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"Come on, you're too slow, Wufei." Sally looked back, sliding her shades down her nose slightly, looking at a poor Wufei, grumbling and cursing under his breath with a huge bag.
"What the hell did you put in this trunk, woman?!" he asked, a vein can be clearly seen at the side of his head.
"Nothing." Sally turned, adjusting her shades. Wufei threw a tantrum while she just shrugged and walked off. She caught up with Catherine and Trowa. She was whispering something to him and he smiled and hugged her as they walked down the shuttle port's terminal to board the shuttle bound for L2. Sally smiled and looked back behind her and suddenly frowned.
"What?" Wufei asked, huffing and puffing. She turned around and continued walking.
"Nothing." Wufei gazed at her back and felt himself guilty. With all the strength he could gather, hoisted the bag on his shoulder and walked alongside Sally. She looked surprised but thanks to the shades, it was hidden.
"There's always something when you say that. What's wrong?" he asked, knowing it will mean a big, hot quarrel if he doesn't soothe her now. She didn't say anything.
"Later." She said and walked off, Wufei felt a bigger pang of guilt as Sally walked off. Just then, he felt his shoulder hurt with an extra weight and fell flat on his back. When he looked up, he saw a laughing Duo.
"Maxwell..." he hissed. Duo bent down, hands on his knees.
"Sorry, Wu-man. Just resting my arm for a bit. Didn't realize you weren't that strong." He snickered and took the bag off Wufei's shoulder. "Phew... I wonder what Hilde packed in this bag." He said, adjusting his shades.
"Women..." he muttered, getting up to his feet. Just then, someone trampled over him. He fell flat on his face this time. It was Quatre. Dorothy was nowhere in sight. Duo looked at the Arabian man who walked on Wufei's back without any thoughts. He was in his own happy, little world again, lost in his train of thoughts. "What IS it with you PEOPLE?!" Wufei threw another tantrum and unsheathed his katana to chase a running Duo with a lost-in- thought Quatre around the terminal, making a havoc.
Hilde, Dorothy and Sally were talking among themselves when they saw the boys (in smokes) running past them.
"Duo!"
"Quatre!"
"Wufei!" Each woman called their man at the same time. But, they disappeared in a cloud of dust. "Men..." They all grumbled.
"Looks like they're at it again..." Catherine said, smiling at the 3 women. The other 3 looked at her, walking hand in hand with Trowa. They suddenly had an evil look on their faces and Trowa gulped inwardly.
In the shuttle, they took their seats and Trowa was panting as if he ran a 24 hours marathon around 5 colonies. He was so exhausted, having to carry 4 big, bulky bags with a straight face that he can feel muscle cramps all over his body - even his facial muscles. He opened an eye. "You all are going to pay for that." He muttered.
Duo turned to look at his fellow comrade. "Sorry, Trowa. If it wasn't for Wu-man here, you won't have to do that." Duo gave Wufei a dirty look.
"Are you putting the blame on me, Maxwell?"
"Duh, it was your fault, chasing us with that sword." Duo rolled his eyes and lazily put his hand under his chin.
"It was simply because you people were testing my temper." A vein popped from Wufei's temple.
"Well, blame it on Quatre then, not me." Duo said, pointing at Quatre who was behind Trowa.
"Hey, I told you already, I was busy thinking about my company. How long have you guys known me to not know that?" Quatre said, defending himself.
"A tad too long, I'm sure." Duo replied.
"What's that supposed to mean, Duo?" Quatre asked, feeling anger crawling to his neck. And so, they continued their little mouth-war. Their partners (who were sitting in pairs with them) were too tired to even bother stopping them. As long as they don't have their guns and Wufei his katana, they'll reach their destination - alive.
Trowa sighed. This was going to be a looong flight. "If Heero was here, he'd stick a gun out of nowhere and won't bother saying his infamous 'Omae O Korosu" and just shoot you guys straight out." He piped in.
All the 3 men looked at him at the sound of Heero's name and quietly settled down. 'Damn, I'm good..." Trowa thought and gave himself a good mental pat on the back. Catherine looked out of the window. Space was dark and cold. It scares her sometimes. She turned to Trowa, he was asleep already but she knew if she made any movement, he'll wake up. So, she decided to just lay back and relax. From behind, he can hear some murmurings. 'Must be Quatre and Dorothy at 'it' again...' she thought, smiled and eavesdropped.
Dorothy was looking at Quatre who was reading a book. "Is that what Heero got you?" she asked. He turned to her with a smile.
"Yeah." He closed the book titled '1001 ways to relieve stress'. "It's a good book." He gazed at the ear rings she was wearing. "Nice ear rings. Fits your features perfectly."
She touched the ear rings. "The stone's called Amber." She told him. Quatre raised his eyebrows, smiling in amazement. "Also a present." She added.
Quatre smiled then looked out of the window and sighed. "I sure hope he's all right. And I sure hope the little girl is doing well. What was her name again?"
"Hera." Dorothy replied, smiling. "A sweet but quiet little girl. I wonder where Heero found her." She wondered.
"Hera and Heero. I'll bet it was him who gave her that name."
Dorothy then snaked her arms around Quatre's, laid her head on his chest and playfully ran her fingers on the buttons on his chest. "Yes." She replied. "But, what are we going to name ours?" she asked, looking up at him, in a low raspy voice.
Quatre looked at her, surprised. They weren't even married yet! And she's already planning on ahead. "Now, now, dear, let's not..." he suddenly drew in a sharp breath when Dorothy playfully placed her hands LOWER. Quatre pulled his collar with his index finger as he felt the heat rising hotter than the desert. "Dorothy..." he managed to gasp out.
"Yes, my prince?" she whispered in his ears, playfully running her lips from behind his ears to his sideburns, her hand still fixed at where it was 20 seconds ago. He caught her hand, both hands in fact and faced her.
"Not now. The others might be listening." He whispered very, very lowly.
'You can say that again.' Catherine thought, smiling mischievously. Then, all Catherine heard was soft kissing sounds. 'Oh, how romantic...' Catherine thought. Suddenly, she heard some whispering from the front.
"Can you tell me now?"
'That's Wufei.' Catherine thought and again, eavesdropped. From the corner of her eyes, she saw Duo, tape recording while Hilde was sleeping. She waved at him and he waved back. Careful not to be seen by Wufei.
"Are they all asleep?" they suddenly heard Sally's voice. Wufei's head popped up from his seat and saw Catherine, Trowa, Duo and Hilde fast asleep, save the last 2 at the back.
"All of them except for Quatre and Dorothy. They have some 'business' to do." He replied. Catherine opened her eyes and glanced at Duo. He was having trouble with the camcorder and Hilde was stirring around. Then, Sally sighed and walked past them. Catherine and Duo pretended to fall asleep. Right after she past them, Wufei chased after her.
"Sally, wait." He said but Sally didn't seem to hear him and continued walking to the back of the shuttle where the comfort room was. Right after that, they heard a loud bang and a lock clicked. A knock came after that. "Sally. Open up."
Duo slowly turned the camcorder to himself. "Well, guys, I don't know how Wufei's gonna' handle that but stay tuned." He said quietly, almost in a whisper. Then, he clicked the 'stop' button and turned to Catherine. "Can't sleep, huh?" She shook her head.
"That's a nice toy you got there. Let me guess, a present, right?" Duo smiled and nodded.
"My best bud gave it to me." he said, looking at the camera and then sighed. "Man, how can he be so paranoid? I mean, it's fine to be careful for anymore war break-outs but, saying the culprit's Z-man is a bit too much. He's as good a friend Heero is." Catherine smiled at him.
"You guys are getting along pretty well with Mr. Wargon, aren't you?" she asked.
"Well, I didn't actually like him at first cause he was stealing Relena from Heero. And I know just how badly Heero'll take it..." he looked down at the camcorder. "But, I soon found out the pain that Relena's going through and at one time, I almost thought she was playing around with Heero's feelings and almost hated her for that. But then again, looking at it from her point of view, she has every reason to do that..." He looked at Catherine who was playing with Trowa's hair. He stirred a bit but was still asleep. "Life must go on and to do that, one must move on." He added, looking out into space.
Catherine felt sorry for Heero, especially now that everybody - including herself, thinks he's simply paranoid and to Une, well, almost crazy. She stood up and walked to the back of the shuttle for the comfort room. Wufei was nowhere in sight, neither was Sally. 'That's funny, I didn't know they went to their seats already...'
From inside, she can hear murmurings. "Okay..." Catherine said to herself quietly and returned to her seat. Duo was asleep now and so were Quatre and Dorothy. She thought she should get some sleep herself. She yawned a little and settled down.
In another shuttle, Relena and Zeimer were accompanied by Zechs and Noin. Zeimer and Zechs were discussing on the agenda in L2 but Relena wasn't so interested to hear them. A journey through space is long - save boring. How she wished the others were with her as well. She took out the ring from her pocket. It was a platinum ring with a diamond holding it. She noticed that all the others had similar expensive gifts from Heero but as to where he got the money, she had no idea. She sighed. She didn't know what to do with it.
"Thinking about someone?" Noin suddenly came to her side.
"Lucy..." She sighed. "I don't know what to do anymore." She looked at the ring she fiddled with her finger.
"That's beautiful. Aren't you wearing it?" she asked.
Relena looked at Noin. "... If I wear it, it'll only mean I'm still living in the past. I have to move on." She put the ring back in her pocket.
Noin nodded her head knowingly. "But, uh... Does that mean you still have to keep it?" she teased. Relena said nothing. Noin sighed. Relena has been a hotter head ever since she started dating Zeimer. She looked over her shoulder to where the 2 men sat, looking at a computer.
Suddenly, the vidcom popped up and Une's face was in it. "Fire and Wind, is it secured?"
"Go ahead." Zechs replied.
"Lady Une," Zeimer smiled at her. "You guys go ahead, I'll be right back." Zechs nodded and turned to Lady Une.
"Could you get connected to army's monitoring system? It seems that a disturbance has occurred worldwide and..." Suddenly, her face disappeared in a static. Zechs tried to access into the army's monitoring system but the monitor only displayed, 'Virus' Block.' "The hell...?"
Elsewhere, somewhere, a man sat in a dark room. Suddenly, his phone rang, "How is everything?"
"... You do what you must do and we'll do ours."
"Hey, I thought you said you'll take care of that son of a bitch. Why is he still around, huh? And how's that thingamajig doing?"
"That son of a bitch will be the key to your 'sweet little goal' and as I said, do what you must do and we'll do ours." The line was then cut off. "Hm?" suddenly, the man's computer became a static. And the monitor displayed : 'Virus' Block'. The man raised his eyebrows. "Ooh... I Love Puzzles." He clicked his knuckles and started typing a program. "Program, execute." He smiled and waited. Slowly, the words melted and the army's monitoring system was back. "In a flash." The man said triumphantly and chuckled to himself.
Suddenly, one of his computers beeped. "What's that...?" he was looking at a monitor which displayed space. He zoomed in and then smiled at his discovery. He rubbed his chin. "Clever... well, I guess I should take my leave as well." He stood up and went to the door. A man stood there, leaning against the door frame.
"So, you're busted." The man chuckled.
"Not yet." Replied the other man who was clad in black and has a tougher looking built compared to the first. "If I can catch it in time."
"Good luck. You'll need it."
"Same to you, old man." The older man smirked.
"Don't worry about me. Worry about yourself." The younger man walked off. 'Can't believe I get to see him again... after all these years.' The older man thought to himself before disappearing in a shuttle.
To Be Continued...
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"Come on, you're too slow, Wufei." Sally looked back, sliding her shades down her nose slightly, looking at a poor Wufei, grumbling and cursing under his breath with a huge bag.
"What the hell did you put in this trunk, woman?!" he asked, a vein can be clearly seen at the side of his head.
"Nothing." Sally turned, adjusting her shades. Wufei threw a tantrum while she just shrugged and walked off. She caught up with Catherine and Trowa. She was whispering something to him and he smiled and hugged her as they walked down the shuttle port's terminal to board the shuttle bound for L2. Sally smiled and looked back behind her and suddenly frowned.
"What?" Wufei asked, huffing and puffing. She turned around and continued walking.
"Nothing." Wufei gazed at her back and felt himself guilty. With all the strength he could gather, hoisted the bag on his shoulder and walked alongside Sally. She looked surprised but thanks to the shades, it was hidden.
"There's always something when you say that. What's wrong?" he asked, knowing it will mean a big, hot quarrel if he doesn't soothe her now. She didn't say anything.
"Later." She said and walked off, Wufei felt a bigger pang of guilt as Sally walked off. Just then, he felt his shoulder hurt with an extra weight and fell flat on his back. When he looked up, he saw a laughing Duo.
"Maxwell..." he hissed. Duo bent down, hands on his knees.
"Sorry, Wu-man. Just resting my arm for a bit. Didn't realize you weren't that strong." He snickered and took the bag off Wufei's shoulder. "Phew... I wonder what Hilde packed in this bag." He said, adjusting his shades.
"Women..." he muttered, getting up to his feet. Just then, someone trampled over him. He fell flat on his face this time. It was Quatre. Dorothy was nowhere in sight. Duo looked at the Arabian man who walked on Wufei's back without any thoughts. He was in his own happy, little world again, lost in his train of thoughts. "What IS it with you PEOPLE?!" Wufei threw another tantrum and unsheathed his katana to chase a running Duo with a lost-in- thought Quatre around the terminal, making a havoc.
Hilde, Dorothy and Sally were talking among themselves when they saw the boys (in smokes) running past them.
"Duo!"
"Quatre!"
"Wufei!" Each woman called their man at the same time. But, they disappeared in a cloud of dust. "Men..." They all grumbled.
"Looks like they're at it again..." Catherine said, smiling at the 3 women. The other 3 looked at her, walking hand in hand with Trowa. They suddenly had an evil look on their faces and Trowa gulped inwardly.
In the shuttle, they took their seats and Trowa was panting as if he ran a 24 hours marathon around 5 colonies. He was so exhausted, having to carry 4 big, bulky bags with a straight face that he can feel muscle cramps all over his body - even his facial muscles. He opened an eye. "You all are going to pay for that." He muttered.
Duo turned to look at his fellow comrade. "Sorry, Trowa. If it wasn't for Wu-man here, you won't have to do that." Duo gave Wufei a dirty look.
"Are you putting the blame on me, Maxwell?"
"Duh, it was your fault, chasing us with that sword." Duo rolled his eyes and lazily put his hand under his chin.
"It was simply because you people were testing my temper." A vein popped from Wufei's temple.
"Well, blame it on Quatre then, not me." Duo said, pointing at Quatre who was behind Trowa.
"Hey, I told you already, I was busy thinking about my company. How long have you guys known me to not know that?" Quatre said, defending himself.
"A tad too long, I'm sure." Duo replied.
"What's that supposed to mean, Duo?" Quatre asked, feeling anger crawling to his neck. And so, they continued their little mouth-war. Their partners (who were sitting in pairs with them) were too tired to even bother stopping them. As long as they don't have their guns and Wufei his katana, they'll reach their destination - alive.
Trowa sighed. This was going to be a looong flight. "If Heero was here, he'd stick a gun out of nowhere and won't bother saying his infamous 'Omae O Korosu" and just shoot you guys straight out." He piped in.
All the 3 men looked at him at the sound of Heero's name and quietly settled down. 'Damn, I'm good..." Trowa thought and gave himself a good mental pat on the back. Catherine looked out of the window. Space was dark and cold. It scares her sometimes. She turned to Trowa, he was asleep already but she knew if she made any movement, he'll wake up. So, she decided to just lay back and relax. From behind, he can hear some murmurings. 'Must be Quatre and Dorothy at 'it' again...' she thought, smiled and eavesdropped.
Dorothy was looking at Quatre who was reading a book. "Is that what Heero got you?" she asked. He turned to her with a smile.
"Yeah." He closed the book titled '1001 ways to relieve stress'. "It's a good book." He gazed at the ear rings she was wearing. "Nice ear rings. Fits your features perfectly."
She touched the ear rings. "The stone's called Amber." She told him. Quatre raised his eyebrows, smiling in amazement. "Also a present." She added.
Quatre smiled then looked out of the window and sighed. "I sure hope he's all right. And I sure hope the little girl is doing well. What was her name again?"
"Hera." Dorothy replied, smiling. "A sweet but quiet little girl. I wonder where Heero found her." She wondered.
"Hera and Heero. I'll bet it was him who gave her that name."
Dorothy then snaked her arms around Quatre's, laid her head on his chest and playfully ran her fingers on the buttons on his chest. "Yes." She replied. "But, what are we going to name ours?" she asked, looking up at him, in a low raspy voice.
Quatre looked at her, surprised. They weren't even married yet! And she's already planning on ahead. "Now, now, dear, let's not..." he suddenly drew in a sharp breath when Dorothy playfully placed her hands LOWER. Quatre pulled his collar with his index finger as he felt the heat rising hotter than the desert. "Dorothy..." he managed to gasp out.
"Yes, my prince?" she whispered in his ears, playfully running her lips from behind his ears to his sideburns, her hand still fixed at where it was 20 seconds ago. He caught her hand, both hands in fact and faced her.
"Not now. The others might be listening." He whispered very, very lowly.
'You can say that again.' Catherine thought, smiling mischievously. Then, all Catherine heard was soft kissing sounds. 'Oh, how romantic...' Catherine thought. Suddenly, she heard some whispering from the front.
"Can you tell me now?"
'That's Wufei.' Catherine thought and again, eavesdropped. From the corner of her eyes, she saw Duo, tape recording while Hilde was sleeping. She waved at him and he waved back. Careful not to be seen by Wufei.
"Are they all asleep?" they suddenly heard Sally's voice. Wufei's head popped up from his seat and saw Catherine, Trowa, Duo and Hilde fast asleep, save the last 2 at the back.
"All of them except for Quatre and Dorothy. They have some 'business' to do." He replied. Catherine opened her eyes and glanced at Duo. He was having trouble with the camcorder and Hilde was stirring around. Then, Sally sighed and walked past them. Catherine and Duo pretended to fall asleep. Right after she past them, Wufei chased after her.
"Sally, wait." He said but Sally didn't seem to hear him and continued walking to the back of the shuttle where the comfort room was. Right after that, they heard a loud bang and a lock clicked. A knock came after that. "Sally. Open up."
Duo slowly turned the camcorder to himself. "Well, guys, I don't know how Wufei's gonna' handle that but stay tuned." He said quietly, almost in a whisper. Then, he clicked the 'stop' button and turned to Catherine. "Can't sleep, huh?" She shook her head.
"That's a nice toy you got there. Let me guess, a present, right?" Duo smiled and nodded.
"My best bud gave it to me." he said, looking at the camera and then sighed. "Man, how can he be so paranoid? I mean, it's fine to be careful for anymore war break-outs but, saying the culprit's Z-man is a bit too much. He's as good a friend Heero is." Catherine smiled at him.
"You guys are getting along pretty well with Mr. Wargon, aren't you?" she asked.
"Well, I didn't actually like him at first cause he was stealing Relena from Heero. And I know just how badly Heero'll take it..." he looked down at the camcorder. "But, I soon found out the pain that Relena's going through and at one time, I almost thought she was playing around with Heero's feelings and almost hated her for that. But then again, looking at it from her point of view, she has every reason to do that..." He looked at Catherine who was playing with Trowa's hair. He stirred a bit but was still asleep. "Life must go on and to do that, one must move on." He added, looking out into space.
Catherine felt sorry for Heero, especially now that everybody - including herself, thinks he's simply paranoid and to Une, well, almost crazy. She stood up and walked to the back of the shuttle for the comfort room. Wufei was nowhere in sight, neither was Sally. 'That's funny, I didn't know they went to their seats already...'
From inside, she can hear murmurings. "Okay..." Catherine said to herself quietly and returned to her seat. Duo was asleep now and so were Quatre and Dorothy. She thought she should get some sleep herself. She yawned a little and settled down.
In another shuttle, Relena and Zeimer were accompanied by Zechs and Noin. Zeimer and Zechs were discussing on the agenda in L2 but Relena wasn't so interested to hear them. A journey through space is long - save boring. How she wished the others were with her as well. She took out the ring from her pocket. It was a platinum ring with a diamond holding it. She noticed that all the others had similar expensive gifts from Heero but as to where he got the money, she had no idea. She sighed. She didn't know what to do with it.
"Thinking about someone?" Noin suddenly came to her side.
"Lucy..." She sighed. "I don't know what to do anymore." She looked at the ring she fiddled with her finger.
"That's beautiful. Aren't you wearing it?" she asked.
Relena looked at Noin. "... If I wear it, it'll only mean I'm still living in the past. I have to move on." She put the ring back in her pocket.
Noin nodded her head knowingly. "But, uh... Does that mean you still have to keep it?" she teased. Relena said nothing. Noin sighed. Relena has been a hotter head ever since she started dating Zeimer. She looked over her shoulder to where the 2 men sat, looking at a computer.
Suddenly, the vidcom popped up and Une's face was in it. "Fire and Wind, is it secured?"
"Go ahead." Zechs replied.
"Lady Une," Zeimer smiled at her. "You guys go ahead, I'll be right back." Zechs nodded and turned to Lady Une.
"Could you get connected to army's monitoring system? It seems that a disturbance has occurred worldwide and..." Suddenly, her face disappeared in a static. Zechs tried to access into the army's monitoring system but the monitor only displayed, 'Virus' Block.' "The hell...?"
Elsewhere, somewhere, a man sat in a dark room. Suddenly, his phone rang, "How is everything?"
"... You do what you must do and we'll do ours."
"Hey, I thought you said you'll take care of that son of a bitch. Why is he still around, huh? And how's that thingamajig doing?"
"That son of a bitch will be the key to your 'sweet little goal' and as I said, do what you must do and we'll do ours." The line was then cut off. "Hm?" suddenly, the man's computer became a static. And the monitor displayed : 'Virus' Block'. The man raised his eyebrows. "Ooh... I Love Puzzles." He clicked his knuckles and started typing a program. "Program, execute." He smiled and waited. Slowly, the words melted and the army's monitoring system was back. "In a flash." The man said triumphantly and chuckled to himself.
Suddenly, one of his computers beeped. "What's that...?" he was looking at a monitor which displayed space. He zoomed in and then smiled at his discovery. He rubbed his chin. "Clever... well, I guess I should take my leave as well." He stood up and went to the door. A man stood there, leaning against the door frame.
"So, you're busted." The man chuckled.
"Not yet." Replied the other man who was clad in black and has a tougher looking built compared to the first. "If I can catch it in time."
"Good luck. You'll need it."
"Same to you, old man." The older man smirked.
"Don't worry about me. Worry about yourself." The younger man walked off. 'Can't believe I get to see him again... after all these years.' The older man thought to himself before disappearing in a shuttle.
To Be Continued...