Wufei sipped his herbal tea in silent contemplation as little Faith wolfed down some waffles with strawberries. What could he do now? He couldn't exactly face the Preventers with a little girl in hand and say he failed his mission for her. They would never understand how he felt. How precious this little life could be to someone. Faith finished her waffles and looked up into his onyx eyes. He couldn't suppress a grin.
"Come, Faith. We shall buy you some new clothes." She squealed with glee and clamored from her seat, taking Wufei's hand in the process. They walked over to the counter to checkout.
"My…daughter and I would like to check out now please."
The slender hotel hostess met his gaze. "Yes sir, you have a message sir. I think it was a 'he', he asked us to give you this number, and call him back. You're all checked out by the way." She handed him a folded sheet of paper with the number on it.
He took it and thanked her politely before walking out the sliding doors with Faith, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched.
He and Faith began walking down the streets, there was busy traffic everywhere, and walking seemed almost faster than wading through the host of vehicles. Faith skipped along at his side, matching him stride for stride. Soon, the clothing districts came into view. Faith looked to him for approval, and with his nod, she scampered off into the nearest children's department store. Suddenly, his cell phone rang. He looked down at the caller id, and it was the number that the hotel hostess had given him.
He almost hesitantly flipped it open and held it to his ear. "Who are you, and what do you want?"
"Nothing more than what you would want, Chang Wufei." A strangely garbled voice said.
"How do you know my name?"
"It doesn't matter, you're in grave danger, Wufei…no, don't look around for me, I'm not the one you should fear, another is watching you."
Wufei tried to look like he was having a normal conversation, but even he couldn't suppress some slight fear. "What must I do?"
"You must get the girl and run to the corner of Silver Street, there is an alley there, I'll be waiting. Be quick, assassins, especially female assassins aren't the most patient of the bunch." With that, the cell phone clicked off. Wufei started with a sprint. Faith was in the middle of trying on a traditional garb that nearly matched his own. Wufei couldn't suppress a grin before hastily paying the cashier and sprinting out of the building, Faith in arms.
"Papa, what's wrong? Why are we running away?"
"There's a bad woman after us Faith, we have to hurry!"
Almost on cue, a bullet whizzed past his ear and tore a small hole in the pavement. Fear lent his legs strength, and he increased his speed, doing random patterns in his running to throw of the sniper's aim. Suddenly, Silver Street was upon them, and the alley. With a last burst of strength, he rounded the corner, and there sat a car, and in it, one he recognized.
"Heero Yuy!?!?"
"In the flesh, more or less, come Wufei, get in the car, we're getting you and the girl out of here."
"Wufei put Faith in the back seat of what appeared to be an upgraded Explorer before getting in the passenger side of the car and turning to Heero. "How did you know she was after me?"
Heero turned his cold, azure gaze on Wufei and said simply, "Wufei…I'm sleeping with the enemy."