Eve couldn't believe Keyda had sent her to break into Quatre's house. She couldn't help but wonder what Trowa had said to Keyda to make her boss give her such a degrading assignment that was so belittling of her talent. Trowa must really think Quatre's house's security needed to be upgraded, Eve thought as she noiselessly climbed up an old oak situated beside the old servants quarters. Pushing branches out of the way Eve wondered again why she'd been stuck with this job since Darius was a lot better at security systems then she was so why had Keyda been so insistent that she do it. "We'll let's get this over with." Eve muttered to herself as she moved onto a branch nearly hanging over a skylight. Dropping down Eve landed on her feet with a slight thud and quickly moved into the safety of the concealing shadows. Scanning the area Eve took out a small gun from her side and shot it into the air. Immediately it soundlessly exploded all over the place sending white powder flying. As it settled the trip wires were plainly visible to the naked eye much less hers. "Piece of chocolate cake." Eve said as she drew back then quickly flipped, slid and ducked her way through the field with catlike grace. Coming to a stop in front of the skylight she was stopped by the sound of a gun going from safety on to off. Immediately reaching for her weapon strapped to her side Eve froze as she recognized Quatre in the pale light of the moon, her eyes easily picking him out behind her tinted shades. Damn it all to hell what was he doing there..she hadn't trip a god damn thing and this just wasn't fair after what had happened in the stupid elevator.
"So we meet again, Night." Quatre said hardly daring to believe that she was really there and not some illusion or figment of his overactive imagination. He'd been thinking about her and now here she was as if from thin air or through sheer will on his part. He was surprised she hadn't shot him already but no, she stayed where she was, the moonlight shining off her white hair as it blew around her neck in the slight breeze. She was the most beautiful cat burglar slash thief he'd ever seen in his life. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit? Come to finish the job?" Quatre asked with what he hoped was a non threatening smile.
"Leave now and I'll let you leave with all your limbs attached." Was the answer which was said in an ice cold and peeved off voice he remembered so very well.
Quatre smiled then wondered why he was smiling as she'd just threatened to harm him. In other words here he was probably grinning like a complete idiot when most people would be dropping the gun and running for cover. "I think that would be a lot harder then you'd imagine."
"And how'd you come to that conclusion, Einstein. From where I'm standing you're the pretty rich boy pacifist and I'm the trained assassin who has way more blood on said hands then you do or ever will. Your father didn't drop you on your head repeatedly as a child by any chance did he because you're way off base if you think you can take me on." Eve said with a hint of amusement that was unusual for her to say the least but the fact that he thought he could stand a chance against her amused her and tickled her funny bone.
"Well we'll see won't we?" Quatre said grinning at her with a great deal of charm. Struggling not to notice Eve wondered how the hell he managed to throw her off balance so easily with something so simple as a smile. Well she could do the same. It could never be said that there was a male on this earth who could out charm someone as she could when she set her mind to it.
"You're forgetting that I was a soldier. I think that I'd be able to show you a thing or two." Quatre said grinning at her as he watched her process his remarks. Startled he watched her walk towards him, completely ignoring the gun at his hand. Feeling as oppose to seeing her eyes drill into his Quatre had the uncomfortable feeling that he was in over his head.
"So you think you could teach me a thing or two, Quatre R Winner. What exactly do you propose to teach me?" Eve said in a voice designed to turn grown men into puddles of hormones and stupidity which was something she'd always excelled at even when she was just a kid still. "I'm sure a guys such as yourself would have a lot of interesting things to teach a girl." Eve added with a purr as she reached out to trail a finger down his chest seductively while her other hand removed the glasses so that he could see her eyes thinking that they'd add to the intimidation. He'd be gone in seconds, Eve thought with glee.
Meeting her eyes Quatre felt sweat break out on his forehead as he fought not to back up and keep going. He'd never had a female look at him like she was going to eat him alive and he didn't know exactly how to react now that such a look was being aimed in his direction by someone other then a fortune hunter. He was a gentleman after all and gentlemen never attracted women like this..well at least not for themselves anyway. Heero and Duo attracted women like this, not him. He watched as she gently trailed a hand up his arm to rest on the nap of his neck, pulling his face down till he was practically nose to nose with her. Oh boy but he was in serious trouble now.
"Still think you can handle me, Winner?" Eve said not entirely sure how to go about this now that she'd begun it. She'd started this to make a point but he wasn't getting the message and being this close to him was starting to short circuit her brain. He was suppose to be running away not standing there like he had no intention of moving anytime this year. She didn't want to have to keep pushing his buttons cause what if he started pushing her own buttons and she started to forget why she was pushing his buttons in the first place. And if that happened she could be in serious trouble and jeopardize everything they'd been working to accomplish. What the Hell was she supposed to do since he wasn't cooperating?
"Ya." Quatre said standing his ground though that was really the last thing he wanted to do since he felt well over his head and well on his way to drowning. Something told him that behind her brave looks there was a girl who was just as nervous about the sparks they were shooting off as he was and God help him even if he'd wanted to he wouldn't have been able to move. "Hit me with your best shot, angel."
"You asked for it." Eve said and before she thought better of it and let him have it with a passion that caught both of them in its clutches with a speed that left them both winded and shaken. Dragging his head down again after a short break for air Eve put everything into another kiss that just about sent poor Quatre into a seizure so intense was his reaction as he held her tight against him and returned the kiss with as much heat as she'd blasted him with. The kisses were like nothing he'd ever experienced before and it was as if the world were shifting and everything was changing but at the same time like the world had stopped. There were just no words to describe what it was like, Quatre would think later on. It was Eve's turn to reel in shock when he returned her kiss with so much passion and feeling that it made the last kiss seem like a sisterly peck on the cheek. Forgetting that she was suppose to be in control Eve let him soften the kiss until they were both oblivious to the world around them so focused were they on the other and the kissing that was rapidly taking them over and becoming so much more then a test of strength. Arms wrapped around each other they forgot past words, concentrating instead on getting as close as humanly possible which they proceeded to do with a fierceness that would have shocked anyone who really knew them. Hands and fingertips moving to caress and touch they revealed in the discovery of the other and marveled that the other was there and with them like this. For what seemed like hours they stood there lost in the others embrace and so caught up in her first real kiss in a long time Eve almost missed the sound of masked footsteps coming their way with a stealthness that spoke of training. Breathing hard Eve pushed Quatre and herself further into the shadows and reluctantly broke off the kiss and full body contact. "Someone's coming." Eve said quickly fixing her shirt with speed as she mentally prepared for battle while absently wondering when exactly her shirt had come undone.
"What?" Quatre asked, his world still spinning wildly as he slowly drifted down from heaven to become aware that something was wrong. A something that had brought them both crashing back to reality when the place they'd created together had been so much more appealing.
"Wait here and don't move, Quatre. It's rather early for anyone to be up and this is not the place to be out taking a late night stroll. I'll check it out, if you move to interfere I'll shoot you myself, pal. Understand?" Eve said pushing a lock of his hair out of his eyes with a tenderness usually reserved for her brother and no one else which belayed her words of threatened violence if he didn't do what she said. Obviously she was still a little out of it. Placing a light kiss on his lips for luck Eve quickly slide away and carefully headed over to the place she'd dropped her gun in the heat of the moment. Picking it up Eve backed into the shadows once more and pulled out a device Darius had made to disrupt the mansion's security system. Pressing the button that would deactivated the force fields Eve watched and waited for the visitor to show himself. Gradually a shadow took shape and Eve recognized it as the form of one of her former saviors. Watching Wufei out of the corner of her eye Eve quickly and quietly edge away from him and keeping into the shadows slide towards the way she'd come. Well at least he wouldn't be a problem though now was her chance to pay him back for all those sexist comments he was always inclined to sprout. Better not and wait for a better chance and way to get him back.
"Who's there?" Wufei said his instincts telling him that it wasn't Quatre he was sensing in the darkness. Then out of the corner of his eye he saw a flash of movement and turned just in time to see something jump over the edge which struck him as extremely stupid even as he went over to investigate. Running over Wufei could just make out a form rapidly swinging down the oak tree Heero had been after Quatre to cut down for just such a reason which made the thief smart and not so stupid, Wufei thought with a dark look. Wishing he could go after the intruder Wufei instead turned back and went looking for Quatre who he'd heard head up here ten minutes ago but hadn't come back. If Quatre was hurt then his friend was his first priority. "Quatre, are you there? Answer me."
"Wufei? Is that you?" Wufei followed the voice and turned to see his friend coming from the shadows towards him hesitantly since Quatre had no doubt Night really would hurt him if he got in the way even thought he had no intention of hiding behind a girl. He'd gone to get his gun and then she'd disappeared only for him to hear Wufei calling his name. Meanwhile Wufei literally felt his jaw drop as his friend exited the shadows and bathed in moonlight was clearly illustrated to Wufei's shocked eyes.
"What did he do to you?" Wufei said hurrying forward to get a better look at his friend who looked very un Quatre like at the moment. In fact Quatre looked like he'd just rolled out of bed and into a tornado.
"What do you mean?" Quatre said still slightly dazed and a little unsteady on his feet, blinking at his friend in confusion. She was like a drug, Quatre decided as he blinked at Wufei as the man sputtered, once she was in your system you just crave more as oppose to less. And for the life of him he couldn't figure out why that didn't depress him. What a kisser, Quatre thought to himself, wondering when he'd get the chance to do it again. "What's wrong with the way I look?"
"Well your hair is all mussed and standing up every which way for starters. Your shirt's completely unbuttoned and it isn't tucked in at all not to mention the fact that your eyes are glassy and you look like you've been hit with a two by four..repeatedly. What the Hell happened here and who was the guy who just jumped off your roof?" Wufei said as he motioned to Quatre's dissolved appearance and then back to the place where the idiot had jumped. "Quatre?"
"She jumped off the roof! Is she okay? What happened? I didn't hear the sound of a struggle!" Quatre said instantly at attention at the thought that she'd jumped several stories to her possible death. The idea that she might be seriously hurt drove everything else from his mind in a lightning flash.
"That was a girl? She's fine, got away scot free." Wufei said surprised at the smile that blossomed on his friend's face at the news that not only was she fine but that she had safely gotten away without getting harmed in the process. "You know if I didn't know better I'd almost think you were happy she got away."
"Care to join me for some champagne or brandy, Wufei? I feel like celebrating." Quatre said completely ignoring Wufei's question as he headed for the stairs with a very worried Wufei close behind. He felt like celebrating and was way to wired now for bed that was for sure.
Meanwhile the next morning
As long as she lived she swore that she was going to stay away from Quatre like he has the plague Eve vowed as she pulled to a stop at a stop sign. Running a hand through her hair Eve remembered what it felt like when Quatre had done the same and nearly hit her head on the steering wheel in exasperation tinged with fear. "How could I have been so stupid!" Eve said saying a few choice words under her breath in several languages that were four lettered and unrepeatable in most mixed company. She'd known that Winner was trouble but had she stayed away from him? No, of course not. After all that would have been the smart thing to do. Instead you let him get to you and now look what had happened between them. She'd been all over him and what the Hell would have happened if Wufei hadn't showed up? Now that was something to worry about. She'd stayed up all night unable to sleep and then when she'd finally gotten to sleep who was waiting for her as soon as she closed her eyes but Quatre! My God and she'd thought Darius had a dirty mind. Half of her dreams she'd had last night could possibly be considered illegal in most countries! So here she was, hot and bothered over a friggin pacifist who had no business doing this to her or putting such thoughts into her head. Now not only couldn't she kill him but he'd taken over her mind as well, filling it with all kinds of things she didn't need to nor had any business thinking about. "This is definitely not a good way to start the day."
At Preventers
"Relena, I think there's something seriously wrong with Quatre but he won't tell me anything so you need to bug him about it." Heero said as he walked into his wife's office to find her hard at work as she always was.
"Why, is he sick?" Relena said looking up from some paperwork with concern for her friend's well being.
"Well apparently some girl tried to break into the mansion last night and Quatre met up with the her while she was on the roof prowling around. Wufei scared her off but apparently Quatre was in rough shape when he found him liked they'd been in a tussle though apparently she must have been on the losing end since Quatre was only mushed a little." Heero said grimly wanting very much to know what the Hell was going on and then get his hands on this girl and make her pay for her upsetting Quatre. "The poor guy has to be upset over having to hit a girl."
"She hurt Quatre?" Relena said looking more upset then ever at the thought of someone picking on Quatre of all people.
"False alarm, Heero." Duo said from the doorway, a huge grin on his face that said trouble with a capital T. "I solved the mystery of Quatre's strange behavior."
"What are you talking about, Duo?" Relena asked standing up.
"Well when Wufei found Quatre he was all mussed up right but Quatre wouldn't tell him what had happened. So I went up and checked on the video cameras that are solar powered and wouldn't have been effected by the electronic cut to see what they saw to give me an idea what the lady did." Duo said with an even larger grin. "I got to say that it was very interesting viewing and we had nothing to really worry about. Well besides the fact that Quatre needs better security that is."
"Well what happened?" Heero said, impatient with Duo. "Why was he all shook up and why are you grinning like a complete maniac over something like this?"
"Lets just say that the lady thief was responsible for Quatre's dissolved appearance but I doubt he minded a bit. In fact I wouldn't have minded changing places with him, the lucky guy." Duo said moving his eyebrows up and down to drive home his point. "From where I was standing the girl's got very talented hands and Quatre was lucky enough to have her give him an upper body physical which is likely why he was more then a little dazed."
"Do you mean to tell me that Quatre was up there making out with the thief?" Heero said in shock then shook his head at the very idea that Quatre would do or allow such a thing. The guy would likely have passed out first. "As in Quatre Winner, our friend and resident perfect gentleman Quatre."
"Yep." Duo said with a smirk, understanding Heero's disbelief perfectly. He wouldn't have believed it himself if he hadn't seen it with his own two eyes. "I got to say he has quite a way with the ladies if last night was any indication though I have to say that she did start and finish it when Wufei interrupted."
"You're joking?" Relena said with a shake of her head. 'This is Quatre we're talking about."
"Nope, I have proof." Duo said holding up a cassette tape as though it were a trophy.
"I don't believe you." Relena said folding her arms across her chest.
"I'll prove it." Duo said heading over to Relena's TV.