Wow, chapter nine...I never thought I'd get this far. Well I hope everyone likes it. It would have been longer but I had to squish writting it into about an hour. I know...excuses excuses. We all have them. But it's on time!

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Chapter Nine: Preparations

Imps; little humanoid creatures about a foot tall with little beady black eyes and nasty tempers. Teolyn had always believed creatures like that to be fairy tales and make believe…now he was beginning to question that as he stood, hidden from sight, looking across the Dark Room at a computer screen that showed thousands of the demonic creatures. He was worried and beside him he could sense Heero's own confusion at the sight they both beheld.

"Ten thousand ready to launch an attack on the House scheduled to convene tomorrow. It will bring surrender, that's certain," Jarin said to the one beside him, a man with long blond hair, almost white.

"The colony heads must also be secured," the man said placidly. It was as if nothing could faze the man.

"Already taken care of. Half will go to space, spread out evenly to secure each target and if necessary…well you know quite well what Pit Imps are capable of," was Jarin's cool reply. He was overly confident, that much was way too obvious to both Heero and Teolyn.

"And all are firmly under your complete control?" the man asked doubtfully. He seemed to have little faith in Jarin's ability from his tone.

"My instructor taught me well. I have unquestionable control over every single one. It took me three solid weeks of summoning to establish that. But it was worth it."

"Good. You know our goal and your part to play. Commence within the next twenty-four hours," the man told him.

"I will General."

After a few moments of utter silence the man turned, offering Heero and Teolyn a brief glimpse of the man before he walked out of the room.

"He looks like Ms. Relena…" Teolyn exclaimed as he moved back away from the tapestry separating them from Jarin. He was of course referring to Vice Foreign Minister Darlian, who had been his rival in the past election for the position of Prince Protector (or in her case, had she won, Princess Protector).

"He's her brother," Heero confirmed softly. He couldn't forget that face, the face of one who was suppose to be dead. And wherever he was his girlfriend wasn't far behind. But that was the least of their worries.

"We have to warn the House Representatives and the Colony Leaders," Teolyn whispered, determined. He wasn't going to let Jarin get away with this even if it was the last thing he did.

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Deathscythe and Altron stood just a couple hundred yards from each other, Beam Scythe and Beam Trident poised for attack.

"Are you ready see the true meaning of power," Wufei asked from across the field, the sound projected to Duo by Altron's amplifier. One of the two would prove the better fighter, and unluckily for Duo, the odds weren't in his favor. Deathscythe was build for stealth not open combat whereas close combat was Altron's specialty. Duo wasn't too concerned though. He'd faced worse odds before and come out on top.

"As I said before, bring it on," Duo replied. So it began as Altron launched full force towards Deathscythe.

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Quatre and Trowa had just made it to the Preventers HQ on Earth, the meeting place, when Quatre's watch began to beep. They both stopped and Quatre moved to activate the communicator there.

"Hello?" he asked cautiously.

"Heero here. We uncovered something," was the reply from his watch.

"What is it?"

"The High Consul's amassed and army and intends to capture all of the leaders of Earth and the Colonies. He's not alone," Heero explained.

Quatre knew that tone. Things were worse then anticipated.

"And?"

"Get to Preventers. Tell them to be on full alert. Teolyn and I will explain the rest when we get there."

"Ok, Heero…we still can't get a hold of Duo and Wufei," Quatre responded. That fact was concerning him greatly. It had been hours since either of the two had checked in.

"We'll assume the worst," Heero said after a few seconds pause. After that he was gone.

"I wonder what they found," Quatre mussed quietly as he turned back towards Trowa.

"Something unexpected," was Trowa's reply. "Let's inform Preventers," he said a moment later as he guided a preoccupied Quatre into the 24 story building before them.

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Silver Cateyes:So what did you think of the imps?And don't worry, DuoWILL kick some sense into Wufei. And maybe he will go after Teolyn, he does like Heero and Teolyn is his brother...hmm...it could be a possibility.