They were sitting in the same room where Heero and Relena were married last night. Shelby and Anna were performing their mental vid show for Une, Sally, Zechs, Noin, and Cole. Wufei watched his lover was sitting quietly at the opposite end of the room from him listening intently to the two women. Her face was so calm and composed. It burned like hell. Didn't she care at all for him? He forced his eyes to pan the room. Anna was clinging to Quatre. She had a wild haunted look that Wufei had never seen on the normally composed woman before. Duo had his arms around Shelby and was murmuring in her ear. Wufei thought he heard something like "Death will protect you." He felt a quick stab of jealousy and pain. There was no way he'd ever see Cole needing him like that. She was just too strong and independent.

What was wrong with him? He hated seeing strong women fight and get hurt, but that seemed to be the only type he was attracted to. He must be a closet masochist. First there was Merian his dear Nataku that he lost before he ever really had. Then Sally, who he never even had a chance to begin with and now Cole. If he tried for a thousand years he'd never convince her to give up putting herself in danger. After today he knew his heart would never accept it if she died.

When Une spoke up Wufei was jogged out of his own private dilemma.

"If there are two dangerous augments trying to recapture you, we should take you into protective custody. That way you'll be safe." She said

Both women looked a little sick from the word "custody" but Anna pointed out the flaw in the Director's plan.

"With all due respect Director, there is nothing you could do that would stop them. We are talking about people who could make you turn your own weapon against you. Your preventers would only be putting themselves in unnecessary danger."

"That's what preventers do." answered Cole "Protect the peaceful citizens from the hostile ones. You can't expect us to just let you augments have it out where innocents could get hurt."

Wufei felt another stab in his chest. He knew what that look in Cole's eye meant. She was going to try and put herself in this psionic war. His mind quickly grasped for anything that would keep her safe.

"I have a suggestion." He said tightly. "Why not go public?" everyone in the room looked at him like he'd just gone mad. They were all to stunned to speak. "Think about it. Whoever is in charge of these augments wants you. Probably as a marketable weapon. Naturally they want the public to know about you even less than you do. The best thing for you to do is hide out in the open. They can't get you if there are several billion people watching you."

"If we tell the public they'll panic." Said Sally. It was then that Wufei realized his almost decade long lust for her had completely dissolved. Cole was all he thought about now.

"Not if we introduce them. We will be well armed with the answers to every possible question that the public could come up with." He responded

Duo piped up "Yeah I see where you're going with this." He turned to the others in the room. "Think about it. Because they used telepathy, we knew they were telling the truth about not being dangerous. Obviously they can't do that with the entire human race."

"However if we were able to prove irrevocably that the two of you were safe to the public you could live free and out in the open." Wufei finished while looking at Anna and Shelby

"It would mean the end of your privacy." Heero added "But you couldn't ask for better protection."

"We'd need specialists in every possible field, and a safe place to work." Noted Quatre who was warming up to the idea. He turned to his fiancée. "It'd mean they'd have to run tests..." everyone there knew neither of the women wanted to ever be under the care of scientists again.

Shelby made a face. "We have to do something. I fought them off this time, but we can't stay on the alert forever. They just have to wait for us to tire out. I still can't figure out why they attacked Anna and not me."

"Our bond." Duo answered quietly. "I would have known instantly if someone else was running around in your head. We warned Quatre and Anna off doing that."

"We'll just have to live with whatever the consequences are then." Replied Quatre.

Anna just nodded. "Alright then, that will buy us some time. Shelby and I have several bolt holes we can use 'til we get this organized. If they have any intelligence, these augments are going to try to use you to track us so were not going to tell you where we're going. If we do contact you for anything try not to think about it too much. Remember whatever is on the surface of your mind is what we can pick up so try not to let it occupy your minds very long."

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They spent the next few hours making plans before the group dispersed. By then it was after dark. Wufei had managed to use the day's events to distract him from his own problems, but now that he was alone they came out of their hiding places to haunt him. He was walking through the gardens outside trying to clear them from his head.

He wouldn't survive another loss like Merian. People thought he was strong, but the truth was his heart was very weak. Keeping the woman he cared about safe was as natural to him as breathing. He couldn't be without Cole, but he'd go mad if anything happened to her. Nataku, I have not called upon you for a long time, but I could really use some help right about now. He honestly didn't expect an answer. When he turned he saw the light on in his room with silhouettes of several figures moving about inside it. He assumed some of the others wished to speak to him before he left.

He returned to the house and went up to his room only to find it emptied of all his belongings. Cole was wandering about the room making sure all of his things were removed. She looked up and saw him when he entered.

"Oh sure now you show up when all the hard work is over. Typical man."

"Just what do you think you're doing in here? Where are all my things?" he didn't want to bring up the topic of their earlier conversation right now. Secretly he just wanted to be in the same room with her for a little longer.

"I had the servants help me ship them all over to my home. We can bring the rest of your stuff down from the moon later." She replied sweetly

His gut clenched at the statement. Only an idiot could miss the underlying meaning but he wanted her to say the words out plain.

"Why?"

Cole walked up to stand before him and waited so long to answer he was about to ask again. She grabbed his shirt color and pulled his face to hers.

"Because you are mine Chang Wufei, and you are going to stay mine for as long as I have something to say about it."

"But what about before?" he asked. Even to him the question sounded stupid, but he couldn't formulate a better one with his emotions in such an uproar.

"If by that you mean am I never going to put myself in danger again, the answer is no." Wufei was sure his stomach dropped through the floor. "I'm a Preventer, and I like being one. I'm not going to give one happiness up for another. I'm greedy, I want it all. I'm also not going to ask the same from you."

She gave a little snort when she saw the blank look on his face.

"Honestly Wufei! Your job puts you in danger ten times as much as mine! Do you really think I'm all that crazy about worrying if you're going to be coming home from work everyday? It's what you are and it's you that is special to me. Now are you going to come home with me now or would you rather walk?"

Wufei kept his expression bland as he closed the door he was still holding. That was the woman he was in love with alright, no long poetic gestures of love. Just nasty attitude to hide her true feelings. Thank you Nataku he said silently. He pulled her close.

"Did you know I've always found your pushiness a real turn on?"

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"What do you mean you've lost them!?" Caruthers yelled into his vid phone.

The dead emotionless eyes of the twin on the phone held no fear of his temper "They left sometime last night, and no one at the residence knows where they went."

Wanting to produce some sort of fear in the man Caruthers yelled again "Until you find them both of you are on half dosages." And he hung up as soon as he saw a tiny look of fear in the other man. A figure stirred in the corner of his office. "You have something to add?"

"I already told how strong they were and that they would have planned for something like this." The figure answered curtly.

"They are mine! I want you to find them I don't care how long it takes, just find them." Tolin said angrily he held up his hand before the other person could protest. "Don't give me the needle in the haystack thing. They are running fast, and when people run they go to familiar places. Look where you think they might be."

The figure was about to protest but refrained "As you wish."

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Whew! Well that's part three done. Aren't I evil just leaving it like that? Okiedokie I am working on the last part called Psionic (R)evolution and I'm gonna warn you now it'll be huge. The last piece starts out with Trowa's romance, but it will finish off my gundam/psionic storyline. As usual, I always like to get feedback so please feel free to email me at shan3al@telusplanet.net I'd love to hear from you!