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Author's Note: Just for the sake of my boredom, and for the fact the I doubt I'll be getting any more reviews any time soon, ignore my last comment. I'll post this and any further more chapters. .
Children of War
By,
LunaDragon
Professor Tomoe entered the circular room after the straps were removed, and the two girls were free. "How are my pets doing?" He asked as their eyes averted towards him.
"We're not your pets," Akiko stated with no emotion in her voice. "Are the preparations ready for our mission?" She then asked.
Professor Tomoe smiled wearily, "Well aren't we in a hurry for a change."
Kaiya crossed her arms across her chest. "You ordered us to do this mission, did you not?" After Professor Tomoe nodded, she added, "Well then we want to get it over with as soon as we can."
"Yes, yes. But you don't act this way very often. What a shame, what a shame." The professor then smiled. "But that isn't too important right this moment. You must focus on the task at hand, which is your mission, and you two must complete it at all costs."
"Where exactly are the ex-Gundam pilots now?" Akiko asked.
Professor Tomoe said quickly, as if just remembering, "You must hurry before they leave--"
"Leave?" Asked Kaiya.
"Yes. After the Mariemaia Khushrenada screw up, two of the pilots joined the Preventers." Professor Tomoe explained. "Heero Yuy and Chang Wufei, I believe. The others all went their separate ways and have contacted each other too frequently, which is why you must take them out all at once."
"And you know this precisely how?" Kaiya wondered aloud.
"I have my ways," He answered. "But now, apparently, they are all here for a conference Ms. Relena Peacecraft is giving."
"A dedication speech?" Akiko asked.
"No -- but that's besides the point. They're going to be there and that is all that matters." The Prof said with an exasperated sigh.
Akiko sighed as well as Kaiya. Once again they were told what to do and nothing else. "So where are they again?" Kaiya asked.
Professor Tomoe checked his watch and exited the circular room, motioning for Akiko and Kaiya to follow. The three left the room, went out of the laboratory, through hallways, and into a different room. There, the same woman that was talking to Professor Tomoe earlier sat behind a desk.
'I can see he's brought me some work,' She thought. "Yes, Professor Tomoe?" She greeted sheepishly.
"Setsuna, I have some things I need to work on and you need to explain their mission." Professor Tomoe directed. Then, without waiting for a reply, he walked out of the room and left.
Kaiya made herself comfortable as she leaned against a wall. "Well? You heard Professor Tomoe. Explain."
Setsuna nodded solemnly after Akiko sat in a chair in front of her desk. The older woman stood, her long dark-green hair falling to her knees. Her garnet eyes were partly blocked by her bangs and she moved them aside, only to have them fall back in place.
With a sigh, Setsuna began, "Duo Maxwell has already arrived but Trowa Barton and Quatre Raberba Winner will arrive shortly, at about four o'clock this afternoon."
"Just get to the chase," Akiko voiced. "What airport will they be landing in and where is it?"
"At about four this afternoon, the two ex-Gundam pilots are going to land in the airport west of the Preventers headquarters. The directions are almost certainly being placed into your awaiting vehicle as we speak." Setsuna paused as if waiting for a question to be asked. When she received no response, she continued, "You are to watch the pilots -- without getting caught, sure enough -- and follow them to wherever they might be headed. Once their, you carryout your mission and come back here."
"That covers everything," Akiko mumbled as she hopped from her chair and walked towards the door.
"Not quite." Setsuna said, surprising both assassins. "There's more to it than that."
"We know what to do, where to go, and how to do it." Kaiya said. "What else is left?"
"If you're not back in forty-eight hours you both will be assumed dead and others will be sent to finish the mission for you. Afterwards, if you're gone for over seventy-two hours, we will be forced to send a personal assassination team to . . . dispose of you." Setsuna informed.
"If that was all, then we should get going," Kaiya said. Akiko nodded and they both left.
'Good luck Kaiya, Akiko.' Setsuna thought sadly. 'Those five boys and their friends aren't ones to be taken lightly. It could cost you your lives.'
~*^*^*~
Sweat dripped down the dark-haired girls face as she tried her hardest to pick open the locked door. 'Come on,' She thought frantically as the pick fell from her hand and landed with a clank onto the floor. 'There is not much time left!'
The girl was good at plenty of things, and apparently opening locks wasn't one of them. Stealth was her main priority, and she rarely picked locks. Especially rare did she have to pick locks to apartment doors.
She heard a click and immediately swung open the door, revealing a two bedroom apartment with a kitchen and two bathrooms. She walked inside the apartment before closing the door gently behind her.
The apartment was empty of people and it had two black bags on the couch. She walk leisurely over to them, being cautious just in case.
'Just in case what?' She asked herself.
She turned off all the lights in the apartment and closed the blinds from the rising sun until only a strange white glow was being emitted from an opened laptop computer sitting on the floor next to the couch.
'Because I don't want to get caught,' The girl answered her question silently.
She stepped over the laptop and looked at it curiously, as it had a picture of one of the ex-Gundam pilots on it: Chang Wufei. Next to the picture was his name and a whole set of information.
'They took some information.' The violet-eyed girl thought as she sat down and clicked a button on the computer. The picture switched to one of the old Gundams.
"Wing Zero," The girl read aloud, a bit confused. "Why would he want this?" She then asked herself. "My father knows all of this information already."
The girl just shrugged off the thought and moved over to a pair of black bags laying on the couch. She opened one of them to reveal several types of guns and ammunition. She grabbed a pair of hand guns that were both loaded, the white computer light allowing her to see. She was about to turn and leave when she heard the creaking open of a door.
The girl mentally kicked herself for forgetting to lock the front door. She shut the computer and closed the bag, retreating into a far corner of the living room, awaiting for their arrival.
~*^*^*~
Kaiya and Akiko had driven from Professor Tomoe's lab to their small apartment building on his premises. Silent as they walked up the stairs, their minds as empty as their eyes at that point.
Where thoughts once roamed and sometimes confused the two friends, their minds were completely vacant of anything. Anything and everything that was once there had vanished since the horrible procedure with Professor Tomoe. All except for their mission, they knew or thought nothing.
Their eyes, two brown ones and two teal ones that once held pain, fear, and emotions for the outside world to see, were just vast pits of darkness and meaninglessness. Completely empty of anything and everything except for their color. Even that seemed like naught, after now.
Kaiya leaned silently against the wall as Akiko opened the door, only to find her friend was having trouble. "What is it?" She asked in a monotone voice.
"It's opened," Akiko answered. She opened the door to find every light in the medium sized apartment to be off. "What?" She asked confused, as she turned on a few lights.
Stepping from the shadows, Hotaru Tomoe clicked the safety off of her two guns and aimed them at Akiko and Kaiya's heads. "Don't move," She said simply, her violet eyes glaring daggers at the two surprised assassins.
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Author's Note: Aren't I just evil? That's two cliffhangers in a row! (^-^) I'm strangely proud of myself. You might have guessed who the two 'mystery women' were, but those who didn't . . . GOT YA! hehehe! Didn't expect Hotaru to do that did you? Didn't expect Setsuna to be evil did you? Don't worry, more to come! Thanks for the reviews so far, but until the next chapter, JA NE!
