Ohhhh, my second chapter. Thanks to the two people who reviewed! Much thanks. I hope more are reading. Anyway, this one will deal more with the pilots and if you notice, a small case of burying emotions. Or something to that effect. I'm not sure of the technical term. This also introduces the new enemy that they have to fight, which will later have a tie-in with why Megan and Anna died. Please R&R! I don't owe any except my characters so no sueing! I can easily walk over to my JAG building on post. Yes, I am in the Army! MUHAHAHAHAH! No, seriously, I have nothing of real value except my boyfriend and YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM! Will stop the ramblings now.
The Enemy
Two weeks later the five pilots were, again, in the meeting room, but this time none of them had paperwork in front of them. They were paying close attention to the slide show being given to them, which was outlining the main members of D.E.A.T.H., the newest terrorist group to pop up. Though they apparently weren't very new at all, having been around for as far back as three hundred years and only now breaking out to wreak havoc. And only the fact that they had been around for so long had kept them from being noticed by the Preventers before now.
The leader was a man named Kyoto, who was wearing tailored black slacks and a long black button down silk shirt with long dark hair and intense, calm black eyes that they could all see hid a cruel ruthlessness. After only having seen his picture, all five of them knew that he was not one to be messed with. He seemed to radiate darkness through the photo, and it sent shivers down all of their spines. And he had this little smirk on his face that sort of implied he was hiding something, and that something would make even the bravest man shit himself.
His right hand man was a short, beady eyed little bald mad in a three piece business suit that looked designer, at the very least tailor made. At first glance he didn't appear to be very threatening, and if one were to meet him on the street you would probably pass by him without a second glance. Since he had shown up on the Preventers Radar though, they all made sure to take a closer, soldiering look at him. They didn't like what they saw. He too appeared to be hiding something, though his was much more calculating, as though whatever he was planning would make you shit yourself instead of he himself doing so like his boss.
The third member of D.E.A.T.H. was a boy about their age named Derek who was a wannabe trying to hard and thought that he was to cool who could also turn out to be trouble. They all knew from experience that those who thought they were good but really weren't were always the most dangerous since they eventually felt that they had something to prove. He had a shaved head, blank expression, a t-shirt with the old Nazi symbol on it, and once dark jeans that were now faded. To the pilots he screamed of someone who was demanding attention and so far hadn't gotten any.
Lady Une clicked the lights on and shut off the projector, handing out folders with detailed information on the organization and the supposed goals. She gave them a few minutes to look through the files before speaking.
"I'd like your thoughts on how to proceed." She said.
"First we need more information." Trowa said. "What we have isn't bad, but it's almost three weeks old and the source isn't all that reliable."
"So we need someone on the inside. Who wants to give it a shot?" Une asked.
"The normal way of infiltration won't work, we just don't have enough time." Heero said without looking up from the file. "What we need is someone who can get in good with one of the top members, or at least someone who works closely with them."
"What about Sarah?" Duo asked. They all looked at him like he was slightly wrong in the head. "What? She and her sisters did pretty good last year when they used their…uh…feminine wiles. What would be so wrong with asking her?"
"Key words there being her and her sisters. She only just recently lost them. Though I'm still not completely clear on what happened." Une said.
"But she's doing better, honestly! I talked to her the other day and she told me how bored she was. Especially since Sally made her take medical leave so that she could heal properly. And I thought that the best therapy after a loss on the job was to get back in the game as soon as possible." Duo protested, for once making sense.
"That is true." Une said slowly. "But I won't force the kind of infiltration that I'm suggesting on anyone. If she agrees to it and Sally gives the medical okay then you can go ahead. Agent Andrews should be with Sally now for her weekly check-up." The boys were out of there so fast that Une didn't have time to blink. She sighed and shook her head. She didn't understand why those boys hated the meeting room so much.
The boys opened the door to the infirmary to see Sarah cringing and gripping the exam table like her life depended on it while Sally calmly inserted a syringe and drew out some blood.
"What, little tough girl can't handle a needle?" Wufei teased. They had not spoken of what had happened on the first day that she had come back, both of them recognizing when another had lost loved ones to battle, and a comfortable understanding had come to pass between the two of them. Sarah clenched her teeth and shot him a glare as Sally pulled out the vile and syringe and placed a piece of gauze on the puncture wound.
"No, I don't. Though I'm nowhere near as bad as Duo." She said with a sly grin.
"Hey! I can take a needle just fine!" Duo protested. Sally looked at him and held up another syringe.
"Good, then you won't mind if I draw some blood while you're here. It's the last thing I need for your medical file."
"Eeeep!" Duo screeched and hid behind Heero, earning him a laugh from everyone. Heero whispered something in his ear that made the braided pilot blush and look up at him kawaiily.
"Will you hold my hand?" He asked.
"Yes Duo."
"Okay then, let's get this over with!" Duo jumped up onto the exam table and grabbed Heero's hand tightly while Sally prepared the syringe and Sara ducked behind the screen to change.
"So what brings you boys down here? I usually have to drag you in." Duo was clutching Heero's hand and squeezing is eyes shut even though Sally hadn't stuck him yet.
"Well, we need to ask you and Sarah a favor." Quatre said slowly. "Sally, is Sarah medically fit to return to field duty?"
"I don't know…" Sally said slowly. "She seems to be all right, but normally I would want someone with her injuries to wait at least a month before going into the field again." Sarah stepped out from behind the screen, fastening her skirt as she did so.
"Oh c'mon Sally, I'm fine and you know it. I heal faster and mend better than anyone." She said and started to put on her shoes and socks. "So what do you need me to do?"
"Well, remember last year when you and your partners…uh…" Quatre trailed off, not knowing how to say it without hurting her feelings. Sarah picked up on what he was implying and finished for him.
"Seduced those terrorists to get information from them? Yeah I remember. That was a lot of fun. Who's the guy you want me to seduce?" She asked. Quatre blushed at her bluntness and Trowa handed her the file.
"As far as we can tell he's third from the top of the organization D.E.A.T.H., and he looks like the only one who would fall for what we're asking you to do." Sarah leafed through the file until she got to the guys picture and the handed it back to him.
"Sorry, can't do it. I went to high school with the guy." She said.
"That doesn't exactly mean that he would know you." Wufei pointed out. Our information says that he was one of the most popular boys at your school.
"If I were a normal girl than that would be true. But if you would care to remember, I am not normal. Not to mention that my sisters and I were pretty famous for beating up the popular kids when they decided to try and pick on the non-popular ones. Not to mention that we would piss them off to no end just for the fun of it. Derek in particular swore that he would find a way to make my life a living hell. He would definitely remember me. Oh, and I have a feeling he's gay. Or at least Bi." They all stared at her, not having heard that conversational tone from her for the last few weeks. She looked them back square in the air, yet fidgeted a little. "What? Why are you all looking at me like that?"
"You just…Sound different, that's all." Quatre said.
"Different how?"
"Well, you sound more like yourself." She raised her eyebrows.
"Ooookay, whatever you say." Sally finished with taking the blood samples from Duo and smiled as he continued to hang onto Heero.
"You can let go of him now Duo, I'm finished." Sally said with a smile. Duo peaked one eye open, not believing at first that she was done, but seeing that she was continued to hold on t is lover. "I said you can let go of him Duo."
"Yeah I know, but I just like to hold onto He-chan so much!" Sarah couldn't help but let a giggle escape at the sight they made, with Duo hanging all over him while Heero had a look on his face that was part enjoyment and part embarrassment.
"Now that is what my sisters and I fought for." She muttered happily under her breath, for once no tears coming to her eyes. Unfortunately, she had forgotten about all of the pilots extra hearing, and she blushed when they all turned to her.
"Did you say something?" Trowa asked. She blinked her eyes and pretended to be surprised.
"What? Noooo, not me. Well, it was nothing except the insane ramblings of a girl on pain medication that she doesn't need." She said quickly. The look in their eyes told her that they didn't believe her, but at the moment they couldn't do anything about it.
"Since you went to high school with Derek, can you tell us anything about him?" Heero asked as he finally managed to disentangle himself from Duo and off the exam table. Sarah stared up at the ceiling, a sign that the boys knew she was trying to remember.
"Ummm, let's see…Well, he had started this secret club called D.E.A.T.H. or something. As far as I knew him and his friends were into Satanism something fierce and were supposedly planning to take over the world. What was the name of the group he's now with?"
"D.E.A.T.H."
"Oh hey, look at that, the jack ass hasn't gotten any smarter. Any idea what it means?"
"No. Do you?"
"As far as I could figure they wanted a club called Death but to make it cooler they made it look like it was the abbreviation for something. That's about all I know really. He had this really gorgeous older brother who was also more than a tad scary who used to pick him up from school named Ky…something."
"The name Kyoto ring a bell?"
"That's it! Don't tell me he's in on this to."
"He's at the top of it all." Sarah looked at him.
"He is?"
"Yes."
"Wow. Never thought he would be able to do it."
"Do what?" Attempt to take over the world. That is what he's planning, isn't it?"
"As far as we can tell."
"If you're all going to have a conference go hold it somewhere else, like the meeting room or something. They all looked at her like she was crazy. "What? I don't care where you go just get out of here!" Sarah looked at Sally with a huge smile on her face.
"Does that mean I can get back to work? You said I was all better." She asked hopefully. Sally threw her hands up in the air.
"Fine, whatever. Just get out!"
"WHOOPEEEE!" Sarah yelled and ran out of the office at top speed, running into three officers, crashing to the ground with them. They heard her muttered apologies as she helped the people pick up what they'd dropped, then she started running again. The five boys and Sally sighed.
"Even without her partners she's still crazy." Wufei muttered before filing out with the others.
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