Standard disclaimers applied and man... all this crappy disclaimer stuff is so stiff... Hey, it's good to find someone actually READING this thing... well, I'd say the story for GW fics are more or less the same : Danger - bad guys trying to destroy/kill/cause confusion to the world, death, etc, etc... But, I assure you, minna! Zis ficz iz mine~! *___*

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It was 2am and the shuttle which was going to bring Relena (and the rest of the crew) will arrive soon, maybe in another 8 hours.

Heero stared down below from a tall building, right across the location where Relena and Zeimer were supposed to launch the foundational ceremony and was monitoring any places where assassins may hide - none so far.

Suddenly, his earpiece cracked to life, "It's secured." He said, "Where are you now?"

"I'm going to make a 'jump' through space to reach the destination. I will not be able to make contact in 25 hours." Hera replied, at the same time typing a lot of stuff into her Gundam. "I have also blocked all detecting devices around the world so they won't be able to detect me."

"Good," Heero said, looking through a pair of binoculars and saw an interesting disguise which he thought perfect for his job. Then, looked at his watch and did a little mathematical calculation, "3am tomorrow. Good luck."

"Over and out," Hera's voice came and static.

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Duo gripped onto his seat and squeezed his eyes shut - he HATED shuttle landings! He shut his eyes and waited for the impact. Then, as expected, it came: a tremor shook all around them and then a sudden halt which caused Duo to momentarily thought he just lost his head somewhere at the front rows.

Ting.

The heavenly green lights which shows 'you can take off the seatbelt, now' lighted and Duo sighed in relief. "Finally..." he said.

Hilde knew he hated those landing parts and smiled teasingly, "Well, it's all over... for now." She smiled sweetly and added, "If I recall correctly, we still have another trip back, right?"

Duo let out a long, frustrated groan and melted in his seat, "You go ahead...I think I'll just stay here in L3 and grab an Arabian chick here and live happily ever af... Ouch!" He yelped when Hilde gave him a dirty look and her infamous 'pinch'.

From behind them, came the usual buzzing tone of the Arabian businessman. "Yes, we just arrive... uh-huh... gate... 11... Yeah, . Yes, I'm fine... Dorothy's fine too. Ok, I'll meet you guys later, bye. Fuh..." Quatre said as he switched off his phone. "It's a miracle I even got outta there. The guys are real tough to shake off."

"Out of the way, Trowa!" A familiar Chinese grunt. "Where are all the stewards when you need them?!" he asked nobody in particular.

"Uh... Wu-man, just so you know; we're the ONLY passengers in this shuttle save the pilot." Duo smiled chibily at the fuming Chinese who hates him more than anything in the world (yes, even more than Treize).

Sensing a fight ensuing, Quatre took the opportunity to walk in between them, "Save it you guys, we have other business to attend to."

They slowly (and heavingly) walked out of the shuttle. Trowa walked way ahead of them with Catherine as he had the fewest luggage to carry, followed by Quatre and the Maguanacs (and of course, Dorothy) and finally Duo and Wufei.

Duo was panting from exhaustion - Wufei was too but tried hard to hide it. "Hilde..." Duo called, out-of-breathly.

"Yeah?" Hilde turned and saw Duo sitting with his back against the wall as crowds of people flooded through.

"A drink... pleasssseee...? Pretty please with vanilla-strawberry on top...?" he pleaded. Wufei was panting next to him and looked up to find Sally nowhere in sight.

Hilde was inclined to say no but shrugged, said ok and went. Duo looked around the crowd and saw a beautifully designed fountain. "Hey Wu-man, wanna see the fountain over there? Looks pretty." He nudged at Wufei who smacked his hand away.

"Fine, go ahead and be sober for it's the least o' my worries!" he stuck his tongue out and went. Miraculously, Wufei didn't say anything nasty back to him - too tired to talk.

He stood next to the fountain, took out his video cam and recorded it. As he was recording, he thought he saw someone.

Instinctively, he raced to the person, who was walking away. "Heero!" He grabbed the man by the shoulder and turned him. "Oh... sorry..." he smiled sheepishly as the man was NOT Heero. Hilde came tapping his shoulder a second later with his drink.

"Thanks."

Hilde looked at the man who disappeared, "He DOES look like Heero from the back, doesn't he?" Duo nodded sadly as he gulped down the refreshing liquid and suddenly felt angry at Heero.

"That idiot..." he cursed softly as he walked to their luggage, hoisted it on his shoulder and walked off. Hilde followed him. Wufei was already with the others, asking what was going on, etc. They decided to go to the hotel first as Relena's shuttle will not arrive until an hour or so.

As they zoomed off in a limo, the real Heero Yuy was looking at it vanishing from view from a balcony on the second floor of the Shuttle Port. He smiled slightly - he saw everything and realized he was expected to show up, somehow.

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Meanwhile, in space, Hera was (as usual) typing away and discovered that her virus has been demolished - but by who? She gritted her teeth and knitted her eyebrows.

"I have a bad feeling 'bout this..." she narrowed her eyes and suddenly launched a satellite of her own to the destination and stopped her jump. Done that, she made to contact her father.

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Heero was having coffee when Relena's shuttle arrived 3 hours later. He looked at his watch: 1300. Their flight must have been delayed. Heero's heart did a slight flip-flop when he saw Relena walking out of the shuttle after Zechs and Noin. He was amazed at her ability of never failing to impress him with her beauty.

Suddenly, he turned grim as a hand snaked around her waist from behind and she turned, smiling to the man: Zeimer Wargon.

"Zeimer, you ought to control yourself when we're in public, you know." She looked at him, hands holding her hair which was flying all around her. Zeimer stared at her intently and held her face.

"You're beautiful. Like an angel." He commented huskily, earning an even beautiful blush from the former queen and former ambassador. Finding her so irresistible, he bent down to kiss her but was stopped by Zechs.

"The media is everywhere, be careful so you guys don't get caught." Zechs smiled.

Zeimer blushed momentarily, "I guess you're right."

"You two go ahead and meet the gang at the hotel. Miliardo and I need to do something." Noin piped in, holding Zechs by the arm and taking him by surprise.

Relena smiled and winked, "Choose wisely, Lucy! Bye, big brother!" she waved at the two and vanished together with Zeimer into the VIP tunnel. Heero rose from his seat, careful not to be spotted by Zechs and Noin.

Suddenly, a tall man whose face was covered with a big hat, wearing a long trenchcoat with a cat-like elegance in movement and spelled danger to Heero entered the tunnel right after the 2 left. Like the man, Heero snaked through the crowd to the VIP tunnel area and took a peek.

At the far end, he can see and hear Relena and Zeimer but not the man. He seemed to have vanished somehow. Knitting his eyebrows, Heero released his gun's lock and heard an elevator chime at the opposite end. He peeked again. No one. Heero made to move when his earpiece cracked to life.

'... That's early...' Heero looked at his watch and it only read 1330. "What happened?"

"I have a bad feeling about this, father..."

"What's your status?"

Suddenly, he heard a loud beep from the other side and then a panicked silence.

'Fuck...' Heero thought. "Hera! What's going on there?!" Suddenly, he felt danger coming and lunged to the exit only to have evaded some machine gun bullets.

"So you still remember my lessons, huh?" Heero's eyes snapped open as he recognized the voice.

Heero slowly stood up from his hiding place with his gun leveled to the man's heart. "Odin Lowe..." Heero glowered at him. His earpiece cracked to life.

"Pierre Wallace... you're..." Hera's voice sounded scared to him and it's not good. She may be the 2nd perfect soldier but the trouble is there's a '2nd' in her title; A.K.A, she's NOT perfect - yet.

"Alive?" said both men from both ends. "You don't think I'd die just like that, do you?" they both said simultaneously and if Heero didn't know better, he would've thought they were the same person.

Heero on earth and Hera in space narrowed their eyes and simultaneously said, "Over and out," and a fight ensued at both ends.

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"Hey pretty, what's a girl like you doing way out here by yourself?"

Pierre's sole reply was a raging thrust to the torso which he evaded in a not-so-easy state. Then, a REAL answer came, "My name is Hera Yuy," she said and whirled to give a hard strike to Pierre's mobile suit which he blocked with his shield. They came to a lock.

Pierre smiled menacingly, "Don't forget, I taught you everything you know."

Hera kept silent for a moment before replying, "Think again," she released herself from the lock and took out her saber. "I will collect all the necessary evidence there is to prove that you people are constructing these mobile suits."

"Ah... sadly, you're too late," Pierre informed her.

"In what way?"

"For one thing, the mobile suits are all ready."

"That can't be. You couldn't have manufactured that much in 4 years," She spat.

"True, but we don't use them for brute." Hera raised her eyebrows. "We use them for scaring people only but the real deal is...

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On earth, both men were still aiming their guns at each other, waiting for the right 'time'.

"How?" Heero suddenly asked and Odin raised an eyebrow while smiling a mysteriously.

"You don't wanna know."

"Try me."

"I survived the explosion... because..." he said slowly and Heero suddenly tensed and tightened his grip on his gun, "I'm Odin Lowe," Odin then shot at Heero who, by instinct motion, shot at Odin. Compared to Odin's weapon, Heero didn't stand a chance!

Suddenly, he drew in a sharp, painful breath as a bullet hit home on his left shoulder but continued to shoot and ducked behind a pillar. He thought of going outside but casualties will then be involved but on the other hand, if he stayed...

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Meanwhile, at the hotel, Relena just finished changing and went to meet up with her friends who were waiting. "How do I look?" she made a complete 360 degree turn.

"Perfecto." Duo said, holding up 3 fingers up.

"Wonderful, absolutely beautiful." Zeimer piped in.

Catherine nudged at Zeimer, "You were with her when she bought this."

"Well, it looks a lot better on Relena then on the mannequin." Zeimer shrugged and everyone laughed - save Wufei and Trowa.

"We should get going now." Trowa said.

Suddenly, Duo bounced up and down, holding a camera, "Hey guys! Can we take a picture first? Please, please, pleeeeeaaaaaseeeeee...?!!!"

Everyone sighed.

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"AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Hera screamed as intense electricity surged through her and her Gundam.

"Let me just fill you in on my friend here, his name is Talxion." At the sound of the name, Hera's eyes widened. "As you have heard from its name, it is a combination of both Tallgeese and Epyon. The only difference is the attribute." Hera grunted in pain as she tried every means possible to escape the electrocuting shock. "It's electric now, better than fire. But the problem is you won't live long enough to tell anyone about him." Pierre smiled evilly as he increased the voltage.

Suddenly, Zero started beeping its alarm and moments later, its main monitor exploded, its million pieces grazed her skin and face. Like that wasn't enough, she tried typing the ZERO system but it malfunctioned.

'N... No...'

"What's that Pretty?" Pierre asked mockingly. Hera quickly typed a command and prayed it will still work. A few seconds of more electrocuting felt like an eternity when a relieving beep replied, command accepted.

Suddenly, Zero glowed. Sensing danger, Pierre released Zero and throttled as far away from her as possible when a huge energy wave suddenly built up and vanished in an instant, causing a huge explosion. The explosion caught the Talxion by the tail (which electrocuted Zero).

Pierre cursed at Hera's sudden escape and pondered for a moment. "She escaped through jump. I guess she's on her way back to earth. How are you doing there?"

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