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In The End
By: Raven Moonshadow
Chapter 9: Undercover
I will not watch the ocean
My lover's gone
No earthly ships will ever bring him home again
Bring him home again
My lover's gone
I know that kiss will be my last
Dido; My lover's Gone
"Melody?" Kamori asked disbelief in her voice as she held the pregnancy test. The positive pregnancy test. Wide light green eyes looked up at the Australian girls' face that was tinted red both from the crying and the embarrassment about being pregnant.
The orange haired girl nodded quietly, putting a hand over her abdomen.
"But you shouldn't be able to tell that quickly. Maybe it's wrong, Mel, maybe this is just fluke and you're not really pregnant?" Kamori asked hopefully.
"No it's true. You know we have all kinds of drugs and tests now that you can take soon after you have sex with someone to see if you're pregnant or if you want to get rid of something. This is one of those tests. One of the newest one's out there at the moment." Melody explained. "Besides…I used my powers. I felt the beginnings of life in me."
"But you can't keep it, Mel! What about our missions? What will the doctors say? Better yet what will Morgaine have to say? She'll kill Quatre."
"I know but I won't let her and as for the missions…I won't kill a child, especially my own. You know that." Melody retorted.
"I know the doctors won't care at all. They'd rather rip the child out of you than risk the missions." Kamori said sadly.
"Then we won't tell them. We'll keep it a secret." Melody wrapped her arms protectively around herself. They stood there in silence.
"What about Quatre?"
"What about him?"
"Are you still going to telling him? He might announce it to the world that the Winner heir has already been conceived."
"I don't know but we have to get him and Duo back."
"I'll do that."
"But Kamori…"
"No Mel, you're going to get rest and relax. I'll find out info on where those BLOOD agents might have taken them."
"Fine then. But promise me one thing."
"What?"
"Don't tell the others. At least not yet."
"Okay. Your secret is safe with me."
Melody smiled warmly at the redhead and headed to the bathroom to clean herself up. Morgaine and the others would be here soon.
* * *
Morgaine, Heero, Trowa, Irene, Wufei, and Maxine arrived a short time after Melody and Kamori's talk. Their solemn faces made Melody want to cry some more. They were all sipping tea at the moment when Kamori came rushing down. The red head jumped over the back of the couch and landed next to Melody.
"Good news, Mel. The doctors graced me with this lovely information." Kamori said with a wink. Melody's face brightened considerably.
"What did they tell you Kam?"
"There's some kind of ball going on that the leader of BLOOD is hosting out in India. Only the rich and important to BLOOD are going so that means that…"
"That they will probably have some very important things to say." Morgaine finished. She leaned back thoughtfully and sipped at her herbal tea.
"Exactly. And the doctors got me in as a Mrs…." Kamori looked down at the paper. "…A Mrs. Ignatius. But there's one bad thing." Kamori said.
"What's bad." Irene asked. Shifting Kamori sighed.
"There also has to be a Mr. Ignatius. And I am to use one of the remaining male gundam pilots."
"Remaining male gundam pilots?" Maxine asked. The redhead nodded and pointed at Wufei, Heero, and Trowa. Irene snorted.
"Jeeze take your pick of the creeps of the year award winners." The males all glared, some not as noticeable as others and others that shouted their unhappy attitudes. Like Wufei's glare for instance.
"Shut up nuren. You are a freakish American woman with blue hair." Wufei said. Irene leaned in dangerously.
"You got a problem with Americans? And as for the blue hair, I can't help it if it's natural."
"Freak."
"There is some kind of problem with your head. That pony tail must be so tight it's cutting off the circulation to your brain." Irene responded with a glare. Kamori glared too.
"Watch it. You mess with my friend you mess with me." Kamori growled out. "And if you mess with me you mess with them." Kamori jabbed her thump at the animals sitting by the door. The most noticeable being Nightstalker. He growled his own threat back, one that only Kamori understood. She burst out laughing.
"What did he say?" Irene asked. Kamori instantly started making cutting motions across her neck before her eyes flickered over to the male pilots. Irene covered her mouth. "Sorry I forgot."
"Forgot what?" Heero leaned in with a touch of suspicion in his voice. Irene blinked nervously.
"I forgot that people can't talk to animals. Silly me." She bonked herself on the head with an embarrassed smile. An uncomfortable silence ensued until finally Morgaine cleared her throat.
"So which will you bring?" The blond asked Kamori. Kamori looked at each male thoughtfully. Her eyes first went to Heero, she shook her head, then her gaze went to Wufei and an immediate sour look came to her face as she shook her head, and finally her light green eyes settled on Trowa with a sigh.
"I'll take the silent one over there." She pointed to him. Maxine blinked.
"Why that one?"
"Because Heero is too creepy and Wufei is too pigheaded. Not very dateable I'd have to say. Besides, Trowa's silent so I know he won't annoy me that much besides the fact that I'll lack someone to talk to while I'm there." Kamori said all-knowingly. She stood abruptly.
"Where are you going?" Melody asked.
"I'm going to go upstairs to go though your closet. You still have that dress I let you borrow, right?" Kamori propped her hand on the curve of her waist. Melody nodded.
"Good." Kamori pointed at Trowa. "You…go get a tux and a mask. It's a masquerade ball. Be done at 5:00 and we'll meet down here at 5:30. The limo will leave at 6." And with that Kamori strode out of the room with Nightstalker and the other animals at her heels.
* * *
5 o'clock rolled around and Trowa was already seated downstairs on the couch with a mask in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. Occasionally everyone down stairs would hear the clicks of high heels or a couple of curses said but other than that Kamori had yet to be seen. Finally the clack clack of high heels could be heard coming down the stairs. Everyone sat patiently.
Irene giggled as she saw the looks on the guys' faces as the clacking stopped at the doorway. The blue haired girl didn't have to look to know that Kamori had chosen her favorite dress that she had. All of the males had wide eyed stares and Trowa's jaw had even gone slack.
Kamori walked around the couch in a one-shouldered white Greek looking dress (One of the muses in the cartoon Hercules movie wore it) that fit around every curve. One long slit went up the side all the way to her mid-thigh, exposing one fine leg, while the rest pooled at her ankles. Her feet were adorned with silver high heels and a silver chain hung around her waist. Her short red hair was pulled back into a wooden clip with a silver Chinese tiger design carved into it.
The girls nodded their heads in agreement to show their liking in her choice. Kamori held up a silver eye mask with white and black feathers flaring at the corners of the mask. She looked at Trowa expectantly. He blinked once and then held up his black eye mask.
"Wow you picked a plain one." Kamori said rolling her eyes. "You couldn't find anything more exciting?" Wufei held up a half clown mask.
"He could wear this." Wufei said. Kamori made an annoyed face.
"Fine, the black mask is fine. Are you ready?" Kamori asked sitting down next to him. Trowa visibly scooted away. Kamori blinked. "Hey what's your problem?" Kamori said scooting closer to him. He scooted over until he bumped into Heero. Heero then death glared both of them. Kamori blinked. She looked toward everyone else.
"What's with the all mighty silent one?" The red head said tilting her head at him. Nightstalker looked up at her after sniffing the air.
//He is uncomfortable around you for some reason// Kamori blinked at the tiger. Her green eyes went back to Trowa. What little emotion he did show on his face was that of discomfort. The red head chewed on the inside of her lip. What is up with this guy? I have never met a guy that has been anything but comfortable around me. This Trowa is a strange one all right. I'll just have to find out why he feels that way around me. Kamori thought to herself.
Inside Trowa's mind he tried to calm himself. No woman could affect him like this and yet this woman made him distrust himself around her. He had problems thinking when she was close and any closer and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to control his actions. Oh great and I'm stuck being around her for the entire night. This will be like an eternity.
Kamori stopped looking at Trowa and peeked at the silver wristwatch she wore. The redhead stood abruptly with a curse.
"Where has the time gone? My gosh it's already 5:57. The limo should be here already." Kamori said. She gripped Trowa's wrist and dragged him outside. There was the limo, just pulling in. The Irish girl waved goodbye to the others, while also aware of Trowa trying to pull himself from her grasp, before opening the limo door and pushing Trowa in. Kamori followed in. The door shut and the limo was off.
Their mission would officially start as soon as they reached the airport.
* * * *
Trowa continued to rub his wrist, an hour after she had first grabbed it. It still was tingling pleasantly. But to him, any emotional contact that felt good was like a poisonous snakebite. He was continuing to think about the way that she was affecting him. Next to him, Kamori was sitting quietly staring out the window. The close proximity was causing his system to go awry. He was trying to keep himself from reaching over and performing one of the many mental images that kept coming to him.
He kept going over the many reasons why his body could be reacting the way it was. All of them sounded strange and illogical. Then he blinked. Maybe it is just a physical lust. If I fulfill some of the fantasies then the feelings will go away. I've never been that close to a woman before so now that my body is so close to one, at least one that's not my sister's, it is feeling the natural teenage hormones that I as a gundam pilot suppressed throughout the years. That was it. He had come to a conclusion. This provided a logical explanation. At least a more logical one than the idea that he was actually in love with a woman he didn't even know.
He nodded slightly to himself.
Kamori peeked a light green eye over at her companion in time to see his slight nod. Curiously she watched him for any more surprising behavior. He looked over at her quickly and met her gaze. She blinked. He blinked. Then suddenly, to him, the in-flight movie was very interesting. Although when his cheeks tinted themselves with a slight blush she had nothing better to do then wonder why. Kamori again tilted her head and then shrugged.
She had picked an odd one.
Kamori sighed and shook her head. They were almost there. She absolutely couldn't wait to get this mission over with, find out were the two missing pilots were, rescue them, and then go back home. It would be the best thing in the world to make Melody happy again.
* * *
As soon as the plane touched down at the India airport, BLOOD guards immediately met Kamori and Trowa. The red head and the brunette had the masks on and flashed their ID's to the guards who then brought them to a limo. The trip was rode in silence. Both gundam pilots thinking of their own plan.
The limo soon stopped in front of a large mansion. Cars lined the sidewalk and tree's desolated the mansion from the site of others. Only invited guests would know about this party and BLOOD guards heavily guarded it.
Kamori took one look around through the eyeholes of her mask and immediately assumed that this was a very important party. Rich men and women from the high pedestal of BLOOD were all at this party. Then Kamori winced and then scowled as her eyes landed on the FEMS, their masks down as they chatted with a very powerful BLOOD official. Then the red head gasped silently.
"The head of BLOOD, Richard Blood." Her bright green eyes were wide with surprise. "He's here in person. Wow." She looked over at silent Trowa who was looking at the head of BLOOD. Although, that wasn't the first thing that she noticed about him. Ever since they had gotten here Trowa had put at least two feet between them. She sighed and directed her attention back to Mr. Blood only to find him gone from the FEMS group.
"God damnit." Kamori bit her lip. Where did he go? She looked left and right.
"Excuse me miss." A deep rich voice said from behind her. Kamori turned.
"Yes?" She looked and nearly fell over. Richard Blood stared down at her. Now up close she realized that he wasn't much older than her, probably only a year older and absolutely handsome. Her jaw nearly dropped for a second and then suddenly she smiled at him charmingly. He smiled, obviously dazzled.
"Hello. I couldn't help but notice such a beautiful woman." She giggled. Okay giggle stupidly and make him think that I find him to be the most amazing man. Check and mate.
"Oh? But how could you tell? I'm wearing a mask." Kamori said flirtatiously. He smiled almost innocently, not evil at all and Kamori began to wonder.
"Oh but I could. Just looking at you I knew you could be nothing but lovely. And I'd also like to mention you have gorgeous green eyes." She looked up at his honey colored eyes and felt like melting.
"Aren't you the charmer?" Wow. If this guy weren't the head of BLOOD I'd date him. I mean he has tan skin, honey eyes, and chocolate hair. This guy is damned sexy!
"May I ask the lovely ladies name?" He asked. He took her hand in his. Kamori for once in her life, felt like blushing, but she refused to let herself.
"My name is Brenda Ignatius." She took her mother's first name for this mission. I hope he buys it. With a smile he brought her hand to his lips and kissed it.
"My, what a lovely name for such a fair rose. My name is Calhoun Blood." Kamori's eyes widened. This guy wasn't Richard. He was one of Richards's son's. With a slight gasp to sound realistic, she gave him a surprised look.
"Oh my. I was wondering why Richard looked so young. I thought you were he. You have inherited his looks." Kamori covered her mouth with her hand and gave him a faked surprised expression. He smiled, than began laughing.
"Don't worry about it. People confuse me for my father all the time." He gave her a genuine smile. No wonder I didn't sense any evil from him. He isn't the leader. That's good. She smirked to herself secretly. Sorry Calhoun, but I'm going to use you to get to your father. Get rid of the leader, the rest falls apart.
"Do you really mean it?" Kamori asked. He nodded while smiling. "That's good. I have found that some times people are offended when they get confused for their parents." Kamori said.
"Oh no I'm not offended at all. It's a common thing that happens now that I'm nineteen." Calhoun said. He bowed and took her hand. "May I have this dance?"
"Why yes you may." Kamori said, smiling. He's making this way too easy for me. He pulled her out on the dance floor. One hand went to the small of her back and the other grasped her other hand, then he pulled her to him. Kamori blinked once in surprise and then leaned her head on his shoulder.
She took everything around her in. By the long food table, the FEMS all glared at her. Kamori raised an eyebrow. Jealousy anyone? She looked around the room. Now where is my so-called 'husband' gone? Kamori's eyes searched the room. Finally she saw Trowa standing silently in the corner. Strangely enough he looked annoyed while watching them. Although, it was hard to tell with such a person as Trowa.
Calhoun's fingers dancing on the small of her back brought Kamori back to the present.
"Hm?" She tilted her head to peek up at him. He glanced at her quickly before his eyes went elsewhere.
"My father is watching us." He whispered. Kamori's eyes widened again.
"He is?"
"Yes."
"Is that bad?" Kamori sure hoped it wasn't.
"No, at least I don't think so."
"What do you mean you don't think so?"
"Well…I'm nineteen now and my father is ready to marry me off to assure an heir. You know, just like Winner recently got married." Calhoun whispered. "I also think the main event will start soon."
"And what's that?" Kamori asked. Perfect.
"New mobile suits, etc." Kamori scowled slightly where he couldn't see. Damn. That didn't help much.
"Wow. What are these new MS called?" Kamori played dumb.
"Well my father just came out with the Capricorns but he's been working on gundams for some time now. He's going to show off the new gundams and how they work." Calhoun said. The lights began to dim. This was good since the dim light could hide her surprised look. New gundams? Like the one Fala had? She untangled herself from Calhoun and looked towards the stage. A large curtain separated half of the large stage. A projection screen was pulled down in front of it.
Suddenly a spotlight hit the screen and Richard Blood himself stood there in front of it. The FEMS stood just to the right of him.
"Ladies and gentlemen of BLOOD. I'm pleased that you all could join me tonight for a glorious evening crucial to BLOOD's future." Richard took a breath. Kamori disappeared from Calhoun's side and stealthily maneuvered through the crowds. She passed Trowa and gave him a look before moving through the rooms. Now where is a computer? Each room was empty except for one she passed that was full of guards. Each looked up at her. Some smiled, others looked skeptical.
"What are you doing here?" One stood. Kamori searched for an answer.
"Well I was looking for the ladies room. Would one of you mind telling me?" Kamori asked with a low, teasing voice. The guards all seemed to loosen up. The one smiled.
"I'm sorry miss. It's down the hall." He said. Kamori threw in a charming smile.
"On it's alright, but may I ask, why are you all so tense?" Kamori asked with mock worry written on her face.
"Well three was a rumor that this party was infiltrated by an enemy spy." The guard replied. Kamori's pale green eyes widened.
"Oh my. Do you really think there is one?" Kamori tried to make herself look frightened and harmless. The soldier gave her a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry. That's why we're here. We'll protect everyone." He said. Kamori curtsied.
"Well I feel safer knowing that, but I must be off to use the ladies room and hurry back to the party." She smiled and picked up the end of her dress and speed walked. Shit. They suspect someone is here. I have to move quickly. Kamori peeked into more rooms.
Finally, just before the bathroom, was a lounge looking room with a computer in the corner. Kamori smirked. Perfect. She peeked out into the hallway, then, finding no one watching the red head silently closed and locked the door. She drifted over to the computer and with a touch to the mouse the screen lightened.
Kamori reached down to the top of her dress and pulled the disk out of her bra. She put it into the computer and began going through files and hacking. Along the way she got info on the new gundams and ms being produced. Then she found a recent file on their kidnapping of two of the gundam pilots, Mr. Winner and Mr. Maxwell. All info on them, relating to them, and where they were, was saved to the disk. She shut down all the files and pulled out the now packed disk.
The security must already know I'm here. Better get going. She slid into the bathroom and checked herself in the mirror. No displacement where the disk was now hidden and the gun she had was still hidden at her thigh. She falsely flushed the toilet and came out of the bathroom straightening her dress.
Yup. Guards were already going through the room.
"Oh my, what happened?" Kamori asked with mock worry. The soldiers looked at her.
"Did you see anyone go in here because we had an alarm go off that someone was accessing secret files?" He said. Kamori blinked.
"No I didn't. I was in the bathroom the whole time. I didn't hear or see anyone." Kamori said using a small dash of helpless girl and a pinch of charm. God I could be an actress.
"Well we may have to take you for questioning." The soldier came closer to her. Oh crap I don't think so. Sorry soldier boy, but I have to do my job. She whipped out her gun. Each guard went down. One looked up at her from the floor. She smiled sadly.
"Don't worry. You won't die, just be unconscious long enough for me to get away. You'll be fine after that." She stepped over him and began running. Ouch high heels don't work well when running. She winced. "All I have to do now is get Trowa and get out of here like bat's outa' hell." She mumbled to herself.
* * * *
"Now I'd like to proudly bring up my son, Calhoun, who's nineteenth birthday just past recently." Richard Blood stood on the stage beckoning Calhoun out of the crowd.
Out in the crowd, Calhoun looked to the side to find 'Brenda' missing. Then he looked towards the stage with a sigh and began walking forward. People separated and clapped for him and he ultimately felt embarrassed. His father smiled as Calhoun walked up onto the stage.
"Well son I'd like to tell you I'm proud of how you've grown. And I think it's about time that you continue the family, son." Calhoun dreaded those words. The FEMS were all smiling at him. He knew exactly whom he had to choose between.
"You have a choice between the four lovely ladies to my right and one other." Calhoun raised an eyebrow at this. "I see you're confused. I'd like to notice that you seemed to enjoy yourself with a woman tonight. What was that woman's name?"
"Um…do you mean Brenda?"
"Ah yes was that her name? Well then will the young woman, Brenda, who danced with my son come up here?" Richard called. Everyone looked around as whispers came over the crowd. Calhoun looked, wondering where Brenda could have gone.
A soldier burst through the doors and ran up to Richard. He whispered into Richard's ear. The head of BLOOD's eyes widened.
"What?! Find her and catch her!" Richard yelled.
* * * *
Kamori ran. She knew that the soldier were right behind her.
"Stop where you are or we may be forced to shoot!" She heard from behind her.
"Shit." Kamori turned. Uh oh, cornered. It was a dead end. "Double shit on a stick." She turned toward the row of guards, guns pointed at her and put her hands up.
"Drop all weapons." One shouted. It was the same guy who had directed her to the bathroom.
"I don't have any." Kamori said. She made herself sound as frightened as possible.
"Those men on the floor were shot."
"But I don't know what you're talking about. I'm confused and scared. Why are you all chasing me?"
"You started running from us." Umm…yeah. Whoops.
"Um…not sure. I'm confused." Kamori looked innocently at them, but they didn't look like they were buying it. She took a step back and her heel hit the wall. Shit. What am I going to do?
Suddenly a few soldiers went down. Trowa stood over them.
"Trowa?" He had a gun in one hand and the other was at his side. She hadn't even heard a shot. A silencer. Kamori looked at him with wide eyes. The guards were distracted and their attention was no longer on her now. With a quick movement she pulled her gun out form hiding and brought more down. Together, Trowa and Kamori made a team that the guards couldn't stop.
They escaped just as Kamori had said, like bat's out of hell. As soon as they were out the windows Kamori whistled. Two Asian elephants emerged from the woods. She placed her hand on one of their heads. "Up, Kiku." The elephant's trunk wrapped around her waist and brought her to sit upon its head. She looked down at Trowa.
"Hurry, do the same think, but that one is Haiku." Kamori said. With tired green eyes she watched Trowa follow her instructions and get lifted up. He's a natural with animals. She patted the elephant Kiku and pulled her ear.
//Go both of you// Kamori said quietly in elephant tongue. Both elephants moved and began off into the woods. Just as they were going into the woods she saw Calhoun looking down at her from a window, his wide eyes questioning. With a smile she slide off her mask and waved slightly. He smiled then and waved back, mouthing the words: I hope to see you again.
She turned back to the woods and found Trowa, who had been watching her, with his mask now down as well. He gave her a look before turning ahead again. With a sigh, Kamori looked up through the starlight filled trees.
I wish I didn't have to use you Cal.
~Owari
Raven: Wow long chapter. I guess it kind of makes up for the fact that I haven't updated in so long. Yeah sorry about that. I don't know when I'll get to update again since I'm going on a trip soon and my laptop needs to be fixed. But I'll try as hard as I can to get something up soon.
Nuren- Chinese for woman as I've been told