Jealousy
Chapter 17: They call me Death
Pairings: Heero/Duo
Disclaimer: I own nothing therefore I get nothing
Warnings: none

Summary: Relena has once again got away with literally murder. What must be done to get her out of Heero and Duo's life? Trowa is keeping a secret from Quatre. Will she be able to tell him or will she keep it to herself?

Special thanks to: Serenity Maxwell and to those who have read and didn't review thank you for reading thus far. I hoped you enjoyed it.
Notes: Kudos to Hitokimi for taking on the task of beta-reading for me. You rock! Any mistakes after she has done her work are mine.

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Another sigh left pouty pink lips. Duo banged her head on the sliding glass door, which led out to the spacious back yard, while Hayate giggled.

"Mommy, silly," he commented crashing another truck into a building that he made of Lego blocks, making it 'explode' on impact.

It was raining again for the fourth day straight. There must be something to do on this boring colony besides watch the rain.

Actually, there was but unfortunately Duo couldn't engage in her favorite activity because Hayate was wide-awake.

/Hmm, maybe I can get Natalie too…nah, that won't work…oh, I know/

Duo whipped out her cell phone and speed dialed one of the pre-set numbers.

"Barton."

"Hey, Tro it's me."

"How are you, Duo?"

"I'm fine, nothing to complain about except for the shitty weather."

A light giggle was heard. "So, Duo, since you're not calling me about the weather, what are you calling me about?"

/Just ask – the only thing she can say is 'no', right/ "Listen, I was wondering if you and Quatre would watch Hayate for us…uh, me for tonight?"

Silence

"Tro?"

"No, Duo, it's okay I was just thinking if Quatre and I had any thing planned for tonight."

"Oh, well, don't worry about it you do-"

"No, Duo. We'll watch him for you. What time should we expect him?"

"Thanks, I owe you one."

"You owe me several if I remember correctly," Trowa replied with a hint of amusement to her voice.

"Blah, blah. I'll bring him over around…one o'clock. That way I have enough time to get ready," Duo answered going back to Trowa's previous question.

"One o'clock it is. I'll see you then."

"Sure. Later."

Duo turned to her son, and sat on the floor next to him, taking up the enemy's position to get rid of the good guys.

"Hayate?"

Huge violets peered up at her.

"Mommy wants to spend some time with Daddy. Is it okay if you sleep over at Uncle Quatre and Aunt Trowa's tonight?"

The little boy nodded his head. "I see baby?"

"Yeah, man, you get to see Makita."

Hayate went back to playing with his cars and blocks as if Duo said nothing and attacked her men.

Ten minutes later, Hayate was asleep among his scattered toys. Duo went around gathering his things together for his over night stay with Quatre and Trowa. Once she was finished with that, Duo went into the kitchen where Natalie was preparing lunch. She gave her housekeeper a list of items to purchase for this evening and gave her the rest of day off until tomorrow evening.

Now, with Hayate and his small suitcase loaded into the truck, Duo pulled out of the drive. She paused to look around not being able to shake the uneasy feeling of being watched.

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Lunch had came and went and Heero was doing his best to pay attention in the meeting. A meeting that was not holding his interest. Instead thoughts of Duo, laid out beneath him screaming his name in the throes of passion kept invading his mind.

He needed to get out of here. He needed some type of a distraction and he got it.

The door opened slightly. His secretary motioned for him.

"I'm sorry to disturb you, sir, but your wife is calling. She says it's important," she whispered giving her boss a sly wink.

He openly smiled at her and she nearly fainted. Out of all the years she had worked for him, he had never, not one time smiled.

Heero quickly reached the privacy of his office.

"I some how managed to conjure you up, koi," Heero greeted.

"Really? Good, because I'm calling to find out when are you coming home?"

"Duo, it's barely after 2:30 and I might have to go out of town, why?" Heero grimaced. He could feel Duo's pout over the phone.

"He-ero," Duo whined. Not good. "I've sent Hayate over to Quatre and Trowa's for the night and I thought…" she trailed off feeling stupid that she could get her husband to get out of work.

"Look, koi, I'll see about working 'til 6pm and postpone my trip if I have to go. How does that sound, hm?"

The things Heero wouldn't do to please his wife.

"Fantastic! I'll see you soon, sweetheart."

Heero hung-up the phone as Kairi walked in with a stack of paper for him to review.

"By-the-way, sir, Mr. Khushrenada left a message for you. He said for you to check your mail," she said as she dropped her burden on his desk.

Fingers danced across the keyboard. Heero opened the messaged from Treize. He went through a series of firewalls, encryption codes and fake paths to ensure that it couldn't be traced back to him or to Treize.

The message said one thing: ELIMINATE CASE FILE 201-RP002

Looks like he was going to have to break his dinner date with Duo to travel to earth.

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As Duo approached the house, the first thing she realized was none of security lights were on. The main gate also didn't close behind her when she pressed the release button. She shrugged her shoulder thinking that it must be a shortage or a blown out fuse, she parked in front of the garage and gathered her packages and went inside the house.

Another rainstorm started as Duo shut the door.

"NATALIE?" Duo called out in to the vastness of the house. Her voice echoed along the decorated walls. She flipped the light switch only to have nothing work.

This wasn't right. There was no way possible for the power to be out unless the whole city block was out. Again, unlikely. Even so the back-up generator should have kicked-in. Every house on the street was lit, so there was no way possible for the electricity to be out, unless…

With lightening quick reflexes, Duo dropped what she had in her hands to whip out her gun. She cocked the weapon to load a bullet into the chamber.

The former Deathscythe Hell pilot was in her element. Whoever was in her house didn't know what they were up against.

Death was coming on merciless wings tonight.

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Sally groaned again as she banged her head on her desk. Why was it always her? She turned her head toward the obvious laughter of her husband. WuFei was not going to like her next choice of words if he keeps on laughing.

"I suggest that if you don't want to sleep on the sofa, downstairs, it would do well for you to stop laughing at me," she growled dangerously. Clearly she wasn't up to any kind of bantering.

WuFei instantly sobered up. "Ah, come-on Sally – you have to admit it's funny. There must be something in the water for this to happen to them at the same time, again, coincidence? No, I don't think so."

"Okay, husband of mine. Tell me what do you think?"

"It's been what?...two…three months now?"

Sally nodded her head in agreement, still unsure where the conversation was going, listen to WuFei's explanation.

"Both are ovulating at or around the same time kind of like that female cycle theory."

Sally eyes widen at the fact. Of course! It was a known fact that when females work or live together their monthly cycle tended to coincide with each other.

So, with the case of her infamous patients just being exposed to one other triggered to need to reproduce. Good grief! If this happens every year? Sally vigorously shook her head, some type of contraceptive was going to have to be implemented.

"When are you going to tell them Sally?" WuFei asked all playfulness gone.

"Either tonight or tomorrow," Sally replied. "Anyway, I'm on lunch and you owe me a meal, Dear, so let's go."

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Having swept through the upstairs bedrooms and closets and the basement, everything was clear, Duo found nothing out of place. She continued now through the main floor of the house – silently creeping.

Cold air was filling the hallway from a side door leading to the covered patio. Water was leaking in – a large puddle of water pooled around the door. Thunder clapped in the distance as lightening flashed. The house lit up briefly.

Unbeknown to Duo a figure hidden by shadow was behind her. Duo jumped out of the way when she saw a reflection in the glass door.

She pivoted to her attacker. "Relena," she hissed as her gun was knocked of her hand. "I should have known. What are you doing here?"

"I came to do what I should have done a year ago!" And swung the knife at Duo's head again.

When Relena brought the knife down for a third strike, Duo trapped it between the palm of her hands and kick the Minister on the left side – effectively knocking Relena off balance and making her loose her weapon in the process.

Duo threw the blade into a near by wall.

Relena climbed back to her feet (now weaponless) with a look of pure rage and hate on her face. Heero pale features were botched with red patches. Even in the dark, Duo could clearly make out the blonde's crimson face.

They circled each other in the small entryway to the patio.

"Give it up, Relena, you don't stand a chance against me," Duo taunted truthfully.

"I managed to get you once and I will again. Only this time I'm not going to keep you like a pampered whore – this time Heero will be mine!"

"And you're forgetting one very important thing…"

Indigo orbs reflected in the darkness like glowing spheres. Duo's soft alto dropped to a dangerous level making the temperature more freezing.

Relena gave Duo a puzzled look not realizing the impending threat, "(Scoffs) Yeah, what's that?"

"They call me death for a reason, you man stealing bitch!"

Duo launched herself at the petrified former Queen of the World.

oOo TBC oOo

A/N: The fight is on. Who will come out the victor? Well, in order to find out stay tuned for the next chapter. Any comments and suggestions are welcomed.

Nemesis