Never Impossible

Chapter 3: Mission One

Umi looked at the computer screen. She was biting a laser keychain in her mouth. She was hiding in the air passages on top of the room. She looked down through the metal opening. There was a computer only. She looked around. It was cram in here. There was no one in the room. She kicked the opening. Then, she jumped out. She landed and stood up. She went over to the computer. She started hacking. She needed to find out the password to leave this place. Luckily, she was wearing gloves. The clock was ticking… She sucked at hacking…

" Invalid password." Umi looked around. No one was around. She tried again. This time… the door opened. Someone came in. " What the…" Umi kicked him hard in his face, he fell to the ground and was knocked out. Shit… She searched the pockets of the guy. It had a tag. She keyed in the number of the tag into the computer. " Password Valid." She sighed.

No, she just had to find out where the bomb was and stop them using this computer, no manual, or she will fail. She started looking through the files and programs. She bit her lower lip. Hurry up… she only had 5 more minutes. Being an agent wasn't hard. She was an agent once, but, the hacking skill she had there was excellent. Now, she sucks. Their standards were different. More complex. You can't compare an agent to a preventer… She pressed the enter button then, the F12 button. Something came up.

" Alert, alert! Intruder! 4 minutes is cut from the bomb. Alert! Alert!" Shit… what did she do? She had to get out. This test was harder than she had thought. There was already no way of stopping to bombs using the computer. The computer's alarm was still on. Umi was about to jump back into the air passages when someone came down. It was Heero. He was shaking his head. He moved over to the computer. Umi watched as his hands flew over the keyboard, so fast that it couldn't be seen. Then, it showed a map. It had 20 red spots. Those were the location of the bomb. The timer showed 10 seconds. Umi always thought it was impossible to stop them from bombing once it reached 10 seconds.

Heero typed in something in fast speed. Umi watched the timer. 5…4…3… " Heero, Hurry up…" Heero didn't reply. He pressed the enter button. 2… Umi knew that she had failed and she had dragged Heero into this. The two seconds was going to be one… Heero pressed the F5 button. Just as the bomb became 0. No explosion…. Umi couldn't help gaping.

" Bomb disengaged." Umi stared at the screen. Heero eyed her. " Stimulation down." Everything disappeared, they were standing in this spacious empty room. " You failed. You mustn't panic when it reached ten seconds. And, you do need to improve on your hacking skills." Heero walked towards the door. " I was an agent once." Heero looked at her. " When I was 15 to 19."

" Although I didn't leave Japan, I work around the Japan area. I was the best agent there. I can see that the difference between an agent and a preventer is large. The skills needed are also different…" Umi looked at the empty ground. Heero sighed. " The stuff we hack is about 1000 levels above what agents hack. We do stunts and stuff agents don't. So, let's say being a Preventer is harder than being an agent." Umi frowned.

" Do preventers do the same thing Navy SEALs do?" Heero shook his head. " We do more complex stuff than they do. They have people to help them, like computer genius… but we all do the work ourselves or just help from partners. I will want to retest you. Star's outside waiting for you." Heero left the Stimulation room. He pets Star. Star barked and licked his hand. Heero left. Umi came out. Star ran over to her. Star licked her face.

" Hey…" Umi smiled. She drove her car back to hr house. She sighed after parking her car. Such a big mansion and only two people are in it. Lady Une looked pissed when she found out that Umi was actually Valerie Raven. The guys seemed to keep staring at her, like usual, all guys do that, except Heero. He didn't even give her a long look, it's like he didn't even look at her. So, she was a bit upset over it. Star licked her face. " Oh, I am sorry, I was just thinking."

It was a Sunday morning, Umi was waiting for the time to come. Star was licking her ice cream far away from her. She looked at her target. It was an apple, attached to a cardboard. The apple was the heart of the person she drew on the cupboard. Umi pulled her bow. She aimed at the apple. She did fine with 8000 yards. Nothing else more than that. She fired the arrow. It hit the centre of the apple. Bull's eye. Star looked up at Umi. Umi took out her gun she fired, the bullet hit the apple, it sliced the arrow into half and hit the centre of the apple too. She took out a knife and threw it. It also hit the centre of the apple. So, she was good at this. Star barked. Umi's sensor picked up a guest.

Umi walked into her house. She went over to the main door. She pushed back the curtains to see a red sports car pull into view. The gates opened. "Miss Umi, you have two guest. Kitty and Angel." Umi nodded and waited. The doorbell rang. Umi opened the door. Kitty Vick had long VERY(X 5 times) light brown hair. Cadet blue eyes an hourglass figure and had a fair complexion. Umi was the tallest out of the three of them. Angel was the shortest, by about 5 cm shorter than Umi. Kitty was 3 cm shorter than Umi. Kitty was wearing a light blue designer top with a short pink skirt. She was wearing white and light blue shoes.

Angel had long blonde hair, it was a little bit wavy at the ends. She had a pair of light lavender eyes. She had a fair complexion and also, a hour glass figure. She was wearing a sleeveless white shirt, along with a black leather skirt. She was wearing black boots. Umi closed the door. They hugged each other.

" Nice house." Angel said, looking around. Umi smiled. " What brings the two of you here?" Kitty and Angel sat down on the sofa as Umi served them tea. Star came out, she barked at them. They started petting Star. Star licked them.

" Well, we plan to you know, look around. Besides, Kitty is here to meet her fans. You want to come along?" Umi looked at the smiling Kitty. Kitty was successful. She already had 10 albums and was very famous. She had millions of fans worldwide. Umi felt guilty. She never really had a job, if you don't count being an agent. She was a doctor, but, since she had to work overseas, her father didn't allow her to pursue it. So, she dropped it.

" When?" Kitty took a sip of the tea. " Tuesday Afternoon at Mall Point. I heard that there were already fans waiting for me now. Just to get to the first rows." Umi smiled. " I don't think I will come. It's too crowded. I don't like being in too crowded places." Umi said politely. She took a sip of her tea. Star was lying on the ground, watching them.

" So, what are you planning to do now?" Umi looked at the curious Angel and Kitty. She looked into her cup of tea. " I plan to be a Preventer." Angel smiled.

" Well, you were the best agent, working for Luke Cawell. I believe that you will make it." Angel told her. " No, it's not that easy. I tried, but it's harder. The stuff they hack is thousand levels above what agents hack. It was tough. And the missions were more risky. I wondered if they even did it. I failed the second test. He wanted me to have a retest."

" Who's he?" Umi sighed and placed her cup of tea on the table. Kitty and Angel, they dated thousands of guys and they just were not right for them. For her? She never even liked one. They were still available now.

She remembered that Angel actually was engaged once. But, the guy kind of found another girl. Angel had been so upset that whole month. She snapped out of it after Umi slapped her. No kidding, Umi was so pissed that she was crying over a guy who didn't deserve it. And, Angel even thought of dying! So, Umi slapped her hard. Even Kitty was shocked that Umi slapped Angel. But, then, Angel snapped out of it and life was normal again.

" Well, you know, the Preventers had 1 head, she's Lady Une. There are 8 main Preventers. And 20 new guys I training. Funny, I never actually met them yet. But, this guy was training me." It didn't seem interesting. " Umi, can we go to visit them too?" Umi was shocked. " No, they hardly even allowed Star to enter, but, due to my father, they let her in."

" Well, it would be fun, you are going tomorrow right?" Kitty asked, excited. Umi nodded. She sighed. These two girls are like party crashers, they really love being around new places and stuff and meet people.

Monday came… Umi came out of her shining light blue sports car. She opened the back door. Star got out. Umi closed both doors. Her car drove off by itself. Kitty and Angel came out of the red sports car. They looked up at the Agents Building. " Nice, wondered who designed it." Angel said. Umi walked up the stairs, Angel, Kitty and Star followed. She had chosen a sleeveless white top with little design, she matched it with a white skirt. It ended about 2 inches above her kneecap. She tied her hair into a half tie. She had chosen 3 inches high, white high heel shoes. It had 2 straps that crossed each other to secure the feet to the shoe.

Angel was wearing a white short sleeved blouse she matched it with a pink short skirt. She was wearing white high heels. She styled her hair, it looked good on her. For Kitty, she was wearing a white shirt, she matched it with a dark blue skirt. She was wearing black boots that were about 30 cm long. Star barked first. Star raced up the stairs. Umi followed behind Star. Star barked again. Just as the door opened. Umi saw Trowa talking to Heero. Heero nodded his head. They were holding a Styrofoam cup. Star barked, she ran over to Heero. Umi saw Trowa looked at Star then at Heero. Heero pet Star.

" Morning." Heero looked up at Umi. He nodded. Trying not to notice her whole look. Trowa was gaping again. Heero noticed two more people walking up to them. They stood beside Umi. Star barked, pulled his attention to Star. He checked the two girls out. They were okay, but Umi kind of beat them in terms of looks. Heero nudged Trowa, so, he went back into normal mode.

" Who are these two ladies?" Trowa asked Umi. Umi introduced them. The one with the blonde hair was called Angel Drew. The one with the light brown hair was called Kitty Vick. Umi said that they were her best friends and were here to check out the building. Trowa led them inside.

Heero sighed. Star looked at the Styrofoam cup. " They are tagging along?" Umi nodded. " They want to meet the Preventers. You know, everyone heard about them." Umi noticed the Styrofoam cup. " What's that?" Heero looked at the cup. " Coffee. I didn't sleep for 2 days, I was on a mission. Managed to throw that crazy murderer into jail." He drank the coffee.

" What were you talking about with Trowa?" Heero shrugged. " He was telling me about Relena." Star was pawing at the door. She couldn't push it open. Umi looked around. " You still have to work on weekends?" Heero nodded. " I will have to be there when a file is on my desk." Umi pushed the door open. Star went in. " Er, what do we do today?" Heero nearly choked. What was he thinking? " Sorry?" Heero asked. " Umi bit her lower lip. He suddenly had an urge to kiss her.

" I mean am I doing training or anything?" Heero shrugged. He walked past her and went in. Umi went in after him. Everyone turned to look at Umi. " Morning." She greeted them. They greeted back cheerfully. Umi smiled and wen to the lift area. Heero handled to Styrofoam cup to Star. Star threw it into the bin. No coffee was spilled out. Heero pet Star's head.

Kitty was checking Trowa out, from behind him. He was gorgeous, hunk material. He looked muscular. He stopped and turned to look at them. " I have to go. Just look around, the 90th floor and onwards are out of bounds. Don't wonder off too far." Trowa left. He brushed past Kitty. Kitty felt his shoulder. She turned to watch him leave. Angel smiled. " Preventers are 100 better than agents." Angel commented. Kitty nodded. She got to admit, the one standing next to Trowa was very outstanding, and she had never seen a guy having that effect on her. Umi seemed to have stayed to talk to that guy. Kitty was a bit jealous. But, the guy wasn't even gaping at Umi, like normal guys always do.

The Preventers came into the meeting room. Umi went in, Star followed her. Lady Une shot Star a glare. Umi looked at Lady Une. She quickly looks away. She sat down, next to Sally. Trowa was talking to Quatre.

" Did you notice them?" Quatre shook his head. " I am too tired. I sort of became Dorothy's little guide around. I followed her for 2 days." Duo chuckled. " You mean two days and two nights and nothing happened?" Quatre's cheeks were a bit red. " Well, nothing happened." Duo laughed.

Wufei sighed and shook his head. Heero was looking out of the glass windows. Noin came in and closed the door. " So, let's start." Lady Une announced.

" Heero, how's the case? Can you tell us the details?" Heero looked at Lady Une. " It's in the report." He said in monotone. Umi blinked. Star nudged her hand. Umi looked down at Star. Star looked… hungry? Umi thought about leaving. " No." She said softly to Star. She turned to look at Heero.

" He left a huge clue behind. He didn't bother to wear gloves, it was easy to find out who he was, but trying to catch him was the hard part. He was after this girl. I was a bit late as to find out the location of where he planned to kill the girl. He was stabbing her in her arm. He was laughing away and looking so evil. I aimed at him, then he saw me.

" He tried to use the girl as a shield. The girl was crying. I fired at him, he tried to use the girl as a shield and tried to run, but I was aiming for the knife. So, it reflected back and shot him in his leg. He was screaming. The girl was too afraid to move so I can get a clear headshot. Why waste it? He was crawling into the sea. He threw the knife at me. I dodged it.

" I shot him using the sleep bullets, I shot him in his neck. He fell asleep. The police and ambulance came and he was caught and thrown into jail. He killed 10 people so far, I should have shot him through his head when he was crawling away."

Umi thought about it. It sounded horrible… Everyone was silent. " How was the girl?" Lady Une asked softly. " She survived, but, she was still in hospital. The guy was sentenced to death." Heero said softly. Umi couldn't imagine her being the one to find the murderer trying to kill the girl. She won't know what to do. Either you kill both people or, kill only the bad guy, but the bad guy may escape. Being an agent, her missions never really involved people. Mainly was to sneak in, get the information or blow up something.

" Miss Ryuuzaki!" Umi snapped out of her thoughts. Star barked once. Lady Une flinched at the sound of it. " Yes?" Umi already felt like a part of the team, but she wasn't officially one yet. " When will you be taking the test?" Umi blinked and looked at Heero. Duo was talking to Heero. " I am not sure when." Zechs raised his hand. " I suggest putting Miss Ryuuzaki here in training with the newbies." They all looked around at each other. Umi can't imagine doing training with guys! And 20 of them.

" No." Everyone turned to look at Heero. " She's too distracting, they won't have their mind on training. And, she still haven't had a shot at the tests yet." Then, they turned to look at her. " Heero is right. I won't want preventers gaping at her 24 hours." Lady Une said, she sounded angry. Umi took that as an insult. Lady Une was older than them by 7 years old, make that 8 years older than her. She set a goal. She will pass the test with flying colours and make Lady Une shocked white. She looked at Star. Star was looking at the floor. She had to find Kitty and Angel.

The meeting ended. Umi closed the file. Heero wasn't moving. The four guys were talking about lunch. Sally was talking to Noin and Lady Une. Zechs was talking on his handphone. Everyone left. Umi stood up and pushed in her chair. The door closed, Lady Une slammed it shut.

" Have a seat." Umi looked at Heero. She sat down. He pushed a piece of paper towards her. She took it and read it. It was a list of programs. The expectations were also written there.

" That will be your program, we will be starting training after lunch. I don't want to see your two friends around the building. Lady Une will ask them to leave. And…" Heero's gaze settled on her.

" Change your clothes. No one do training in skirts." Umi was really insulted. " No, I won't change out of it. I will live with the training." Heero eyed her and left the room. Umi felt weird. She was never treated this way. No one ever insulted or scolded her before. But, she had to come out and see the world, of course people will be jealous, since she looked better than them….

Kitty and Angel had left to explore the colony, they thanked her and left. Talking among themselves. Umi suddenly felt like having an extra long lunch, as long as 3 hours. Star looked hungry. There was a café around here, it was also a dog café. Umi waited for the lift.

She didn't know why, she made her lunch as long as possible by eating very slowly. Star too was enjoying every minute of it. She came back like 1 hour later. She was told to report to Heero's office. She excepted Heero to be pissed. But, when she came into his office. He looked normal. This guy is weird…

" Had a nice lunch?" He asked, without taking his eyes of his computer screen. " Yar." Heero keyed in something. He then stopped typing. " Your mother called." Umi was surprised why did her mother called Heero?

" She said that she wanted to talk to you about someone named Richard." Umi looked around. She had left Star at home. " Richard Bellamy" Heero was staring at her. Umi closed the door. She didn't want to call her mother, she didn't want to talk about Richard. She didn't even want to remember him. " Need a phone?" Umi shook her head. " Let's just do the training and get it over with." Heero switched off his computer. " Do you mind if I ask who that person is?" Umi walked towards the door. " I do mind. So, don't ask and just forget that it even came up." She was about to open it….

" Interesting, your boyfriend?" Umi looked back at him. Her eyes narrowed. He anted her to spill it out, he was trying to force it out of her. No way was she saying anything. " So what if he is? So what if he isn't?" Heero looked down at his desk, he closed his eyes. He couldn't imagine Umi with any guy. She said she never knew guys before, so she lied? " We are not leaving until you tell me who he is." Umi felt like killing Heero. " Why do you have to know?" Heero looked up at her.

" It's policy. Know as much as possible about our people." Umi looked unconvinced. True, he made it up, he just wanted to know. Can't blame a curious guy. Umi shook her head. " No, let's just get on with training." Heero didn't move.

" I am waiting, Umi. I can wait for days, for years. Trust me, I waited for so long that I can't remember anymore." Heero was looking at her. " What were you waiting for?" Heero leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. " I was waiting for the war to end. I waited for 15 years and it ended, after I shot the part of the Libra Colony that was heading towards Earth." Heero stood up and walked towards the opened windows. He stared down at the city below. It's been 4 years of peace now. 4 years since he last piloted any mobile suit and any gundam. He missed the touch of them. He missed being a pilot of a gundam. He was treated like a hero. But, so what? He still missed being a pilot.

Wing Zero… He sighed as he stared up into the sky. He really felt like piloting Wing Zero and flying around the world, looking at places of interest and stuff… He didn't miss war. He liked the peace better. Umi watched Heero. She wondered what he was thinking. She was only 14 then, but, she saw it on the news. She saw as it announced who was the brave pilot. She then decided that one day, she will find this person and thank him in person. Why? She just wanted to thank him for what he did. He stopped the war and saved everyone on Earth. Then, she had also watched the news as Relena Peacecraft was kidnapped and how a kid declared war.

She had watched when a gundam had fired 3 shots of powerful beam at a shelter. She had also watched other gundams fighting the mobile suits. She had also watched as the gundam exploded. She thought that the pilot wouldn't survive. But, she was wrong. The pilot did survive and he was also the one who stopped the war one year ago. And, then, he too, stopped the war that time. Last she heard, the girl, was living with Lady Une. Since, she was the daughter of a man Lady Une truly loved but was killed in the war.

Heero Yuy… She sighed. Heero was a hero. He was everyone's hero. He saved so many lives but yet took away about the same number of people's lives during the two wars. She remembered that the news said that mobile suits and Gundams were never seen again. She was a bit upset, she had actually wanted to see the Gundam named Wing Zero by herself and thank the pilot as the pilot come out of it. She hadn't seen Heero that time. They hadn't reviewed his face, but many people knew about him. They even interviewed the President of the colonies and he even thanks Heero. And still did, after 4 years. Everyone thanks Heero for what he did on Christmas. He was someone everyone knew, no one did not know about what he did.

When she was in the hospital when she was 17, at Christmas Eve. She had watched a mother telling her 5-year-old daughter about the war and Heero Yuy. She had smiled and listened to it. How the mother told the daughter that we should treasure what we have. And, mostly, the peace and stuff. The daughter even said that she would remember Heero forever. Everyone did. She had watch an old man died. And before he died. He told the doctor that he wanted to thank Heero Yuy in person, but he could no longer do it. Then, he passed away, after thanking him by saying out loud. She had seen people cheering for Heero during Christmas Eve dinners. Even the maid and servants in hr house. But, she never thanked him by saying it out loud.

She always thanked him in her heart. Even her father had thanked him. And Star… Then she realized that she didn't know how Heero saved Star. Star had been happier on Christmas. She will go around barking and running about the house. She will even howl as people made a toast to Heero. Everyone saw Heero as a hero. Even a poor kid on the road. She had met this poor kid on Christmas Eve. He told him that he wanted to be like Heero when he grew up. She remembered that she had smiled and told him that he will be like Heero. Then, she gave him about 1 000 000 000 dollar in cash and told him to celebrate Christmas with his family. The boy had smiled happily and said that he will put it in good use and as he left. He turned back and said that she should meet Heero some day. When she asked why, he smiled and said that she helped people too.

Everyone really idolized Heero so much. It was heart warming. Too bad he never knew about it. Or, did he? Heero was looking out of the window. " Heero, how did you meet Star?" Heero looked at Umi.

" It was Christmas Eve. Around last year. Star was a puppy that time. She was wandering on the road. She was a puppy and, as she was crossing a long road, a speeding car was driving towards her. She was small, so no driver can see her. I pushed her away. But, I wasn't knocked or anything. Then, I noticed that she was shivering as she stared up at me.

" I saw her tag and drove her back to her house. I was in Japan that time, you know, a mission. I placed her at the gates. It was snowing that night. She licked my face. I rang the bell and drove off. I think someone got her. Her tag had Star carved on it, so, I knew she was called Star."

" She was missing that night. I was away, in a hospital. She came out to find me. Since everyone was celebrating, they didn't notice her leaving. Since she was small, she got out through the gap between the bars of the gates. Eric told me that he found Star by the gates. She seemed happier than usual."

Umi smiled. Star had kept running around the bathroom, as Umi was trying to bath her in hot water. She had barked and stuff, but she just didn't want to enter the bathtub. Umi had a hard time catching her.

Heero walked towards the door. " If you don't want to talk about Richard, let's just go and get the training done with."

Umi smiled and followed behind Heero. She then realized that she hadn't thanked him. 5 years… She had waited 5 years to see him. She remembered wishing on every Christmas Eve that she will see Heero one day or on Christmas. Looks like it did come true, after 5 years… She finally saw the hero. She finally saw everyone's hero. Heero was her hero too.

She admitted, she had fallen in love with him, as in you know, by his name and what he did. And she couldn't help thinking that if he looked good in person, she will kind of go after him and hopefully, they both fall in love with each other and then, get married. She knew that it was stupid. She had spent some time every year thinking about what he will actually look like.

She had thought about asking Relena, but, it would have seen suspicious, but, since she can't leave Japan, no point. She feel that maybe she was lucky, to be able to meet him. He was far from what she thought he would be like. He had exceeded her expectations by A LOT! He was good looking and stuff, kind since he helped people… Well, he may seem like Mr Right. Well, she had always thought that a hero will forever and always be Mr Right. Well, everyone liked Heero too.

Even girls around the age of 12 to the age of 19. She smiled. She only wondered if they would be together. She felt stupid, to even think about it this way… When she was 18, she blurted out to her mother something. She remembered that she said that… " When I see him I will thank him and if he's good looking, I want him to be my Mr Right and my Prince Charming." Her mother had laughed. " Umi, you know that yo won't be able to see him. You won't even know if it's him, no one showed you what he looked like. It's just a name. There are so many people in the world. How will you even meet him?"

She remembered that she had smiled. " I won't be finding him. I will let fate decide. If I do meet him, it must be fate that we should be together." Her mother laughed. " Well, I sure hope you meet him someday, Umi. And, someday, you will know that he's not Mr Right. And if he is, I do hope you two end up together." Umi had smiled and looked at the Christmas tree. Heero seemed to be part of her life for… 5 years. In a way. She wasn't going to tell him that, it's embarrassing and he will think it was stupid and he will laugh at her. She had also remembered that once, her mother told her about Relena. Everyone wanted to hear more about Heero, so someone interviewed Relena. It was broadcast live. She remembered it well.

The interviewer asked her if she saw this mysterious Heero Yuy. Relena had nodded. Then, they talked about how Heero looked like. Relena said that he was charming, she didn't want to review more. She was asked if she liked Heero. Relena said that she loved him, a lot. Then, she was being asked a lot of questions about how Heero treated her, how did she fall in love with him and if she thinks that they will end up together. She told the interviewer a lot of things. Umi was jealous. She even showed them the teddy bear that Heero had given her on her 16th birthday. Umi wasn't stupid. She knew that a bear was a symbol of love. It kinds of mean love. When someone gives someone a bear, it can mean love or just friendship.

She was jealous. But, luckily, Relena admitted that she hadn't seen Heero in about 3 years. So, that's a good sign, and it shows that he's not interested. Heero stopped walking suddenly. Umi bumped into him. She stepped back from him.

" What's wrong?" She asked him softly. He was looking at someone. Umi looked. She saw Dorothy and Quatre talking. They were alone, and they could hear their conversation. Heero pulled her into a hidden corner.

" Quatre, what do you mean?" Dorothy sounded depressed. Heero noted that Quatre was pacing around. " Look Dorothy, we never had a relationship. We don't belong together. I just don't like you. I won't and never will. We are friends and just strictly friends. End of question." Quatre turned to walk away. Dorothy stopped him. " Tell me if there's someone else or anything…" Dorothy's eyes were misty. Heero never liked this kind of so-called break-up talks. The girls always cry. He hated crying people.

Quatre looked at Dorothy. " There is someone I like." He said softly. Heero moved closer to listen better. He saw Umi frowning at him. " You mean you are actually listening to them?" He silenced her.

" Who is it?" Dorothy sounded eager to know. Girls and their own world… Umi listened too. " I liked this girl named… Summer Carlotta."

No kidding, it was no made up name. Heero and Quatre were assigned to take her case. She was being framed of murder. And, the murderer was after her. Quatre protected her, he even shielded her using himself. He was shot, one in the arm, one near his heart. Heero took the murderer out with one shot through the head. It was complex, the case was long, and the murderer was too careful and too good. He never even left a single clue. But, his girlfriend betrayed him, in a way. When they were questioning her, they saw his boyfriend's set of boots.

The boots were new and special, as in, heat boots. They found that out, since he accidentally left only a footprint left at the scene of the crime, the footprint was formed after stepping on blood. They weren't too late to save Summer when they finally got it all figured out.

They cornered this murderer and asked him why and stuff. He was about to kill Summer, you know, use Summer as a shield. But, Heero injured him, he shot his hand when he answered all the questions. He and dropped Summer. Quatre went over. Too bad, that guy was tough, he recovered past and shot Summer, aimed at her. Quatre took the hit. Heero knew that there's no need to see him in jail. He shot him dead.

Quatre was in the operation room for 5 hours. He was fine, Summer spent about 1 week looking after him. So, something must have happened during that time. Duo was the one who could spot the who likes who and stuff, so, he said that Quatre liked Summer, no one believed him. But, Duo was always right about these thingy. Well, he was right about Wufei and Sally and Relena and Trowa and a lot more…

Heero never questioned Quatre about Summer. He seemed happier than usual after he came back. More cheerful. Heero remembered that once, he went into Quatre's room and found the whole room filled with bouquet of flowers. Quatre was looking at a vase of flowers. He told him that Summer gave it to him. Heero didn't say anything. He was scolded by Lady Une, not really scolded, she was pissed that he shot the murderer dead. Well, they were lucky. The heat boots? The murdered used them on all of his targets, luckily, he wasn't wearing them that day.

He could have killed Summer easily. The heat boots can heat up to 1000 degree C. And can burn a person alive, and they will die in only about 10 seconds. The heat boots were being disposed and no one ever saw them again.

Dorothy looked upset as Quatre left, walking away from her. Dorothy went into the restroom. Umi went out, she had to confront Dorothy. Guys are worthless jerks. Heero stopped her. He pulled her close to him, making her cheeks flush with red. " She don't need you help." He stared into her eyes.

He then realized that they were close to each other. He looked down at her, at her lips. He had an urge to kiss her and you know, strip her and have sex. But, he released her. Umi looked at her hand. " Did that girl really exist?" Heero nodded.

" Handled a murder case, she was involved. Quatre and I were on the mission. It was a tough one, one of the weirdest ways of killing a person. You won't want to know. It's complex. But, we managed to save her. In a way. Quatre took two shot for her. One in his arm and one very near to his heart." Umi's mouth became a Oh.

" Was he okay?" Umi asked. Heero nodded. " If not, he won't even be here. Summer took care of him about 1 week, she never forget the fact that Quatre took two its for her. He was a brave fellow. I did wonder why he even did it." Umi looked up at him. " If it's you, will you do it?" Heero looked into her eyes. She was asking a question, a question he had asked himself that time. " I will, Umi. But, not take the hit. I will kick the bullet away." Umi looked at him, surprised.

" You can do that?" Heero nodded. " Takes time and skill to do so." He looked down at her. " So, were they still in contact?" Heero shrugged. " I am not a busybody, so I didn't ask. Seems like they did. I mean, if you were Summer, will you forget that he was your hero and saved you life?" Umi turned and looked at the rest room. " I don't know… that depends if I already love someone or not."

" Nice answer. So, let's go." Umi didn't move. " What about Dorothy?" Heero looked at Umi. " She will get over Quatre." Umi left. Heero watched as she went into the restroom. Girls and their comforting routine.

" Dorothy?" Dorothy looked at Umi. Her eyes were red. Umi went over. " It's okay, you don't have to cry. But, I believe you will feel better If you do. You want to talk about it?" She sounded polite. Dorothy blew her nose. " No, I am fine…" Umi pat her on her shoulder. " Tell someone about it, you will feel better to let it all out. I believe you have potential. Just keep trying, fate will bring you to your next man." Umi left the restroom. Dorothy looked at herself in the mirror.

Umi fired, her bullet hit the person's head. It was too far away to even see the target. She only saw a dot. So, she just fired. Heero shook his head. Umi fired again, she missed. She looked down at her gun. Heero asked her to shift over. He pressed a button. There were now 5 targets. One after the other. All lined up in one straight row. Heero took her gun and he fired while he was looking at her. He was aiming at the wrong direction. But, the bullet flew and went through all the 5 target's heart. It dropped onto the grass. Umi gaped at him.

" Tell me, are you even normal?" Heero handled her gun back. " I figured everything out when I joined. Everyone nicknamed me Impossible." Umi look at the target with powerful glasses. " I get the point…" Heero looked at Umi. She looked good with that light blue lens glasses on. She noticed him looking at her. She looked away. Girls…

" What now?" Heero pressed a button. There were 20 moving targets, some far, some close. " Hit as many of them in the head or the heart, you have 2 minutes."

Umi loaded her gun. She fired. She missed some, since they were moving super fast. She fired until she had used all of her bullets. 2 minutes was up. She had only shot 10 of them in the correct place. 2 of them in the arm. Heero shook his head. " Look, I am not you. I cannot be better than you are." Umi crossed her arms over her chest.

" Trust me, I believe you are better than that. It's just that you…" He was looking at her skirt. " What?" Heero looked at her. " You just need to get serious." Umi stepped back and looked up at him. " Are you hinting that I am not serious about training?" Heero nodded.

He reset the targets, this time, he made their speed so fast that you can only see 20 moving blurs. Heero fired, she heard 20 bullets. Then, it only took about 1 minute before Heero was spinning the gun in his hand. He stopped them from moving. A shot in their head. No kidding. This guy is Impossible. Umi thought of seducing him to kiss her. Well, she was dying to know how his lips felt like, since the day she first met him, at the ball. " So?" Umi snapped back into reality. " Huh?" Heero raised an eyebrow at her. " Want to do something else?" Umi weighed her options. " Sure." She inserted her gun back into her holster. She did it fast, so, he didn't get to see what's under her skirt. She beamed a wide smile at him. He raised an eyebrow at her.

Umi spent the whole day trying to hack a computer. And, there were 10 locks. She only managed to hack 5 after like 4 hours. She sighed and thought of asking for coffee. Heero was shaking his head. " You really need to do training on this." He commented as he stared at the timer. Umi stood up. " Can you be a gentleman and get me a cup of hot tea. Any tea will do. Just something that gives me energy." She said and flashed her best smiled. He didn't reply. He looked at the sixth lock.

" So?" Heero looked back at her. He opened his mouth to say something then stopped. So, this won't work. " It's tiring sitting down here and hacking for 4 hours straight without a break… Will you, please get me something nice and hot and warm to drink?" She said in a sexy tone.

Heero tried to think straight. He felt like saying no, how about this? Then, he will kiss her, nice, hot and warm. He decided to let this rich girl know that you can't order people around just because you are a rich girl and that you are gorgeous. He reached and using a finger, lifted her head up to meet him. He stared into her eyes.

" Do you have hands?" Umi blinked. " Of course I do." Heero leaned in closer. He noticed her blushing. " Then, how about…" She looked deep into his eyes. " Yar?" She said softly, staring at his lips. He really felt like kissing her. " Getting it yourself?" With that, he walked towards the door. She blinked and stared after him. God, her heart was pumping like crazy… How can she let a man do that to her? She thought he was going to kiss her. She was stupid.

" It's late, go home and come back tomorrow. And, get your tea yourself. I have a meeting call." Heero left the room. Umi thought about what happened earlier. Guys normally would have tried anything to kiss her and, he didn't seem like the normal kind. A bit too decent. Well, decent is better than dirty minded. Umi left the room and went to Level 49. Level 49 and Level 50 was the food level. She looked around. Searching for a café. She saw Quatre in a restaurant. There were people around, all working here.

A girl with long strawberry brown hair which fell to her back came in. She sat down at Quatre's table. Quatre smiled and the talked. An image of Dorothy in the restroom crying her eyes out pissed her off. She felt like making him pay for what he had done with Dorothy.

Heero fired the arrow. It shot the target, slicing his earlier arrow into half and hitting the bull's eye. Heero placed down the bow. It was a Tuesday Morning. He was at the stimulation room. Umi was due to come in about 1 hour. He changed it into grassland. With a river flowing downwards, it was a calm one, not too harsh. Wind blew past. He took out his fencing foil. A computer operated opponent appeared. The bell rang. The opponent kept striking at him. Heero kept blocking them. He then jumped, he landed and countered the blow with his foil. The opponent was strong. Heero slid out. The opponent started to strike. Heero's eyes narrowed.

He striked too, bending his opponent's foil it happened so fast, his opponent's foil flew off, he trusted his foil into the mask of the opponent, the glass broke. Heero freed his hand around the handle of the foil. He stood back and turned around. The opponent's foil landed and was stuck into the ground. The stimulation disappeared. He always made it a point to end it by inserting the foil into the opponent's mask. He did that all the time. So far, 10 people went to mental hospital, since they were overwhelmed by the shock. He heard the sound of clapping. He turned to see Umi clapping. She was smiling.

They were walking around the grassland. " You did great." She commented as she watched the tree's leaves sway to the wind. " Hn." Umi frowned. " What are we doing today?" Heero looked at her. " Lift traps and Ambush traps." Umi's frown deepened. " Lift traps?" Heero nodded.

" They always think that they can trap us in a lift. But, it never really worked. I was trapped in a lift like 10 times. I broke the lift and caught the guy who did it, tortured him by fighting it out with him. Made him suffer a few broken bones. It's easy to break their bones." He said as he watched the river flow downstream.

Umi looked at Heero. Wind blew past, making his brown hair fly. He was wearing a white long sleeved, collared, buttoned shirt. Along with a pair of long black pants and a pair of polished black shoes. She was pretty shocked to see him finish the stimulated guy off. His way of finishing it was different. No one was allowed to insert the foil into the opponent's mask. She looked down at herself. She was wearing a sleeveless light blue shirt, along with a white skirt. She chose to wear white sports shoes instead of high heels. Star was still asleep at home. Speaking of sleeping… Umi could hardly slept last night. The image of Heero kept popping into her mind.

Like she was popping popcorn 24 hours non-stop. She thought of what they were doing at the computer room. Not that he did anything. But, she just couldn't forget it, how her heart kept pumping faster and faster and how his eyes looked. God… She had tossed herself around and she could feel her cheeks, hot and red whenever she thought about it.

She quickly looked away from Heero, before he noticed that she was blushing. Heero was walking off. " Where are you going?" Umi called after him. He didn't answer, he just kept walking.

" Trowa? Has anyone seen Trowa?" Relena asked her servants. They all shook their head. God… where was he? Relena was scared and afraid. She had just received a parcel box, it had no name on it. It was large. She thought it was a cake or something. There wasn't a note at all. So, she opened it out of curiosity. Inside, there was a cloth, it covered whatever was under it. So, she lifted it to see rows of red chocolate. Chocolate weren't red, they were brown. She then saw a letter. On the letter had a knife, the knife was in the middle of a heart. There were puddles of blood and a black short gun lying on the pool of blood. It was a small picture. But, it was freaky. So, she didn't want to open the letter. She put everything back.

Trowa was no where to be found. Relena took the phone and phoned Lady Une. It's not common that these threats appeared. It's just that the red chocolate really freaked her out… It didn't seem like the usual threats. The usual ones only had a letter. And, the Preventers, mainly Trowa always see to it that the person was caught and put into jail. And, he always succeeded.

Trowa nearly spit out the coffee he was drinking. He was at his office, taking a break and looking through the cases assigned to him. Lady Une had told him that Relena received a threat box. A box? He quickly got out of his office. " I am asking Heero, Quatre, Wufei and Duo along. We need all the help we can get." Trowa pressed the lift button. He can't wait for the lift to arrive. " What about Miss Umi?" He asked, anxious to get to Relena's house. Lady Une shrugged. " It's up to Heero."

Heero looked at the panting Duo. Umi had just disengaged a bomb in 1 minute. Umi looked at Duo. " Lady Une wants you to go to Relena's… house. Said that Relena received a threat box. Trowa, Quatre and Wufei are already leaving." Heero walked towards the door. " Heero, I want to go along too." Heero looked at Umi. He then looked at Duo. Duo shrugged. " Heero, do you think we will even need her help?" Heero considered. " She can come along." Umi smiled and followed them.

Heero drove his sports car into the driveway. Umi was in the back seat, she checked out Relena's mansion. It was about 6 storeys high and not as large as hers. The security wasn't that tight too. Heero stopped his car at the front door. He cut off the engine and got out. Trowa's car was already there. Duo got out too. Wufei was waiting for them. Heero and Duo walked towards Wufei.

" Status?" Heero asked Wufei as he pulled on white gloves as he was walking. Duo too. Umi didn't need it. She was just here to look around. Wufei shook his head. He pointed to Umi. " Here for you know, checking the environment." Wufei nodded. They all went in.

Every guy there turned and looked at Umi. Umi blinked. They were gaping at her. Geez… when will they get a break? Trowa and Quatre were talking, but they stopped when they saw them coming in. " I haven't open the letter, nor the box. We were waiting for you two." Trowa told them. They went into Relena's room. The box was on the table. Relena was pacing the room. She glared at Umi. Umi looked at the room. Tasteless, bad taste… It was pink! Everything there was pink! Pink bed, pink table, and pink sofa…. God, when will Relena ever grow up?

" Who found it?" Duo asked Relena. " I did, it was near the letter box. So, I took it back in. It was around 9.00 am. I opened it after I came back in." Relena told them. Heero looked at the box. " Who want to do the honors?" Duo asked. They all looked around. " Trowa, you open it. Open slowly and open it up fully. We all want a to have a clear look." Heero instructed. He pointed to the door. Umi closed and locked it. Trowa opened the box. The box was white, no name and no note at all. Inside, was a cloth. It was a white cloth. " Silk." Trowa told them.

They all nodded. Trowa took off the cloth and placed it on the ground. Duo took over and checked the cloth. They stared at the 44 red chocolate balls. Red? Red Chocolate? God, Umi never saw Red chocolate before. Relena flinched. " Forty-four chocolates." Quatre commented. " The cloth's clear." Duo announced. He looked at the 44 red chocolates. " No kidding, this person is serious." Duo commented. Wufei sighed. " It means death." Everyone looked at Wufei.

" Four in Chinese is pronounced as almost the same sound as death. Forty-four… that means death. Actually, two deaths. The Chinese never liked the number 4. They say that it was like a curse of something, brought bad luck." Wufei told them. Well, Umi almost forget he was Chinese. Trowa looked at the letter. He passed it around for everyone to see. Umi saw the small picture there.

" Relena, why are you so sure it was for you?" Everyone looked at Umi. Relena stared at Umi. " Well, if it's not for me, who could it be for?" Umi pointed to the box. " White cardboard box, the white cloth has no meaning…" Then it hit her. " White, it is also a colour of death, like black is." Wufei nodded. Trowa looked at Heero.

" Good thing you brought her along." Heero ignored the amusement in Trowa's voice. Trowa took in a deep breath and opened the letter. There was only a letter. He looked inside to make sure that nothing was left inside. He opened the letter. Computer printed. This person was clever. He read the letter.

Dear Preventers,

I am so glad that you managed to receive this box of chocolates. I made them myself. Hope you enjoy them. And, oh, on the meeting on Wednesday, someone will die. Catch me if you can. You can't win. I will beat you all at your own game. The first person is just a warning. I will then start with people who are close to you all. Just like how you took away my loved ones. I will make you lose yours too. Then, you will know how I felt.

We will keep in contact through phone. 44 chocolates, 44 days. Our game will start tomorrow. You have 44 days to stop and catch me. And, 44 days for me to kill your loved ones. One chocolate will melt one day after the other. Like a time sand device. If you still can't catch me by the 44th day, you all lose. 8 preventers, ha! Oh, your boss is included too. Don't force me to make this game more real, if you pissed me off I will kill anyone I see.

No sign off, no signature. They all looked at each other. Umi tap Heero on his shoulder. " Heero, do you have an extra pair of glove?" Heero handled her one. She put it on. Trowa shifted out of the way. " Relena, can you get me a bowl?" Relena ordered her servant. He came back with a bowl. Everyone was looking at her. Umi took one of the chocolates and placed it on the bowl, gently. She looked at it from all angles. It was red and had tiny pieces of almond around it. But, the red was obvious. She took the chocolate ball and threw it into the bowl. It cracked and red liquid flowed out. Blood red liquid. Umi smelled the liquid.

" It's blood, human blood, the almond is real." Umi told all of the, Heero looked at the liquid. " Yar, it is blood." Relena was pale. " How did you know?" Umi sighed. " I was a doctor, I handled animals and humans, So, I knew if it was human or animal blood. It can't be eaten." They all looked at her. " Heero, when you go back, tell Lady Une that she's in. She can come to good use. You can still train her." Trowa told Heero. Everyone else nodded. Heero sighed.

" Umi, you are now a newbie Preventer. However, you will be working with us. The 20 newbies will only work with us 6 months later. Consider it as you are accepted. But, I won't want you working on this case. We have already dragged Lady Une into it…." Heero said, his voice trailed off.

" Wait, you will be working on this case. This guy doesn't know that we have a new Preventer. It would be a surprise attack. Umi, tell me what areas do you work on, as a doctor." Heero told all of them. Umi thought about it. " I studied all of them. You know, normal ones, surgeon, vet, the mind ones… I work in all departments." Heero frowned. " Why did you quit?" He asked her softly. " My father didn't want me to pursue into it, since I had to travel all around the world to study further on each department." Umi said softly.

" Well, even the doctors working for Agents, aren't that good… We all had 10 in each department. She could be the head there." Quatre said. Duo went over. " Welcome to the family, Umi." Umi smiled and shook his gloved hand. " This is your first mission, don't mess up." Heero told her. " I won't." Umi assured him.

They had a meeting once they got back to the Agents building. Heero told Lady Une about Umi being a Preventer, a newbie, still in training. He said that he would train her after this mission. They all talked about their plans for tomorrow. More security, Lady Une had already gotten help from the police and the FBI agents. But, they still had to go to make sure everything was fine. The game will start after someone gets killed…

Heero told Umi to change her hair colour or wear a wig, it was really too distracting. She thought of dying her hair, but went against it. Heero had sounded very exaggerating when he said distracting. Kitty's concert went on great. It was Wednesday Morning, a meeting for all Earth Sphere United Nation members. Umi had chosen a light brown long hair wig. She had spent 2 hours making sure it didn't look fake and that she didn't look ugly and most importantly, it won't drop off. The hair was long, it reached her back. She put on Very light make up. With the wig, she looked very different. Umi styled the wig, she pulled it back and tied it into a ponytail, then, she decided not to do so… But, it did make her look different, with tied up hair. She sighed.

Heero was waiting at his car. He was wearing a white long sleeved, buttoned and collared shirt. Along with long black pants and black polished shoes. He had put on his black, long sleeves, buttoned coat on. It looked formal. He was waiting for Umi. He had chosen quite a number of weapons. And he was carrying them. A girl with long light brown hair, pulled into a ponytail walked past. Heero didn't notice. Five more minutes and he will leave without Umi. " Hey." He looked at the girl. The girl was talking to him. He raised an eyebrow.

" You guys are so hopeless." She stomped over. " Can I help you?" Heero asked her. The girl looked angry. " Get this into your head Heero, I am Umi, you know, Umi?" Heero looked at her. " Nice disguise." Umi rolled her eyes.

She had changed a lot. Her hair made everything look different. But, she was wearing a white T-shirt with a white skirt. She was wearing white sports shoes. She did something with her face, it looked very different from her usual self. But, Heero liked her a lot better as her normal self. " Where's your weapon?" Umi pointed to her skirt. He got the point. " Umi, no skirt…" Umi silenced him. " Call me Valerie Raven. It's part of the plan. And, as soon as I get this over with, I want to get rid of this wig." Heero nodded. " Let's go."

There were policemen with big and long guns walking around. The security was tight. Heero drove in and parked his car in the basement. Umi got out. " Do you think we can protect so many people all at once?" Heero shrugged. " We have to try." They went in. Duo went over, he spoke softly. Not everyone had arrived yet. " Where's Umi?" Duo asked, looking around. Umi felt like smacking Duo. " Duo, meet Valerie Raven." Duo looked at Umi. " Oh." Heero looked around. " Nice to meet you, you must be Duo Maxwell." Umi said, fakely. They shook hands.

" Nice act. I will tell the rest that you are Valerie." Duo whispered and left. Trowa was looking around all the time. " Plan?" Heero looked at Umi. " None. Just look for suspicious people." Umi nodded. The meeting started. They were checking the grounds and around the room, walking around and acting like they were sightseeing. The meeting ended, nothing happened. " I need to go the rest room." Umi said softly. Heero sighed.

Pamela walked into the rest room. She was Relena's assistant. Finally, the meeting was over. She opened her purse and started looking for her lipstick, to kind of freshen up. She heard a weird sound. She ignored it and pulled her lipstick cap off her lipstick. She heard the sound again. She turned around to see what it was. Then, she didn't see anything. She frowned and turned back to the mirror. She searched for her powder. Then, something hit her on her shoulder. It was painful. She looked into the mirror. There was a man, holding a metal bar. She screamed. The mirror cracked and was smashed into pieces. Blood stained the broken mirror's pieces and the floor.

Umi was walking towards the rest room when, someone came out of it and ran past her. It was fast, so, she didn't managed to see anything. She frowned and pushed open the door to the rest room. She looked around outside first, making sure that no one was around, she slipped in. Her eyes widened. There was a woman lying on the floor. Her body was stained with blood. She was struggling to her purse. The mirror was broken, a metal bar lay on the ground some distance away from the woman. Umi went over. " Are you okay? Who did this?" The woman was struggling to speak.

" A man, dressed in black… he was tall……… he was wearing a cap. He used the bar on me… I heard some noise, I turned around to look, but there was nothing. As I was searching for my powder in my purse… He hit me on the shoulder. I looked into the mirror to see who it was… Call… call… the… police…" The woman closed her eyes and wasn't moving anymore. Umi touched the side of her neck. No pulse…

" No, I think it was just a fake." Trowa said, Relena right next to him. Wufei nodded. " Nothing outside, the inside was cleared too." Wufei told them. Duo frowned. " The letter did sound real enough…" Duo said, softly. " Heero!" Heero turned to see Umi running to meet them. " Yo!" Duo said. Heero noticed that her hand was stained with blood.

" You are injured?" Heero asked her. Umi shook her head. " Someone died in the rest room." Everyone ran to the rest room. Relena was being dragged along. Heero looked around. " Pamela!" Trowa frowned. " It's her assistant." They pulled on white gloves. Duo picked the metal bar up. It was stained with blood. Wufei looked at the smashed mirror. Quatre was checking around. Umi pulled on her gloves. She looked at the dead body. She touched her shoulder.

" She said she was hit in her shoulder…" Umi pressed the shoulder slowly. " One weapon." Duo announced. " She must have saw him, the mirror was smashed too. Her blood are on them too." Wufei reported. Quatre shook his head. " No holes, nothing. Except, the metal water pipe was being ripped apart. It seemed to be about the same length as the weapon." Heero nodded. Trowa was comforting Relena, who was crying. " Your status?" Umi looked at the wound. Weird hit in the shoulder and hit in the head. " The force at the head is large enough. Must have injured her brain…" Umi looked around. She saw the lipstick cap on the floor. " Did she say anything?" Heero asked her. Umi told them everything the victim said.

" It's my fault…" Heero looked at the crying Relena. " Someone ran past me as I was approaching the toliet. He was too fast, didn't see much." Umi told him. " He was planning to kill anyone that came in first. I will see if they had any camera installed. If you were the first one to come in, it would be worse." Heero said as he looked at the roof.

" Meaning?" Heero sighed. " We would have heard gun shot and came over, but, I don't think you will live if that did happen." Umi didn't say anything, was he caring for her? They all went back to the Agents Building, for a meeting.

" We can only wait for him to call." Lady Une said. They had set up a laptop and a phone. They were waiting. Heero was on the laptop. Why was the mirror smashed? If he hit the woman on the head, from behind, it still didn't explain the smashed mirror…. The phone rang. Lady Une picked it up after the fourth ring. Heero listened. " Hello?" Lady Une tried to sound calm. " Good Morning, Preventers." The voice was deep and weird, freaky. Heero was already trying to find the location, tracing the call. " Who are you?" Lady Une asked, her voice a bit shaky.

" I do hope you all enjoyed the blood chocolates, the combination with the almond made it delicious. Preventers, the game had already started. 8 of you, one of me. You all have so many love ones and I will kill them one by one." He laughed. A very long and evil one. Heero already found the location, he didn't say anything.

" What do you want?" Lady Une was trying to calm down. She's scared. " What do I want? I want revenge. You killed my brother, my only brother. And he was only trying to kill this damn it woman who broke his heart and you shot him. Let's play game. I will phone before I kill, to see if you can figure out my clues and catch me. You see, I really love to see screaming people…" Lady Une sat down in her chair. Heero was working on his laptop.

" Let's see… who will I start with first… Wufei… No, his closed one is Sally, and no one else. So, Wufei is out. I won't kill you all preventers, I am here to kill your loved ones and see you all in pain. Next up is… Well, a nice choice… Duo Maxwell…" Everyone saw Duo's face pale. " Duo… Duo, Duo… He has a few loved ones, and close ones. Loved ones are dead, but the close ones aren't. I will kill one tomorrow. Catch me if you can!" There was a roaring laughter and it was hung up.

" Colony L2, phone booth outside this shop named Sunny's Hotdog." Heero told them. " Hilde!" Duo suddenly shouted. This guy was good, he had freaked Duo out. " I will need people to protect her. She's in L2." Duo stood up to leave. " Duo, we will send people, you will go too. We must catch this guy. Go home, think about who is your closed ones or loved ones, give me a list of them and their location and contacts. Dismissed." Lady Une shouted. Duo was heading towards the door.

" Duo!" Duo looked at Umi. " Duo, tell me when you had last seen Hilde." Duo thought for a while. " 1 year ago." Duo really needs to leave. " Duo, tell me who your latest girlfriend is, still together or not. Make that the two latest." Duo frowned. Heero listened. " Wendy Zell and Linda Frank. Wendy is in America, Linda is in Colony L4." With that Duo left. Umi didn't go after him. She had written it down. She was still in her disguise. " Valerie, why did you ask Duo that?" Heero asked Umi as she went to pack her file. Everyone had already left.

" Because, it's just an in-case thing. Since Duo will be in Colony L2, protecting Hilde, I will just look around." Umi packed her file. " How can a person get to Colony L2 that fast? It had only been 2 hours." Heero sighed. " He left in a hurry, so, must have caught a plane and got there." Heero said as he kept his laptop. He had a weird feeling that Hilde won't be the one the murderer was looking for.

" Wendy or Linda comes first?" Umi asked, looking at her notepad. Heero thought about it. " Wendy, he told me he met a girl in America and they had spent a week together. Then, 2 months later, he told me about Linda. They broke up, the distance was always a problem." Heero told Umi. Umi took it down. Heero thought about what to say…

" Be careful Umi." Umi blinked at him. " Huh?" She sounded confused. " He saw you, he may be after you." Heero took her handphone and keyed in his handphone number. " Being protective?" Heero shook his head. " It's called making sure nothing goes wrong. Oh, keep changing disguises, your fake name too." Heero handled her handphone back. Umi smiled. She had his phone number, well, she was planning to ask… But, she can forget it now.

Hilde opened to door to see Duo. Duo hugged her. " Duo, is something wrong?" Duo shook his head. " Nothing, nothing's wrong. Come in boys." 50 men dressed in black came in. The last five were carrying two large suitcases. The last men closed the door.

" What's with this?" Hilde asked, she was happy to see Duo, but this is weird. " Check around the house, install the cameras. Hide inside the house, no one is to stand outside. It will cause suspicion. Come on Hilde, let's talk in your room." Duo told them. Duo dragged Hilde into the room just as the men opened the suitcases to reveal weapons. Hilde was confused.

Just like he thought, Duo had came to Colony L2 to protect Hilde. Now, he will catch a plane. " You need a ticket to go where?" He looked at the person behind the counter. " Colony L4."

Umi was doing training, Heero was training her. She cut the red wire, she didn't want to take the blue wire. It was a risk. The bomb stopped. She sighed and she sneaked back into the room. " You did fine, you should really think about changing to pants." Heero said without looking up from the clipboard. The stimulation ended. Umi sighed and sat down on the chair. " Should we be like helping Duo?" Heero shrugged. " He will manage." He said, writing something on the clipboard.

" You sent in your list of names yet?" Heero shook his head. " I have no closed ones, don't even talk about girl friends. Relena was one of the closer ones, but not that close." Umi frowned. " You don't have anyone you ever dated or met for lunch or something?" Heero stared at her astonished face. " There's this girl, named Kimberly Phoebe. We dated for about 1 week, then, end of story, I dumped her. Yar, I will put her name down." Too late, Umi was too curious to know more.

" How did the two of you meet?" Umi asked, her eyes filled with Heero frowned. " She was this chef, I saved her restaurant from being robbed. So, she invited me to dinner then it started. Last I heard, she just ended an engagement and was still walking down England single." Heero looked at the clipboard. It was only 8.00 am.

" What about you? Richard come to mind." Heero asked her. Umi sighed.

" Richard was the second best agent, I was the first. He liked me. We worked on some missions together. He told me he loved me. I didn't care about him. He visited my family when I was busy working in the hospitals. They like him and say that they will agree if we want to get married. I didn't even like him a single bit. He was a Navy SEAL, you know, a bit too big. I hate feeling small. He was still after me. I don't think he will try to attack him, beside, no one even knew I existed." She shrugged and took a gulp of her water. " But, I already sent in my list, Star was even included in it." Heero didn't answer.

" Lift trap." Umi nodded. Heero started to brief her.

That night, Duo had to stay up for the whole day. Nothing had happened during the day, except, the neighbour's dog had broken into Hilde's house nothing else. Duo looked around. He yawned. His men were all around, looking and checking everything. Hlide was sleeping. Duo was watching her through the camera in her room. His laptop was infront of him. He took a big gulp out of the coffee.

Heero picked up the phone. Umi was falling asleep. It was at around 11.00pm. Heero still had linked the phone to his laptop, incase the person called again. He was telling Umi the rules and the basic need to do in what situation.

" This is Brian Tatt, FBI agent from Colony L4. A person named Linda Frank was murdered at her house at around 10.30 pm. Someone shot her. She was reading a book. No one was around, the glass of the balcony door was shot, had a hole The murderer had made the shot from the balcony. No clues, we only found a rope going to the ground floor from her balcony." Heero nodded. The murderer had strikes, it wasn't Hlide, it was Linda. Umi had guessed it. Heero had sent Brain over to check on Linda, make sure she was fine and phone him back.

" I will tell Duo." Heero hung up, Umi looked at him. She walked over. " What's wrong?" Heero's face didn't show anything. Umi looked into his eyes. " It's Linda, she was killed. Someone shot her from her balcony." Umi's eyes widen in shock. " You guessed it too, didn't you?" Heero asked her, she was silent. " I just wanted to be safe, I think he will go for Hlide, Hlide seemed closer…" She trailed off. " What makes you think of others first?" Heero asked and watched as she sat down on the chair and didn't speak. Duo will be over in the morning…

" I was an agent working for Luke Cawell, he told me this story once, it was his story, a real one, not a made up one. It was when I was 18. He called me to his office, then he told me about it. Since, I was working on a threat case that time. But, it didn't really help that time, it was supposed to let me know something and use it. I managed to injure the guy first, so, I found him and put him behind bars. He was hung to death, end of story." Umi said, she reached for her cup of coffee and drank it. She stared at the opened file infront of her.

Heero studied the watch. It showed 11.10 pm. Umi pushed her cold coffee away from her. " Umi, what did Luke tell you?" Umi looked at Heero, she hesitated to speak. " How about getting me a cup of hot coffee, strong and dark, I am falling asleep. I will tell you later, I need the coffee…" Heero frowned at her. She looked at the wall. " It's bad for health." He told her, like she didn't know that.

" Well, you drink it too!" She sounded pissed off. " It's a different thing, I only drink it when I need it, go and do running, it will get you to wake up, then, you can tell me when you are running." Heero said. She stared at him in disbelieve. " What! Who runs as 11 o'clock?" She asked like it was so stupid and that no one had ever done it before.

" I do. I need to exercise. Let's go, it makes the body healthy. Oh, I do want to learn more about the story. When Duo comes back, I have to break the horrible news to him. And, I have to set up my laptop and phone along at the stimulation room." Heero said as he picked up his laptop. He closed the file and stood up. Umi was still staring at him. " Can I ask you a damn it obvious question?" She asked him, she made it sound like he didn't notice it. " Who runs in a skirt?" She kind of shouted at her.

" Change out of it." He pointed out. " No, no, I need my weapon." Heero rolled his eyes. " Then, you will have to do something else." Umi didn't know how, but Heero managed to drag her out of the meeting room and into the stimulation room. She had resisted his offer, but, he was so strong that, she had his hand marks around her wrist. It hurt like hell. Heero set the stimulation to grassland. Umi watched the night sky. She looked at the open laptop. Heero handled her a device. She raised an eyebrow at him. " So, I can run and you can talk and I can hear you." Umi put it on after turning it on.

Heero was at the far end of the grassland, just before the river. " Can you hear me?" He spoke into his device. It had a small speakerphone, you know the circular earphones. He clipped it to his left ear. It was connected to a microphone. He made it look stylish. He bent the microphone so that it was near his mouth. But not too near. " Loud and clear. I can't see you." He heard Umi's voice in the speaker. Heero looked at the flowing river.

" So, tell me about the story." He said tightening his shoelace. He had changed shoes. Then he forgot something. He walked back to where Umi was. She was sitting at a white table, it had two white chairs around it. She was sitting on one. The laptop was on the table. She was writing something.

" Why are you back so soon?" She asked, without looking up from the paper. Heero dumped his wallet on the table. He kept his watch. Then, he dumped his weapons. Umi stared as he emptied them one by one. It piled up. But, he arranged them nicely. " Don't even think of stealing them." He told her, in a warning tone. " I don't even know what they are, they look like new stuff." Umi eyed a small electronic pad.

" I invented them, including this stimulation room." Umi looked at Heero. " You should sell your products, it will make you rich." She picked up a 10 in one knife. " Sorry, but, I am already rich enough to buy a Five Star Sports Car and still have countless piles of money." He told her. Umi frowned. " How did you get all that money?" Heero sighed.

" There's this Heero account. Everyone give me money, small or large amount. It was linked to my bank account. So, every year, I receive about 1 000 000 million. They give a lot more on Christmas… Not that I wanted to take it. It was linked. I gave 300 million each year to charity and stuff… Funny, why do they give me money?" Umi rolled her eyes, he was asking her a duh question.

" Because you saved their lifes. Wow, you mean you get that much without doing anything at all! It's been four years, wow, you are almost as rich as I am." Umi said, surprised. She didn't know about this thing.

" It's five years, they call it Shooting Star project. To give money to your hero…" Heero said. He placed his wallet on an empty spot on the table. He pressed the control pad. A blue thingy surrounded his wallet. It was kind of like a security trap. He took the control pad and pocketed it.

Heero had passed by her 3 times in one minute. No kidding, he ran fast, he wasn't even sweating. Umi kept counting how many times he ran past her, she didn't bother with her papers. She hadn't talked, since Heero didn't even spoke a word. The grassland was large and huge, she would take 6 minutes to make a whole complete run, and was running at her best speed…

" Umi, is the phone ringing or anything on my laptop?" Heero's voice filled the speaker. Umi checked nothing. " No, nothing…" The phone rang Umi stared at it. " You hear it?" She asked him. Heero came running over he picked it up.

" Yo! I am already in Colony L1!" It was Duo. Heero signaled an okay sign. Umi nodded. " When did you leave?" Heero asked him and sat down on the empty chair. " Well, at around 9.30 pm. The men were still there. No movements, but, I asked them to stay there until he gets caught." Duo sounded happy.

" He failed, he didn't even come. Where are you? Are you alone?" Duo asked him. Heero sighed. " I am in the stimulation room, with… Umi." Heero had taken off the device, obvious that he didn't want her to hear it.

" No kidding dude! You are not up to something are you?" Duo sounded a bit like he was suspecting that they were even doing something. " Duo, get your head straightened out. Come in here quickly. I need to tell you something. I was running, not doing anything that you are think of." Heero looked at the sky.

" I am in the building. It's dark here, see ya!" Duo hung up. Heero placed the phone back. " Duo's here." Umi looked upset. " Are you going to tell him?" Heero nodded. " We have to, he needs to know. Tell me that story later." Heero kept forgetting about it.