AN: This is going to be a mostly funny chapter.
After the doctors had been shown out by Jerome (Andrio and Sandrio were cleaning up Professor G.), Jerome directed the G-Alloids and pilots to the meeting room down the hall. Trio, who had lived here for many years wasn't impressed. The G-Alloids, however, were shocked at the sheer size of the table.
"How the heck are you suppose to HEAR anyone?" Daemon asked.
"Be very quiet," Was Trio's monotonous reply.
"Oh, yea, that's helpful." Trey added.
"Well, he asked."
"Sit." Jerome left off, realizing that the pilots had been given the remotes, and the G-Alloids wings were still out. "Guys, put those wings up."
"Who? Us?" Alex asked, who had just walked in the room.
"No, the little pink bunnies under the table." Jerome said as sarcastic as possible.
"Where?" Alex asked with a confused expression on his face.
"Never mind. PILOTS, put those wings up, they can't very well sit down."
Duo started to uncover the 'wings' button.
"No," Heero said. "They need to build up their wing strength. Let them fly for a while."
"WHAT?!" All of the G-Alloids said at once.
"That's cruel, Heero," Trio pouted. "Duo-sama," Trio said, putting on puppy eyes. "You're not gonna make me are you?"
"Well," Duo started to say yes but he got a glare from Wufei, Heero, and Trowa. Quatre just shook his head. "'Fraid not, kid. If everyone is going to, it's up into the sky for you too."
"Blast," Trio muttered. Shrugging, Daemon motioned everyone up. They all got up easily, but Trey and Alex had trouble staying up because they had not used them at all since drying them off. The other three laughed as Shinna dropped a little too low and bonked Wufei. He glared and swatted at her like a little bug.
"Any particular place we're suppose to 'float'?" Shinna asked, after being swatted at.
"Away from my head, woman." Wufei replied. Trio and Duo laughed at the exact same time. Stopping, they looked at each other. Nodding, as if they could read each other's thoughts, Trio flew over next to Duo and placed herself slightly to his left, and hovering over the edge of the table. Deciding to make herself comfortable, she crossed her legs 'Indian style'. Hilde smiled.
"Wherever you're going to float, float there quick." Jerome snapped. "We've got to decide what we're going to do next."
"What's wrong with you!" Trio shouted, pushing her knees down with her hands. "You've been so irritable today!"
"Can't you see why?" Quatre asked, his eyes closed and a smile on his face. Trio blinked a few times at the Arabic pilot.
"No, Quatre, I don't. Why don't you tell me?"
"How long have you known Jerome?"
"All my life."
"And have you always thought of him as your dad?"
"Quatre! Get to the point!"
"You've been his daughter, the only part of his life for 16 years. How do you think he feels after all that's happened in the few hours since you found Heero? He's about to lose the biggest part of his life!"
"Oh," Trio said, lowering her eyes and staring at the table. "I'm sorry, Jerome, I never realized it. My."
"It's okay, I know for the past few hours you've been distracted and before that you didn't even know Duo was your father. But, I've had time to think and the more I thought about losing you, the more irritable I became."
"Look, Jerome, if it'll cause you too much pain to be without your 'daughter' she can stay here for a while." Hilde ventured.
"Yea," Duo added. "Besides, we're trying to buy a new house and she'd just be in the way." He added the last part with a laugh.
"Thanks a lot, Duo." Trio added with a HMP!
"Now, to the order of business. What are we going to do now? It's going to get even harder to hide them now."
"It shouldn't be any harder than usual," Heero voiced. "They'll just have to be banned from their remotes."
"That won't work," Trowa said. "They HAVE to have access to it at all times, considering that they could run into trouble."
"But what if the 'X' catches us with them?" Daemon asked.
"That's the biggest problem," Jerome stated. "Where are these kids going to stay? Daemon cannot stay with you and the Vice Foreign Minister. If he does it could attract the 'X's attention and that could cost him his life."
"Why don't they stay here with us?" Trio asked.
"Because, the addition of 4 kids could get their attention as well."
"Do you have any agents with family near town?" Duo asked.
"Yes, we have quite a few to keep track of local 'X' movement."
"Why don't you have their 'niece' or 'nephew' come to live with them? They could all attend the same school so that they could talk."
"Why would talking be an important part?" Wufei asked.
"Duh!" Sally said. "What if the houses, or at least the phones are bugged?"
"Nothing in this house is bugged." Trio stated in a manner-of-fact tone.
"How do you know that?" Duo asked, looking up at her. She did not look down.
"This house has a tracking system that monitors everything coming in and coming out."
"Why didn't it pick up on the doctors then?" Catherine asked.
"Because," Jerome interjected, "they didn't come IN the house. There's a secret passage and they came through it. Besides, it would only pic up on active machinery. The remotes were immobile when they came in."
"So let's lay the plan down," Heero said. "We'll send the kids to various homes of your TRUSTED agents, where they can attend the same school and keep an eye on each other, correct?"
"That's correct, Heero Yuy."
"Then we have no need here." Heero stood up and grabbed Relena's arm. She was a little unwilling to leave so hastily, considering she hadn't made a speech, but Heero had another wild look about his face and he had the determination to leave as soon as he could.
"Heero," Trowa said, "why the hurry to leave?"
"Leave us alone," was all he muttered.
"I don't think he's liking this situation is he?" Daemon asked with a perturbed look on his face.
"No, I don't think so." Alex and Trey said as Heero, with a worried, frightened look on his face, ran out with a confused Relena.
After the doctors had been shown out by Jerome (Andrio and Sandrio were cleaning up Professor G.), Jerome directed the G-Alloids and pilots to the meeting room down the hall. Trio, who had lived here for many years wasn't impressed. The G-Alloids, however, were shocked at the sheer size of the table.
"How the heck are you suppose to HEAR anyone?" Daemon asked.
"Be very quiet," Was Trio's monotonous reply.
"Oh, yea, that's helpful." Trey added.
"Well, he asked."
"Sit." Jerome left off, realizing that the pilots had been given the remotes, and the G-Alloids wings were still out. "Guys, put those wings up."
"Who? Us?" Alex asked, who had just walked in the room.
"No, the little pink bunnies under the table." Jerome said as sarcastic as possible.
"Where?" Alex asked with a confused expression on his face.
"Never mind. PILOTS, put those wings up, they can't very well sit down."
Duo started to uncover the 'wings' button.
"No," Heero said. "They need to build up their wing strength. Let them fly for a while."
"WHAT?!" All of the G-Alloids said at once.
"That's cruel, Heero," Trio pouted. "Duo-sama," Trio said, putting on puppy eyes. "You're not gonna make me are you?"
"Well," Duo started to say yes but he got a glare from Wufei, Heero, and Trowa. Quatre just shook his head. "'Fraid not, kid. If everyone is going to, it's up into the sky for you too."
"Blast," Trio muttered. Shrugging, Daemon motioned everyone up. They all got up easily, but Trey and Alex had trouble staying up because they had not used them at all since drying them off. The other three laughed as Shinna dropped a little too low and bonked Wufei. He glared and swatted at her like a little bug.
"Any particular place we're suppose to 'float'?" Shinna asked, after being swatted at.
"Away from my head, woman." Wufei replied. Trio and Duo laughed at the exact same time. Stopping, they looked at each other. Nodding, as if they could read each other's thoughts, Trio flew over next to Duo and placed herself slightly to his left, and hovering over the edge of the table. Deciding to make herself comfortable, she crossed her legs 'Indian style'. Hilde smiled.
"Wherever you're going to float, float there quick." Jerome snapped. "We've got to decide what we're going to do next."
"What's wrong with you!" Trio shouted, pushing her knees down with her hands. "You've been so irritable today!"
"Can't you see why?" Quatre asked, his eyes closed and a smile on his face. Trio blinked a few times at the Arabic pilot.
"No, Quatre, I don't. Why don't you tell me?"
"How long have you known Jerome?"
"All my life."
"And have you always thought of him as your dad?"
"Quatre! Get to the point!"
"You've been his daughter, the only part of his life for 16 years. How do you think he feels after all that's happened in the few hours since you found Heero? He's about to lose the biggest part of his life!"
"Oh," Trio said, lowering her eyes and staring at the table. "I'm sorry, Jerome, I never realized it. My."
"It's okay, I know for the past few hours you've been distracted and before that you didn't even know Duo was your father. But, I've had time to think and the more I thought about losing you, the more irritable I became."
"Look, Jerome, if it'll cause you too much pain to be without your 'daughter' she can stay here for a while." Hilde ventured.
"Yea," Duo added. "Besides, we're trying to buy a new house and she'd just be in the way." He added the last part with a laugh.
"Thanks a lot, Duo." Trio added with a HMP!
"Now, to the order of business. What are we going to do now? It's going to get even harder to hide them now."
"It shouldn't be any harder than usual," Heero voiced. "They'll just have to be banned from their remotes."
"That won't work," Trowa said. "They HAVE to have access to it at all times, considering that they could run into trouble."
"But what if the 'X' catches us with them?" Daemon asked.
"That's the biggest problem," Jerome stated. "Where are these kids going to stay? Daemon cannot stay with you and the Vice Foreign Minister. If he does it could attract the 'X's attention and that could cost him his life."
"Why don't they stay here with us?" Trio asked.
"Because, the addition of 4 kids could get their attention as well."
"Do you have any agents with family near town?" Duo asked.
"Yes, we have quite a few to keep track of local 'X' movement."
"Why don't you have their 'niece' or 'nephew' come to live with them? They could all attend the same school so that they could talk."
"Why would talking be an important part?" Wufei asked.
"Duh!" Sally said. "What if the houses, or at least the phones are bugged?"
"Nothing in this house is bugged." Trio stated in a manner-of-fact tone.
"How do you know that?" Duo asked, looking up at her. She did not look down.
"This house has a tracking system that monitors everything coming in and coming out."
"Why didn't it pick up on the doctors then?" Catherine asked.
"Because," Jerome interjected, "they didn't come IN the house. There's a secret passage and they came through it. Besides, it would only pic up on active machinery. The remotes were immobile when they came in."
"So let's lay the plan down," Heero said. "We'll send the kids to various homes of your TRUSTED agents, where they can attend the same school and keep an eye on each other, correct?"
"That's correct, Heero Yuy."
"Then we have no need here." Heero stood up and grabbed Relena's arm. She was a little unwilling to leave so hastily, considering she hadn't made a speech, but Heero had another wild look about his face and he had the determination to leave as soon as he could.
"Heero," Trowa said, "why the hurry to leave?"
"Leave us alone," was all he muttered.
"I don't think he's liking this situation is he?" Daemon asked with a perturbed look on his face.
"No, I don't think so." Alex and Trey said as Heero, with a worried, frightened look on his face, ran out with a confused Relena.