will be stopped, Preventers are placed all around the building." Wufei looked squarly at the man breaking his quiet thought. We will not let him take you away from us.....brother. Wufei silently adressed Quatre in his mind as his eyes met his. Quatre chanced a smiled, seeming to understand the unspoken message in Wufei's eyes. As if seeming to catch their thoughts Thalner decided to use them.
" What does Winner mean to you?" He looked at each boy in turn meeting the stony stares. " Answer." He moved the knife to point at Quatres heart.
" He is our friend."
" You all feel this way?"
" Yes, and so does he. Stop playing these games, you will like nothing you find. We are stronger than you in every way. I am sure by now you know if you kill him we will kill you." Heeros glare was deadly, his eyes held nothing but truth in them.
" Too bad you feel that way." Thalners voice was icy.
" You can never have those things you want. You have already lost." Relena spoke up coming to stand beside Heero.
" Even if you kill us others will rise to fight you. No one will tolerate tyranny."
" You are wrong." Thalners eyes went wild. He was being back into a corner by these people he had viewed only as childern. He knew they were more, much more. He had control of the situation yet they made him feel scared. But he had one thing he craved and he would have his life forever. " He is still mine!" He lifted the knife ready to plunge it into Quatres chest.
" Weakling, you see nothing but hate. Why do you want Quatre so badly?" Wufei's eyes shot daggers at Thalner.
" He destroyed my life. Think hard Winner, remember what you did to me."
" Thalner..... you!" His eyes widened. " You brought that on yourself! You were making biological weapons on our resource satalite."
" You had to run to your father! I was ruined by a little brat! Now, now your life is mine." His last words were laced with hate.
" No, you never had me and you never will. even if you kill me. They have shared my joys and sorrows and they have my love so they will always have my life. Not you, never you. Even if you do end my life."
" AhhHHH!" He brought his hand down as a gunshot rang out. Quatre held back a scream of pain as the knife pireced his lower chest missing its mark by mere inches.
Heero and the others swung around attacking there captures. Relena rushed foward pushing the still from of Thalner off of Quatres body. Rashid appeared at her side smoking gun in hand, paling at the look of the boy in her arms. The knife had embedded itself in to the hilt when Thalner had fallen on him.
" Heero!" Relena looked up anxiously as she absent mindedly stroked Quatres pale face. Preventers had rushed in freeing the boys to go to their fallen comrade.
They knelt beside him, Heero gently taking Quatre from Relenas arms. Rashid grasped the hilt as Wufei and Trowa held Quatra down. In one swift motion he pulled the knife from Quatres chest the blood flowing freely. Duo placed his hands over the wound trying desperately to staunch the flow.
" Don't leave us! Shingami isn't ready for you yet." Tears made their way to his eyes as he looked at the blood that was a stunning crimson against Quatres pale face.
He opened his eyes to see Heeros face hovering above him. Anxiety was showing through his normal mask. Three other faces popped into view the same look in each of there eyes.
" Where is that women!" Wufeis voice betrayed his emotions as he scanned the room desperatly for Sally Po.
" Hold on Quat." Heeros voice floated to him as he sank into the comfort of space, the stars were shining so bright.