Wufei stood dumbstruck. "You WHAT?"
Heero lowered his head and grimaced, "She's my lover, we've been living together for about two months…"
Wufei was about to fall over, the perfect soldier, the unconquerable Heero Yuy was taken by a woman? By some crazy psycho onna who wanted to kill him now? Whatever happened to Duo?
Wufei turned to Heero and smirked, "Since when does the great Yuy submit to some onna?"
Heero's angry glare silenced any further comments.
Wufei lay back in the seat further, trying to get more comfortable, "Great…just what I need…an assassin who's been sleeping with the perfect soldier after me."
Heero eyed him slyly, "You know Wufei, it could be worse…"
"How so?"
"I could be after you."
"…Good point."
They made good time with Heero driving, and shortly after, they cleared the city and were well on their way out of town. Heero explained on the way that he had contacted Quatre and he was assembling the other pilots at his mansion in a small reserve about four hours away from the city. Quatre had assured them that he could keep Faith safe there while they dealt with the assassin. Wufei felt relief like none before, knowing that Faith would be safe under Quatre's watchful gaze. Soon, they came across a small supply depot, and Heero stopped the car and got out.
"Keep driving Wufei, follow this road and this road only, it will lead you to the reserve and Quatre's mansion. I'm going to head back and try to head her off." With that, the perfect soldier walked off a ways and made a motion. An armed Preventer officer came out from behind a pile in the depot, and Heero and he went into one of the buildings. With a sigh, Wufei got into the driver's seat. Faith was breathing peacefully in the back. Wufei groaned aloud. Why couldn't he rest so peacefully?
Heero slipped back into the apartment he shared with her, and he shed his over clothes and climbed into the bed, waiting for the moment he knew would come. He couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief, as he managed to beat her to their home. He sensed the noise, barely audible to the human ear, but he heard it. The window slid open with a slight gasp, and she crawled in. She looked over and saw his prone form on the bed, and he barely made out the whites of her eyes against the forbidding darkness. She shed her light combat suit and slid it into the hidden compartment in the wall he knew all too well. She stashed her weapons as well, and crawled into the bed with him. He felt her fingernails play across his chest, and he couldn't suppress a shudder. Her purr of glee at his squirming was almost feral. She guided his hands to her firm, muscled form as she smiled contentedly. She inhaled deeply, savoring the moment, but caught her breath as quickly as she felt the cold press of metal against her neck and the click of a gun being cocked. Her look of total surprise into Heero's eyes was washed away by his emotionless glare.
"Don't make a move or I'll kill you."
"Odin…"
"Don't you Odin me…my name is Heero Yuy."
"…You're Heero Yuy? But how can that be?"
"That doesn't matter…you will stop hunting Chang Wufei and his little girl Faith or I'll stop you."
She laughed a sinister laugh. "But my dearest Heero, you have no idea who you're dealing with." With that, her fingers found the appropriate pressure points, and she incapacitated his arm. He brought his other arm around, but with a quick chop he was out. She looked over his form but couldn't bring her arm around for the killing blow.
"I can't believe I actually allowed myself to fall in love with you Odin…Heero Yuy. Know this: Fathom always finishes what she starts."