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The Assassins' Lament

Chapter Two: Search For Trouble

The gundam pilots, minus Quatre, soon reached the Preventers headquarters and finished explaining the incident to Noin and Sally Po.

"How are we suppose to find the people who want Relena dead? She is Relena Dorlan and Relena Peacecraft... Do you know how many people want her dead?" Noin said.

"The only thing we can do right now is go through the guest list and check everyone's background. I'm afraid that's all we can do right now unless someone can give us some kind of lead," Sally added.

"Let me go through the guest list then," Heero said.

"Ok," Noin nodded smiling slightly. 'Relena could always melt the coldest of hearts. Isn't that right Heero,' she thought to herself.

"What can the rest of us do?" Duo asked.

"Well... Why don't some of you head over to the scene of the crime and help out the people looking for evidence," Sally suggested, "And Wufie, can you go to the morgue and see if they've come up with anything on the dead assassin?" Sally asked.

"Yes ma'am," Wufie said bowing his head and turning to walk out.

"Ok... Are you coming with me Trowa?" Duo asked.

"No... I'm going to check something out here," Trowa answered.

"Umm... Ok," Duo shrugged then turned and headed out.

Heero walked out soon after with his laptop in hand.

"Bet you he'll be at it all night," Noin said.

"I wouldn't go against that," Sally replied.

Trowa sighed and also walked out of the room leaving the two women on their own.

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It was late at night and the other pilots had come back already. Quatre was back from the hospital with very little to update the others on. Wufie said the doctor at the morgue had no idea who the man was. It seemed that all files on him had been deleted some how. Duo had also come back empty handed. Heero had not yet found anything incriminating on any of the guests from the party. As for Trowa… well no one even knew what he'd been up to in the first place.

Trowa walked into the room were Heero was still hard at work, "You should really stop proving them right, " he said quietly.

"What are you doing up so late?" Heero asked the other boy.

"I could ask you the same thing... But we both know the answer to that... We both want to find the enemy..." Trowa replied.

"Yes..." Heero said his face looking grim.

"You should really get some sleep Heero... It's three in the morning... You need your rest," Trowa said.

"Trowa... I promised myself that I would protect Relena... and I failed. All I want to do now is find the people who hurt her and make them pay, " Heero said turning away from the other pilot.

"We will find them... I promise... But there is no way we'll find them tonight. Take a break Heero and let your mind rest. A fresh mind is always better then an overworked mind," Trowa advised.

"Where'd you learn that one? From a nursery rhyme?" Heero asked half heartedly as he continued to scroll through files on the computer.

"Actually... I read it in an old newspaper. It was a quote from a man who died shortly after... I believe his name was... Heero Yuy," Trowa said.

Heero stopped and looked at the other boy, "I give... Maybe you're right... I'm more use to Relena when I'm wide awake."

"That's better," Trowa said smiling slightly then looking back at the computer screen. He sighed as Heero turned the machine off and stood up.

They nodded to each other and walked off...

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The next day the group decided to check up on Relena before continuing to work on the case.

"She still hasn't woken up I'm afraid, but I'm sure she will in just a bit," The doctor assured them.

The five pilots weren't aloud to go and see her since she was still in critical care.

"We might as well leave then... We're not doing her any good standing here," Duo said.

"I agree... Let's go," Wufie said.

Quatre looked over at Wufie curiously, "Are you afraid of hospitals?"

"Ha! Only weak minded fools are afraid of places of healing," Wufie said as he turned to walk out just as a nurse came by with a very large needle. Wufie cringed and backed up a bit as the nurse went by.

Duo sent a smirk towards Quatre and Quatre snickered nodding. The others then began to follow behind Wufie.

As they walked Trowa turned his gaze to a man who was just walking into the building. The man was wearing a black suit and had one hand in his pocket, "I'll meet you guys back at headquarters... There's something I forgot to do," Trowa said turning and walking away from his companions.

"Umm... Ok, see you there then," Quatre said.

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The boy had seen him. The man in the black suit smirked as he continued to walk. He quickly noticed a door that said 'Morgue' and opened the door quickly running into the room.

The room was dark and had the smell of rotting corpses and made your skin crawl as if you were the one dead and were being eaten alive by maggots and various other flesh eating insects.

The man smirked. This was just the kind of place he liked.

Suddenly the door to the morgue opened and the young brown-haired boy walked in. His emerald green eyes pierced through the darkness of the room and landed on the black suited man, "Who are you and who sent you?" He asked.

"Who I am does not matter and you know right well who sent me, 01," The man said smirking once more.

Trowa glared at the man angrily, "What is Zeon after."

"The same thing you were after once..." The man said.

"Why can't they just leave things as they are now... Peaceful?" Trowa growled.

"Peace? Ha! This is only the silence before the storm. There is no such thing as... Peace. There is only rule and war," The man said.

"You're wrong... If Zeon stays out of this then we could be in peace for years to come," Trowa said.

"And what have you done with your life since the war ended? You've been reduced to entertaining little children," The man said nearly laughing.

"I chose to do that," Trowa countered.

"That's not all you've chosen... You've also chosen to end the life of a young woman... Now what was her name again?" The man said.

"You leave her alone!" Trowa growled grabbing the man by the collar and lifting him up off the ground and shoving him against the wall.

"I can't be responsible for anything that happens to the young lady," the man laughed.

Trowa dropped the man on his feet and glared at him, "What the hell do you want?"

"We need your help," The man said.

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Trowa returned to the Preventers headquarters several hours later.

"Hey Trowa? Where were you?" Duo asked.

"Ya we were worried," Quatre added.

"You mean you were worried," Heero said as he continued to go through files on the computer.

"I was out..." Trowa said coldly then walked off.

"Huh? What's his problem? He looks like he's seen a ghost," Duo said.

"Maybe he took a glance at your face?" Wufie said as he flipped through a newspaper.

"Hey!" Duo shouted.

"What's this?" Wufie said looking at an article in the newspaper.

Duo snatched the paper from Wufie and began to read, "All over the earth and the colonies high ranking officials have been assassinated. People around the world are beginning to get weary of another war. Many remaining officials are being brought to safe houses where there will be the best security measures available. No one knows yet who is behind the attacks but police are investigating. Police are also warning citizens to avoid going outside if possible until further notice."

"Could this be linked to what happened to Relena?" Quatre asked.

Heero walked over and looked at the paper, "Here is our lead... We need to go to these places were people have been attacked and see what we can find."