"How could you let this happen!?" yelled a man with platinum hair.
"Zechs, please calm down," Noin said as she stood in front of him.
"How can you tell me to calm down when my sister is in there and no one will tell me what happened!" Zechs yelled again as he glared at Noin.
"Dorothy passed out from exhaustion when she found Sally and is resting. As
soon as she gets up, we'll ask her what happened. Now please, Zechs, calm down," Noin said as she sat down and held her head in her hands.
"Noin, I'm sorry for yelling. Its just that these threats are getting worst and we don't even have suitable bodyguards for her," Zechs said as he looked up to see five men in Preventer's uniform walking towards them.
"Speaking of which…Zechs, these are Relena's new bodyguards," Noin said as she smiled at him.
When Zechs looked up, he saw five young men standing in front of him. As he looked up at each one in the eyes, each held a sort of mystery to them and their eyes told him no more.
'They seem alright…I might just have to keep my eyes on them all…till then,' Zechs thought as he got up and walked up to them.
"We told them that they got the job and their job is starting now," Noin said as she got up, too, making sure that he doesn't do something irrational.
"…Very well then," Zechs said as he glared at them all, but the one that caught his interest was the one that glared right back at him.
'Yes…I will definitely have to keep my eye on them…especially this one,' Zechs thought as he walked up to him.
"Um…Zechs, maybe we should head back to the base. After all, we did leave it unattended since everyone is here," Noin said as she walked up to him and started to lead him away.
"Noin…I don't trust them, especially the one at the end," Zechs said as he looked over his shoulder to find them all starring back at him.
"Don't worry, Zechs. Lady Une and I both looked at them and we agree that they will be very helpful to us," Noin said as they entered the elevator.
"Man…that guy is to uptight," Duo said as he fell back into his chair and glanced up at the ceiling.
"At least he has some honor, Maxwell," Wufei said as he sat across from him.
"Whatever," Duo replied back as he saw the girl he met earlier today walking towards them.
"Hi, Duo," Hilde said as she stopped right in front of him.
"Hey, Hilde. I didn't know you worked here, too," Duo said as he got up.
"I don't…I'm just here to look after Miss Relena. Her and I are friends and when I heard what happened…"
"Um…so…Hilde, let me introduce you to the other guys here. This is Quatre," Duo said as he moved her in the direction where Quatre was sitting at.
"Hello," Quatre said politely, shaking her hand.
"This here is Trowa," Duo said.
When Trowa just looked up and nodded, Hilde thought that she had done something wrong so she turned around to Duo.
"Don't worry, Hil…he's usually like this," Duo said as he made his way to the last two.
"This is Wufei," Duo said, making sure to stand behind Hilde.
"Hi, Wufei," Hilde said as she held out her hand.
"Pathetic woman," Wufei said as he turned his head away from them.
"Excuse me…"
"And over there in the corner is Heero," Duo said, trying to get her away from him before something happens.
"Well, its nice to meet you all, but I've got to get back to Miss Relena, now," Hilde said as she said her goodbyes and left.
"You know, you three need to at least try to be nice to other people," Duo said as he went back to his seat.
"I'm glad to see that you all stayed here," said a voice from down the hallway.
The five quickly stood up and waited to see what Lady Une needed to say, with Sally following right behind her.
"We know that you don't really know that much about Miss Relena, but we need at least one or two of you to stay here and watch her for the night while the rest of you shall go with Sally and she will show you around," Lady Une said as Sally walked up in front of her.
"Excuse me, Lady Une, but which of us do you want to stay and go?" Quatre asked, looking at her.
"Well, that is going to be up to you five. I'm not really accustomed to you all yet, so I'll leave it up to you all," Lady Une said as she returned the smile.
"Don't worry about it you guys. Heero and I will stay behind here while the you guys go and learn the ropes of the place," Duo said as he looked at Heero who only glared at him.
"I don't disagree with letting Heero stay here, its Maxwell that I'm worried about," Wufei said as he looked at Duo.
"Don't worry, Wu-man. I've got it covered," Duo said as he smiled.
"Maxwell…" Wufei growled, glaring at him.
"Well then its settled. I'll go back to the base with them and show them around while you fill in Duo and Heero on what's going on," Sally said as she started to make her way to the elevator, not waiting for the other three.
"Very well then. Heero, Duo, this way please," Lady Une said as she started to make her way back to Relena's room.
"Woman, can't you wait for us," Wufei said as they all caught up with her.
"I will not answer you at all until you learn to call me by my name," Sally said as she smirked at him.
"Stupid woman," Wufei mumbled, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning against the wall.
"As you two already know, you will now be her bodyguards. Of course, there will be her personal bodyguard and just the regular bodyguards. Her personal bodyguard will be discussed later, but as of right now, you will jus be her bodyguards and this will be your first duty," Lady Une said as they stopped outside a door.
When they walked inside the room, there was still nurses in there and when they saw Lady Une along with two others, they quickly left, telling Lady Une what her progress was.
"Wow. This is the Vice Foreign Minister?" Duo asked, looking down at her.
"Yes. This is her and she will be the one that you will all be protecting," Lady Une said as she looked down at her.
'How could you not tell us, Relena?' Lady Une thought as she smiled sadly.
"Hey Heero, think we should take shifts?" Duo asked, looking up at his friend who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.
"…"
"Alright then, I'll give you the first shift," Duo said as he walked out, followed by Lady Une.
"Duo Maxwell…correct," Lady Une said as they stood outside the room.
"Yup," Duo said as he sat down on a chair.
"And who would be Hee-"
"Heero Yuy would be the one that's in there right now," Duo said as he looked up at her.
"Hmm…you would be the second pilot and he would be the first pilot…correct," Lady Une said, looking down at him.
"…Yeah," Duo said as he stood up and walked around the hallway.
"The others would be Quatre Winner, Trowa Barton, and Wufei Chang, then…correct," Lady Une said, trying to get a bit more input about the names.
"Yup, three, four, and five…why?" Duo asked, curious.
"It seems then that Miss Relena will be in good hands then," Lady Une said as she smiled at him and walked down the hallway. "I have already made arrangements with the staff here, so don't worry and I will be back at 9:00 a.m. sharp."
"Good, that only means we don't have to have confrontation with them," Duo said as he sank down to his chair again, closing his eyes, but still staying alert.
'Hmm…attacked by poison?' Heero thought as he glanced down at her chart and flipped through the other pages. 'Along with other attacks.'
Heero made some mental notes about what was put in the chart and placed it back in its spot. He walked towards the window and looked outside, looking for anything out of the ordinary, but when he found nothing, he lowered the blinds and closed them before he walked over to her bed and sat down on the chair.
He starred at her face intently, wondering how someone like her could get into politics…much more or less, become the Vice Foreign Minister. He shook his head and looked at her, as if trying to get her to open her eyes, and as if she heard, she opened them.
'Her eyes…' Heero thought, almost getting lost in them.
'…What happened…what am I doing here?' Relena thought as she opened her eyes unwillingly.
When she felt someone's eyes on her, she turned her head to the right and met with cold persain blue eyes. She felt herself get lost in them until she remembered that she didn't know what she was doing in here.
"What am I…"
"You fainted from the poison and was brought here," Heero said, wondering why he felt so calm around her.
"Oh…Dorothy!" Relena said as she tried to sit up, but Heero held her down.
"…She's fine…she's resting," Heero said as guessed it was the girl who ran into the office earlier.
"…Who are you and what are you doing here?" Relena asked, wondering who he was.
"…"
"Alright then…um…do you have a purpose for being here?" Relena asked, trying to get him to answer at least one of her questions like before.
"…"
"Look…"
"You need to get some rest and I suggest you get it," Heero said as he stood up and walked over to the door.
"W-wait…where are you…"
"…Just get some rest…Relena," Heero said as he opened the door and walked out to find Duo coming back from walking around the floor. "Anything?"
"Nope. I checked out everything and everywhere…there's nothing here on this floor," Duo said as he walked up to him. "How's she doing?"
"…Fine," Heero said as he looked at the closed door.
"Guessing it's my shift now," Duo said as he walked up to the room, opening the door and walked inside to find her still awake. "Hey."
"…"
"Great…and I thought he was the only one that was like this," Duo said as he sat down on the chair Heero occupied a few minutes ago.
"…Would you be preferring to the guy that just left a while ago?" Relena asked, noticing that this one was more talkative than the other one.
"Yup. Not much of a big talker, but you've got to get to know him better though," Duo said, hoping that she didn't judge him already.
"Oh…okay then. Um…maybe then you will answer my questions then," Relena said as she got her bed to be in an up right position.
"Alright then…shoot," Duo said as he leaned back on the chair.
"Who are you, the other guy and what are you both doing here?" Relena asked, hoping he would answer her, unlike the other one.
"Well…I guess we can tell you, since we're working for you now and all. My name is Duo Maxwell and the guy that was in here a while ago, his name is Heero Yuy. And well, we both and three others work for you now," Duo said, smiling at her.
"Um…when you say 'you'…do you mean me or the Preventer's?" Relena asked, curious.
"Well…both I guess. You see, we were hired to be your bodyguards and…"
"Bodyguards? I don't need bodyguards! Uh…I'm so going to go talk to my brother and Lady Une," Relena said, crossing her arms over her chest and leaning back on the bed.
"Hmm…your brother wouldn't happen to have platinum hair and be named Zechs…would he?" Duo asked.
"Yes…that's my overprotective, uptight brother," Relena said as she looked at him. "He didn't do anything to you guys did he?"
"No…why?" Duo asked, leaning forwards a bit.
"He usually does something irrational when he meets people he doesn't know…especially when they are put up as my…bodyguards," Relena said.
"You make it sound like you already hate us or something," Duo said, smirking at her.
"Oh…no! I'm sorry about that. Its just that…well…you see…all the other bodyguards that I've had…well…"
"Hey, don't worry. Me and the others are nothing like them…trust me," Duo said as he smiled sheepishly at her.
"Hmm…if you say so," Relena said as she smiled back slightly.
'I'm glad that I made one friend out of the two that are here, but he did say that there were three others, though,' Relena thought, wondering where the other three are.
"Um…Duo…where are the other three bodyguards?"
"Oh, they should be at the base getting a show around by…um…Sally," Duo said, hoping he got the name right.
"Oh. Well then I hope that I make friends with all of them like I've done with you," Relena said.
"Thanks," Duo said as he got up and checked out the window.
"You know…the other guy…um…Heero…he already did that," Relena said.
"…"
"Duo…what's wrong?" Relena asked when he didn't reply back.
"Nothing…just stay away from the window," Duo said as he walked back to his seat, hoping that the van outside was nothing to worry about.
'Maybe I should go tell Heero,' Duo thought as he got up and opened the door, only to barely move out of the way as someone got thrown towards him.
Duo, seeing Heero on the other side of the door, him being the one who threw the guy at him, quickly walked towards the guy, picked him up and dragged him outside, saying a quick 'sorry' to Relena, who stared wide eyed at him. He had decided to close the door so she wouldn't really hear anything.
"There's a van waiting outside," Duo said as he pushed the guy to sit down.
"Must have been here for about ten or fifteen minutes already," Heero said as he saw a radio in the guys jacket.
"Where'd you find him?" Duo asked, noticing that Heero had knocked the guy out when he threw him.
"Ventilator shafts," Heero replied as he figured that he must have radioed in telling the others about them.
"Wow. Good job, buddy," Duo said as he saw Heero get up and run in Relena's room, gun ready.
'Crap. I knew I should've left the door open,' Duo thought as he entered the room and was barely able to close his eyes and ducked as something came hurling towards him…again.
When Duo opened his eyes, he saw that Relena was out of bed, unconscious, and was being carried in Heero's arms. Heero went towards the window and looked out to find two more vans, with people getting out from both. Heero quickly turned around and nodded to Duo who quickly got up and took out his cell and quietly ran down the hall, with Heero and Relena following.
"And this here will be your rooms," Sally said, glad that the tour was over when she realized that it was late.
"You know, you didn't really have to give us the tour this late into the night, Ms. Po," Quatre said as he smiled at her.
"That's alright, Quatre. At least you all will know your way when you all wake up," Sally said as she heard a ringing noise coming from Quatre's jacket.
"Sorry," Quatre said as he took out his cell phone and answered it quickly when he realized it was Duo's number. "Duo?"
"Quatre, is anyone still there with you guys?" Duo asked.
"Yes, Ms. Po is still here. Why?" Quatre asked, knowing already that something had happened over there at the hospital.
"Tell her to get herself down here with reinforcements!" Duo said as he hung up the phone.
"Ms. Po, we have to get to the hospital now and you need to get a hold of the others," Quatre said as he, Trowa and Wufei quickly took off to the stairs.
"Oh no…Relena…" Sally said as she quickly took off after them, dialing numbers as quickly as she could.
Hi everyone! Okay…its been like forever since I've updated this story…sorry. Anyhooter, thanks for all of your reviews for my first chapter. Keep on reading and reviewing and flames are welcomed as usual. Hope you all like my story so far! Let me know how I'm doing and if its good! Thanks! Laters all! - Bluepiper
