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The Assassins' Lament

Chapter Four: Sadness And Lies

Several figures walk into a dark conference like room. Another figure sitting at the head of the table turns his chair towards them.

"You have done well my assassins," the man said.

"We're done… Now let us leave," a male voice said.

"You're not finished yet," the man said.

"What… Yes we are…" a female voice growled.

"You have… at least… one more mission to fulfill," the man said.

"At least?! No! We are not your lapdogs!" the same female voice shouted.

"Hold your tongue girl or I will have it cut off," the man growled.

"Forgive her sir… She's just a bit… upset," the male voice said.

"You should keep your comrades under control Wolf… or you will find yourself fighting alone," the man said.

"Yes sir," he nodded slightly.

"What is the new mission sir?" came a different female voice.

The man smirked, "It is time to rid the world of Heero Yuy… again."

All three of the figures turned away from the man.

"Look at me when I'm speaking to you," the man growled.

All three turned to look at the man quickly.

"Sir… It… It will be done…" the male voice said.

"See that it is Wolf… Remember what is at stake here," the man said.

The three nodded.

"You are dismissed. You are to head out right away for this mission," the man explained.

"Yes sir," the three said in unison as they turned to leave.

"Falcra," the man said.

The girl who'd spoken the least turned to the man, "Yes sir?"

The man threw her a silencer, "If they turn on us… kill them."

The girl nodded, "As you wish sir."

She walked out and joined the others showing them the gun, "I was ordered to kill you if you turned traitor."

"Will you?" the boy asked.

The girl looked hurt almost, "I can't believe you'd even ask that."

The boy smiled slightly, "Just a question… Lets get this over with."

The two girls nodded to him.

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The gundam pilots sat at Preventers headquarters still trying to figure out what to do next. Duo paced around the room while Wufei and Heero went through newspapers and the Internet looking for clues.

Trowa walked in several minutes later and the three pilots glared at him.

"Huh?" Trowa said looking at all of them, "What's wrong?"

"Thanks for nothing Trowa," Duo said in a harsh voice.

Trowa looked a bit shocked at the words but said nothing as he shook his head and headed for the door.

"Quatre's in the hospital," Heero said.

Trowa turned quickly too look at the other pilot, "What? What do you mean?"

"There was an explosion… He was injured badly," Heero explained.

Trowa looked away from them then walked out quickly. Heero got up and followed him.

"Trowa," he said as he walked towards the other boy.

Trowa turned to look at Heero, "What is it?"

"Tell me what you know about all this," Heero said as they both stopped in the middle of the hall.

"I don't know anything… I know about as much as you do Heero," Trowa answered.

"This is serious Trowa… People are dying… Our friends are dying," Heero said.

"I have nothing to tell you," he insisted.

"Bull shit!" Heero growled as he angrily shoved the other pilot to the wall by the neck.

"I don't know anything about the assassinations, Heero," Trowa repeated.

"Heero! Leave him alone!" Duo said as he ran out of the room to see what was going on.

Heero glared at the pilot then let him go and walked away.

"You ok?" Duo asked.

"I'm fine," Trowa said walking the other way.

Duo sighed, "This "war" is sending even the calmest of soldiers off the deep end."

Duo headed back into the room where Wufei was still working and Heero had returned to working.

Trowa sighed as he walked down the halls.

"I thought they'd never leave," came a voice.

Trowa looked behind him then looked above him just as a figure fell from the ceiling.

"You ok? That Heero's sure a brute isn't he," the figure said brushing herself off.

"He's harmless," Trowa said in a calm voice.

"That's probably what he says about you," the girl winked as she brushed her blond hair aside.

"Yes… but we both know that's not true," he said looking at the ground.

"Thinking about Quatre again?" the girl asked.

"Yes… He's in the hospital and it's all my fault," he said.

"At least he's still got a chance… you know what would have happened if we hadn't done what we did," she said putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I know but it still doesn't make it right," he said.

"I feel so heartless… I should be more upset about this then I am," she said.

"You have a big heart… You just hide it because of all you've been through," he said.

"There you go again… You and your little speeches," she smirked.

Trowa just sighed.

"I can't wait till this is all over," the girl admitted.

"Neither can I," he replied, "Heero really thinks I know more then I'm telling them… am I that transparent?"

"No you're not… Heero's just high strung at the moment… He's worried that he won't be able to protect the earth again like he did during the other war," the girl said.

"Maybe… But I'm going to have to be extra careful or I'm going to become suspect number one," he sighed.

The girl nodded.

"You should get out of here before someone sees you," Trowa said.

"Let them. It's not like they could ever catch me anyway," the girl smirked as the two turned a corner and she prepared to "disappear".

"Dorothy…" Trowa said all of a sudden.

"Yes?" she asked looking over at him.

"Be careful," he said in an unusually gentle voice.

"Always," she smiled as she jumped through an open window and disappeared.

Trowa smiled to himself as he continued down the hallway.

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The next day the group headed back to the hospital to see Quatre and Relena. The nurse said that Relena was awake and doing fine.

The group decided to go see Relena first.

They walked in and she looked over at them and smiled, "You came."

Duo looked around in awe at all the flowers and gifts and cards that she'd gotten from people, "You are popular aren't you?"

Relena sighed, "Yes… I suppose so… tell me… What is going on? I've heard that there is a crisis of some kind."

"It's nothing to worry about… There have been a few assassinations but we have it under control," Heero said trying to not to worry her.

"Good…" she said not quite believing him.

"I'm going to see Quatre," Trowa said.

The others nodded.

Relena looked at them a bit confused, "Where is Quatre?"

"He was hurt… Nothing too serious though," Heero lied.

"Tell him to get better for me then," Relena said kindheartedly.

Trowa nodded then walked out. The others stayed there for a bit with Relena.

Trowa walked down the hall to the room, the nurse had told him what room Quatre was in. He sighed and knocked once.

"Come in," came the voice from inside.

Trowa opened the door and walked in. He looked Quatre over sadly then sat down beside him, "How you feeling?"

"I've been better," he smiled, "I'm fine. How is everything going with the search for the assassins?"

"Not good. We don't know where to look anymore," Trowa said.

"I'm sure you'll find something… It just takes time," Quatre said. He looked at Trowa's face then asked, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine… I just feel responsible for this… If I'd been there maybe I could have gotten you out of there in time," Trowa said.

"Trowa… There is no way you could have known that this was going to happen," Quatre said.

"Maybe… But I still think I should have been there to help you guys… I'm a Preventer… I shouldn't have left in the middle of a mission," he said.

"People make mistakes… It's not your fault that I got hurt… They may call you the perfect soldier but in truth no one is perfect… The one that is at fault is whoever caused the explosion," Quatre said.

Trowa looked away and sighed, "You're right," he said as he clenched his hands into fists.

A second or so later there was another knock on the door.

"Come in," Quatre said.

The other pilots walked in.

"Hey buddy… How you feeling?" Duo asked.

"I'm ok," Quatre said, "It's nice to see you all here."

"It's nice to see that you're ok," Duo replied.

"You better get well soon so you can come and help us," Wufei said as he smiled slightly.

"I'm trying," Quatre said.

The group talked for a while with Trowa staying fairly quiet as usual. Quatre gave them a few ideas as to what they could do to find the assassins and called up his company to get them to help out as well. The group left after about two hours and headed back to the Preventers base. They'd all decided to stay there while they worked on this mission.