(Ch. 3)
Knock, knock
"Yes." Came the curt reply from a woman on the other side of the office door. Hearing the consent, the young secretary entered into the office. Lady Une was sitting on her desk in deep concentration from reviewing a few reports that were just given to her on the affairs of the now peaceful world.
"Lady Une," the secretary said grimly. "I have a report in regards to the mission that you sent the Lieutenant Colonel on."
Hearing this and the young woman's tone, Lady Une tore herself from her previous work. No one had heard from the Lieutenant Colonel since he left for his mission. This unnerved Lady Une a lot. It was not in his nature to not report back to Preventers Head Quarters after so many hours after his mission took place. She could sense that something had gone terribly wrong. Lady Une always gave him the so called 'suicide missions' because he was the only one who could do it and come out in one piece. However this time, Lady Une believed after he left, that this was one mission that he would not come back from even though she had high hopes that he would.
Motioning to her secretary to close the door, she asked for the papers. Obediently the secretary complied and shut the door, then strode over to Lady Une to hand over the report.
Quickly taking it, Lady Une went in search for the status on the Lieutenant Colonel. It read:
KIA
Lady Une slumped back into her chair and put her hands upon her forehead. She couldn't believe it. How could this have happened? Especially to the one who was called the "Perfect Soldier?" How . . . ? Why . . . ? As these questions stirred in her head, she could only tremble at the memory of her being the one who sent him on that mission.
"Lady Une?" Came the small voice of the secretary, uneasiness laced in her voice. "Your orders?"
Lady Une sighed and feared the worst of what could happen. In order to keep that from destroying the peace that was being maintained, she'd need to call on all her forces to reckon with this situation.
"I want you to call all the other gundam pilots, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Winner and Wufei Chang, to a meeting at 1800 hours today. Tell them it's of utmost importance that they attend."
"Yes Ma'am." The secretary scribbled down a few notes. "And, and what of the other?" She asked quietly.
"I'll take care of it." Was Lady Une's reply. "You're dismissed"
Nodding her head, the secretary strode out of the room and shut the door to do the assignment that she was given.
Hearing the click of the door shutting, Lady Une stood up from her chair and walked over the window behind her.
"Once again mankind is put to the test by those who wish destroy the peace that we, you Mr. Treiz, fought so hard for. Only this time we won't have the help from the one person who could make all the difference. But right now, I just hope that we can put an end to this new encounter." Lady Une then sighed and went to prepare to leave for a needed visit to the Vice-Foreign Minister, her being the only one who needed to hear of this first hand.
"Thank you for the breakfast Hiragi." Relena said, trying to muster as much curtness into her voice. She was not going to have a good day.
"You're welcome Relena." Hiragi replied back. "I was wondering what you were going to do today. Anything planned?"
'Yeah, sure. I got something planned.' Relena thought bitterly. 'How's about me spending the day alone. Or maybe I should just jump over the balcony while I'm at it. After what happened last night, that's not such a bad idea.' Relena gave off a small wicked smile, unknowingly, that sent chills down Hiragi's spine. Causing him to think exactly what was it that the Vice-Foreign Minister was thinking.
"Oh, I got nothing planned at all for today." She stated. "I think I'll just stay here and do a few, chores."
Hiragi would have believed her at first, but then was having second thoughts after seeing that smile of hers. He knew that Relena wouldn't lie to him, or anyone for that fact, but she would tell the truth . . . to a certain point.
"Well," He began. "How long would that take? I mean not to sound uncanny or anything, I was just wondering if you'd like to go out with me and do some shopping."
Relena tried to look surprised at his offer. It wasn't one that she would get every day, except for those old diplomats, from a respective young man that worked with her as a politician.
"Um . . . " Relena hesitated slightly. 'Sorry Hiragi, but I'm not interested.' Relena felt saddened in a way for Hiragi, but she would be truthful to him. "Hiragi, I'm sorry, but I don't think I'm up to it today. I've got a lot of things on my mind and I need time to myself. I also have some . . . issues that needs to be dealt with." Wondering where that last sentence came from, Relena just gave Hiragi a sad friendly look.
Hiragi nodded his head and asked if she would be okay for the day. He still remembered that freaky smile she slightly gave off earlier. But hearing her tone now, she seemed sincere and honest. He'd take her word for it, this time.
"I'll be fine Hiragi." Relena reassured him. "Thank you for the concern, but it's alright."
"Okay." He lost again. "You have my cell and office number. Call me if you need anything, or even if you just want to talk. Alright?"
Relena nodded. "Thanks."
With that said and done, Hiragi got up to leave and left Relena to herself once again. In his mind though, he still had hopes of catching her eye, and hoping to God that she'd be alright.
An hour later . . .
Knock, knock.
'Can't people just leave me alone just for one day!' Relena thought. She strode quickly over to the door to get rid of who ever it was quickly. This was definitely not her day.
"Yes?" Relena asked forcefully as she opened the door.
She came face to face with Lady Une, and was taken aback by this unexpected visit.
'Well, maybe not that unexpected.'
Lady Une slightly frowned at the thought of Relena just opening up her door to who ever it was before checking, but put that aside quickly. She had other matters, much more important ones, to attend to.
"I'm sorry for the unexpected arrival," she apologized, "but I thought it best that I come to see you personally as soon as possible."
Motioning for Lady Une to come in, Relena ushered her to the living room. Lady Une sat down in one chair, and Relena took the one across from it, nervous as to what was so important.
"As you are aware," Lady Une began. "I mentioned to you earlier about a problem that was growing in outer space, particularly around the Mars region. Our sources spoke of what things were happening and-"
"Can we just cut to the point Lady Une." Asked Relena.
This made Lady Une raise an eyebrow at this sort of action. 'Maybe she already knows.'
"Alright," she began again. "Yesterday, at 0800 hours, I went over a briefing with Lieutenant Colonel Heero Yuy-"
"Heero!" Relena shouted. She couldn't believe it. There was only one reason that Relena could think of as to why Lady Une was paying her this visit, and it was unnerving her immensely.
"Yes, Relena . . . Heero. I sent him on a mission yesterday, and he, he . . . " Lady Une somehow couldn't manage to form the words.
"Is he- . . . he's not . . . " Relena couldn't believe it. It was just too much for her to handle. Tears began to cascade down upon her face, and she began to tremble again from remembering the things that she saw last night. She started shacking her head in a 'no' fashion, rejecting the things that she just heard.
"I'm sorry Relena." Lady Une had her head bowed down as she said this. "Being that you feel so strongly for him, I thought it best that I came here personally to tell you."
Relena started to shake her head more violently and began to break down.
"Why . . . why . . . ?" Came her whispering voice. Lady Une felt dreadful for being the deliverer of bad news, but it was by her choice to tell Relena. Lady Une had no way of comforting Relena, but asked if she would like any company.
"No, no that's alright, Lady Une." Relena tried to say through her crying, but Lady Une got the message anyway. "I just, need to . . . "
Lady Une nodded and said, "I understand. I'll leave you be." Lady Une stood up to and left Relena's apartment. But Lady Une was concerned over the things that Relena might do. So she called up one person to keep an eye on her as soon as she stepped out and closed the door. She searched through her phone book in her cell under the letter "K" and found his name.
"Kinomoto."
"Lady Une," was his curt reply.
"I want you to keep an eye on the Vice-Foreign Minister. Understand Lieutenant?" Came Lady Une's fearsome voice.
"Yes Ma'am."
"Very good, but keep out of her sights so she doesn't know that you're there. If she does your cover will be blown and she'll throw a fit. Avoid contact at all costs, unless at the utmost emergency." With that, Lady Une hung up her cell phone and headed back to her office.
Author's Note: review plz
