Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or any of its characters, so don't sue me!

Warning: I DON'T LIKE RELENA (you have been warned!)

Pairings: Wait and see - nothing horrible I promise.

Plot: Vampire council, vampire hunters begin their first meeting, or something. You basically have centuries old vampires returning to bring their offspring back under control.

Chapter Three - Two sides together

The offices are empty. A gentle hum comes from the computers, as they faithfully wait for their owners to return. A single, solitary drop of cold coffee drips from the coffee machine, making a wet plop as it lands.

I glide rather than walk, dropping my pretence at being clumsy now I'm on my own.

Everyone is gone now. Some are out hunting in the pre-dawn night. Others have gone home to sleep away the day. I myself am far from done tonight, which is why I have returned here.

We got the boy I found cleaned up in the showers we have in this building. He turned out to be quite a looker once the goop was washed away. Wufei explained a little about what we do here, and what we are. The kid handled it surprisingly well, considering.

It turned out that he was actually the owner of the nightclub I'd found the vampire at, which explained the scrubbed trash cans. He said his name was Quatre Winner, and told us how he'd taken business studies at school.

He babbled quite a bit actually, so maybe he didn't handle it very well to begin with.

He told us his sexual preferences, the names of all of his relatives, everything from the fact that his club was a restaurant during the day, to the fact that he still had a teddy bear in his wardrobe.

Wufei took him home with him, after deciding he was still in a state of shock. I let them go, pretending that I was going home also.

But I came back. Here. To this place. The headquarters of the vampire hunters. This place that those who were terrified of what they'd found in the dark had created in an attempt to make themselves feel like they could change it, make things better.

I wonder how they would react if they knew what I was, and that they'd let me right into their inner sanctum.

But, for now, I have no interest in destroying them. From me they are safe, protected even. I have another, far greater, goal.

I stop when I reach my target, and stretch out my hand to take the doorknob in it. I am just beginning to twist it when I realise I am being watched.

An interesting development. Someone actually managed to get in without me hearing them. Luckily for me I sensed them before they could watch me too long, and I knew they had only just arrived.

Deciding to play with them I calmly continued to turn the doorknob, then pushed the door open.

Once the door was open wide enough I walked in. No longer gliding, just walking like a regular human would, but quiet enough to remain unnoticed to most.

I made my way across my Boss's office, heading unerringly for the filing cabinets at the back. Once there I pulled open the bottom drawer, and reached in.

"What are you doing in here?"

I heard the voice and wasn't all that surprised. After all, who else would spy on me? Nobody else here was clever enough to find me suspicious. Or if they were, they didn't have enough initiative to check it out. Apart from Wufei, but that is the reason I keep Wufei so close.

I straighten abruptly, like I've just been zapped with electricity, and spin round with what I think is a very credible show of surprise.

"Huh?"

As always I go for the intelligent route.

I look into my accoster's blazing blue eyes, making sure to dangle the stake I held in my right hand, in plain view of him.

"I wasn't doing anything," Not exactly a lie, since I wasn't, yet.

"I lost my stake tonight, and just thought I'd get another one before tomorrow. Give me chance to sharpen it tonight."

He narrows his eyes at me, scowling as he always does. It looks intimidating as hell, and I know that out of everyone on this earth, he would be the only one who could stand a chance at taking me on.

"I didn't realise you were such an avid hunter. You seem to bring in less than the others, yet you are a reasonable fighter."

He doesn't phrase it as a question, but the question is still there, underneath the facts. I am not concerned with the question, I already have an answer primed and waiting, it is the comment he made on my fighting skills which has me frozen.

He said I was reasonable, which I have learned to translate to mean brilliant in his language. The fact that he has noticed tells me he has been watching me a lot more closely than I'd thought.

"I guess I'm just not much of a tracker. I always manage to bring them down, but I have trouble finding them."

He nods slightly, and I take it as assent for me to leave. I pick another stake out of the drawer before I shut it, then take my leave, brushing past him as I do.

"Wait."

I pause slightly at the clipped word, and turn slightly to look back at him. He has a slight frown on his face, and I feel a slight calculation in his aura.

"You're name is Michael, right?" I nod, and he appears to ponder something for a moment.

"If you need some help with your tracking, you can come ask me. It would be in-excusable if we lost a hunter merely because their tracking was a bit off."

I nod my agreement, waiting until I was again on my way out before letting my grin come through.

Not exactly what I had been aiming for tonight, but getting to examine the hunter's top hunter, and his fighting technique, would probably come in handy later on.

I decide that I just might take him up on his offer, once he gets less suspicious of me.