The woman eased herself from her bed sheets, careful not to awaken the sleeping form behind her. Faintly, she could hear the personal computer bleeping that a message had come for her. She wrapped herself in a silken robe and strode over to the computer, her muscles, slender and taut illuminated by the screen's light. She scanned the messages, her eyes adjusting quickly to the sudden light from the computer. It read quite simply:
Kill him and retrieve the girl. Word of what happened in the colony must not reach Earth or we're finished. You know what to do. Your payment will come with his head off and hers still attached.
~OZ
She smirked. So OZ was hiring her to do their dirty work. They made a major mess of that situation in the colony; they let their prey escape. She wouldn't be so careless when she stalked her quarry. But that could wait, at least until morning. She shed her robe and climbed back into bed, her lover's strong arm wrapped around her waist, his breathing, slow and rhythmic. She smiled to herself.
"Chang Wufei, you are a dead man." She whispered as she drifted off to sleep.
He awoke to a pair of brown eyes staring down into his. He gave a start and almost leapt from the bed. The little girl grinned at his momentary show of weakness. "Rise and shine, Chang, my do you snore!"
He snorted at her, his hands already pulling his unruly hair into its normal, neat ponytail. "Snore do I? Well, at least I don't go around waking people up at," he glanced at the clock, "7:00 in the morning! It's too early, Faith, let me get some more rest." His hands immediately stopped with his hair and he started to rearrange his sheets.
She tore them off of the bed. "I'm hungry, papa, feed me!"
He narrowed his eyes at her, "And I wonder why Meiran and I decided to have no children…"
She gave a sly grin, "I'm sure I'd be your favorite anyways. I've never had a dad, Chang, giving me food is a good start."
That got him. He clamored out of bed and quickly showered, donning his normal white robes. "Come then, I'm sure there still is breakfast downstairs." They walked down the hall to the elevator, and he pressed the down button. She took his hand in her own, and he almost jumped. No one ever held his hand before…not Meiran…not Treize…not anyone. She just kept smiling, and left him to think about the gesture.
The door opened, and a slender woman came bustling out. She ran into him and pushed her way by. "Excuse me!" She called as she raced down the hall.
Wufei glared after her, "Stupid onna…" he grumbled before entering the elevator and starting down.
At the other end of the hallway, the woman peaked around the corner to be sure he had entered the elevator. She pulled out a small hand-held tracker, and watched as the red blip moved around on the screen. "Now, my pet, you'll never escape me."