Hey, guess what............... I got the chapter up within a week and it is
bigger than any of my previous chapters. I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: T_T I don't own Gundam Wing. ARE YOU LAWYERS HAPPY NOW!!!!!!!!!! (Several Bandai lawyers step out of the door in the corner. They have big huge grins on their faces as they nod wildly like one of those bobblehead toys and then they walk back in closing the door behind them. Tojot opens the closet door only to see that they're gone.) o_O I have to find out how they keep doing that.
Tojot: Here is the next chapter
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Chapter 8: Apartments, Explosions, and Reunions........... Oh Dear!
By: Tojot
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Sam took a sip from her orange juice as she scrolled through the list of available apartments in the Brussels area. Out of the whole list of 247, only 3 caught her eye. She contacted the managers for all three and found out two had already been asked for. For the third apartment on the list the announcement had been put up that very morning. She asked if she could take a look at it before she made any decision about renting it. The owner gave Sam a time when she could come by. Relena finished the breakfast that had been sent to her room by the hotel service and readied herself for departure. The valet brought her motorcycle by and she went on her way.
*~*~*~
Heero pulled his pack tighter as he pushed his way toward the throng at the busy airport in Brussels. His flight to Dublin had been called up and he was on his way to gate15. His passport and identification in his hands, he quickly handed to the security guard to check as he went through the metal detectors. He thought he someone oddly familiar walk past him with long, blonde hair. He thought that it was Relena. But when he turned around she wasn't there. He boarded the plane and felt a little disturbed. He came up with the conclusion that he was just hallucinating, another side effect from the Zero system.
*~*~*~
She looked at the apartment. In her head, she was shocked on how tiny it was. The owner told her that she could only fit a twin or double size bed in the bedroom, but the double bed would go wall to wall on each side. The big room was comprised of a kitchenette on one side and a small living room on the other and the bathroom was half the size of the bedroom. This basement apartment would house one person comfortably and two people intimately. But she decided to take it since the rent was like a hundred a month with all the utilities paid. She signed a few papers before the owner handed her the keys. After that, she went to the store to go pick up a bed and some furniture. She found a returned-to-the-store-five-days-later bed, unfortunately it was a double bed, but she took it anyway. She found a couch set that she fell in love with, but the problem was she couldn't fit it all in her tiny apartment so she settled with just the love seat, which would fit cozily. She also bought a small TV stand and a small 13-inch TV. She had these items delivered since it was obvious that she couldn't put them on her bike. After the furniture was delivered and placed in the desired areas, she also made a mad dash over to the closest grocery store to buy food items to stock the cupboards and small fridge. She also picked up a few necessities as well. All in all the total money spent was seven hundred fifty-six. Everything she paid for in cash from the removal that she did two years before. Relena was sore once everything was finished, but a carefree smile plastered her face while asleep in her new apartment.
*~*~*~
Heero arrived in Bantry Bay at 8:30 pm. He went over to the coffee shop expecting to see Sam there. But to his dismay she wasn't. He asked the young woman behind the counter where Sam was. She answered with a "Sam who?" Feeling a little foolish and disgruntled, he decided to go to Old Man Ire's home. In the evening darkness he stood on the porch and knocked on the door. He heard a dog starting to bark inside and an old man yelling at the dog to be quiet. The porch light came on partially blinding Heero with its light, the door opened to reveal an old but sturdy man with white hair.
"Is Sam here?" Heero asked abruptly.
"No, She left hare a few days ago. By the way, are ye Mr. Yuy?"
"Yes."
"Sam left this fer ye. She said it might help ye clare up a few things." Ire said as he handed the envelope to Heero.
"Where did Sam go?" Heero asked taking hold of the object.
"T' Bru'sels t' join Preven'ers."
"What!!! I just came from there." Heero exclaimed. After Ire got Heero to calm down he invited Heero to have dinner with him and stay the night, since Heero certainly couldn't catch a plane back to Brussels that night and he had no where to stay for the night. Ire wondered why Relena could love someone as unruly as Heero, but he couldn't help but smile every time he turned his back to the lad. After dinner, Ire led Heero to the spare bedroom. Ire mentioned that it used to be Sam's room. Heero did feel a little tired from his journey. Noticing Heero yawn Ire excused himself and left the room for Heero to sleep. Heero pulled Sam's letter out and read it.
*~*~*~
Mr. Yuy,
I know for a fact that Miss Darlian has left Bantry Bay. I encountered her at the coffee shop. She was on her laptop. I manage so see what she was doing. She was booking a shuttle that would take her from Brussels to the colonies. Unfortunately I couldn't find out which colony it was. She was gone before I could get away from the counter again. Unfortunately I couldn't follow her for few money problems.
I have gone to join Preventers. I have been thinking about doing this for three years now. Sorry for the inconvenience, and I hope you understand that I am trying everything in my power to find Miss Darlian for you.
Sam
*~*~*~
Heero couldn't believe Sam had found Relena. He put the letter down on the bedside table, turned off the lamp and fell asleep. That night, though, he had an interesting dream. He was walking through a garden maze that was forever changing. He encountered a small, floating object that gave off bright light. He walked up to it curious to what it was, but it always stayed at least five feet away from him. It led him though secret passages, hallways, corridors, and staircases. On one staircase he got frustrated and jumped on the shining object. As soon as he touched it, it turned into Sam and then Relena. He hugged her. But before he could tell her anything, they hit the ground and he woke to the morning light shining down on his face and found that he was hugging the pillow. He showered in the adjoining bathroom, the strange dream invading his thoughts. It provoked him a little onto what it's meaning could be.
*~*~*~
Relena stood in front of Une's document ridden desk. Une was looking over Sam's files finding that everything was in order. Sam herself was wearing the Preventers uniform jacket that she had been issued earlier that morning. Despite Sam's complaints she still hadn't been issued a gun yet. (Reminder: remember this in the near future okay?)
"So you know Heero Yuy, Cadet O'Malley?" Une asked unaware that it was Relena that stood in front of her.
"Aye."
"Since Yuy is having trouble with his current partner, would it be any trouble that you become his partner after your training is done?"
"Me don' mind it a bit." Sam replied with a smile.
"Well since that is settled, what would you like for a codename? Hmmm."
"Ye mean we git t' choose our own cudname?" Relena feigned surprise.
"Yes."
"In tha' case, I think shamrock woul' be best suited fer me." Sam smiled.
"It does seem to fit quite well. Your basic training will start at 10 in room 105. Be careful, Mr. Chang has succeeded in insulting many people, I find it best to just ignore his insults. That is all." Une told Sam and Sam left the room so Une could get back to the paperwork that littered her desk. Relena smiled at the knowledge that she successfully fooled Une. Or was it that Lady Une was so busy that she didn't even notice. It was 8:15 AM, and Sam had started to feel her stomach growling and went to get some breakfast at a café that she had seen that was only a block away from Preventer's HQ. She decided to walk because it was a nice morning. As she was crossing the street to the cafe, Relena could hear the screech of tires on the asphalt coming from the direction of HQ. She saw the cause of the noise when the car came around the corner, smashing into whatever was in its path. It would have hit her, intentionally, if she hadn't dodged it. She quickly burned the image of the car and it's license plate into her mind. Y247TR. (Atn: Thanks Duck3 for your help.) And it was a small, gray car with un-tinted windows. Relena would have put more to memory if she hadn't heard an explosion. Preventer's HQ Front steps had received an explosion. *~*~*~
Heero had just finished dressing when a distress call came from his cellphone on the bedside table.
"ALL MAIN PREVENTERS RETURN TO HQ AT ONCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Une's voice sounded through the cell phone's radio system. Heero knew Une only did this during major situations. Heero quickly packed up his stuff, said farewell to Ire and left.
"Sand.... Come in." Heero said utilizing the two-way radio in his cell. He knew he was speeding on the rental motorcycle.
"What is it, Zero?" Quatre voice came in.
"I need a pickup here."
"I have a lock on your coordinates. Keep going at that speed and I'll meet you in fifteen minutes." Quatre said seriously. Heero knew Quatre had received the message. Soon Heero heard a really loud noise above him.
"I am right above you, climb in." Quatre's voice sounded in the radio. Heero knew this was dangerous but none of them had time to land a plane and take off again. Heero grabbed a hold of the plane's front axel. Yelling into his radio over the sound of the propeller, "Pull me up!" Quatre pulled on the throttle pulling Heero off the bike. He saw the plane's passenger's door open and a hand reached out for him to grab. He swung himself on the axel to get to the outstretched hand. He realized it was Trowa ads he was quickly pulled in and the door closed.
*~*~*~
Sam raced back to HQ as fast as her legs could take her, only to see the front steps of Preventer's HQ up in a blazing inferno. Not being one who liked to stand by and watch, Sam rushed into the building's hidden side door to help the people trapped in the lobby. Relena knew about this hidden door from a previous visit when the Preventer's needed to get her out of there in secret. When she got inside unnoticed, she saw a few people dead and a lot injured. Helping people get out into safety, Relena knew the seriousness of this problem. She also knew some useful information. She saw the fire department show up to douse out the blazing inferno. It had been obvious that the fire and smoke expanded. Since it was Preventer's HQ the building was quickly evacuated. For Sam, Breakfast, and lunch were forgotten in that emergency. That night, Relena saw someone familiar among the injured. Duo. She remembered that she had helped pull him out of the building. He was staring at her, and she found it creepy. Relena had never known Duo to look at her in that way. He signaled for her to come over.
"Your Sam O'Malley, right." Duo said, his creepy expression turning into the more jovial one she knew all to well.
"Aye, an' wha's yer bus'ness wi' me Laddie." Relena said quickly hiding behind her alternate personality.
"I have heard rumors about you and Heero." Duo said. Duo seemed like he was trying to get her to say something that might link her with Relena and Relena quickly saw it.
"So ye know Mr. Yuy?" Sam inquired with a smile. The disappointed look in Duo's eyes gave his notions away.
"I am Duo Maxwell, He and I are buddies." Duo said holding out his hand in greeting.
"Ya know Mr. Yuy do'n't seem t' be the frien'ly type." Sam told the jovial but injured man, "So why does he have a friend?" Duo looked a little hurt from the question.
"Because we are just friends. Sam." An all too familiar voice came from behind her. She turned around to see those Prussian blue eyes staring at her for the first time in four months. The blazing fire reflecting off them. It was almost too much for her heart to hold back. Then she realized he had said 'Sam' and her heart drooped. She noticed two people behind him, the ever-quiet Trowa, and the angelic Quatre. Sam heard another familiar voice sounding through the crowd.
"Duo!!!" She saw Hilde run up to Duo's cot that he had been placed on. Sam realized that they were both wearing wedding bands and that they had gotten married within the two years that she was gone.
"Hey Hilde!" Duo's jovial smile turned to her. She gently scolded him for not calling her.
"Cadet, could you excuse us?" Une said behind Sam.
"Sorry, I cannot do tha'." Sam said turning around. "Since I have impor'ent inf'rmation fer ye." Une looked at Sam, eyes narrowing, her expression saying 'go ahead'. Sam continued, "I saw the git'way car, grey wi' untint'd windors; the license plate re'd Y247TR. There were three inside.
"You have good eyes." A deep, quiet voice spoke up from behind Trowa. She saw the Platinum blonde hair and recognized him immediately. Millairdo. Beside him was Noin. She was holding an adorable little baby boy, whom of which had deep purple eyes and the hair of his father. Relena felt a little pained to know that she had missed yet another important event in the lives of her friends and family.
"Sam, I want you to meet......" Une tried to say but was quickly cut short by Sam.
"Vis Farin Min'ster!" Sam said excitedly with a slight bow. Zechs felt a little embarrassed from the small show. The title had been forced on him since no one wanted to run for the office. He grumbled and approached Une.
"What's the damage?" he asked.
"The lobby and a few floors received most of the damage." Une said as she scanned the pages of the list handed to her by a fireman who already went inside to scope all the damages. Zechs looked at the scars that the building had received.
"What could've done this?" He asked
"A pipe bomb." Duo blurted from his cot, "I used to make those in my childhood but this had a little more umph." Relena had never seen Duo so serious in her life. But she realized something, when she found Duo, he was closest to the door where the explosion had gone off. He, unlike five others, had managed to escape with his life, but not unscathed. He had two broken limbs, and was covered in scrapes and bruises.
"If ye'll 'scuse me, me thinks me usefulness is up." Sam said she started to leave, but a hand grabbed her wrist tightly and spun her around to meet Prussian blue once again.
"Since you are to be my next partner, and that you have proved useful, you're coming with on this mission."
"An' wha' mission is tha'?"
"To find out who did this." Heero replied as he pulled her along behind him. Une threw Sam something that she couldn't recognize in the dark.
"You might need that so keep it with you at all times." Une said. As soon as Heero had pulled Sam into the separate garage he stopped and turned to face her.
"So you've seen Relena?" He asked suddenly. Relena started to get nervous, she couldn't ignore those eyes staring at her intensely, and she never could.
"Aye." Sam said trying to calm herself down.
"How is she doing? I mean health wise." Heero inquired.
"She seemed he'lthy 'nough, though she looked a li'l frustrated." Sam told him. Heero seemed to have a little of a relieved look on his face after she said that.
"I am glad to know that she is okay." He admitted, a small smile forming on his lips. "By the way do you have a place to stay?"
"Aye, I already do." Relena wanted to say no but her mouth couldn't be trusted.
"Can I stay with you tonight?" Heero asked in monotone, "It may be too dangerous if I go home at this time." Sam raised an eyebrow. Without the second sentence the first sounded a little kinky, but Relena knew him better than to try anything. Rolling her eyes for good measure, Sam said her answer.
"Fine, but I warn ye, it be tiny."
"Fine. Can we take your motorcycle, Sam?" Relena was taken aback by Heero's sudden questions.
"I don' have a helmet fer ye." She said.
"I already have one." Heero said as he walked over to a black pickup truck, pulling the key from his pocket, he quickly opened the door and grabbed the helmet from off the seat he also shouldered his pack from off the passenger's seat. "I just got back from Bantry Bay." Heero said trying to strike up a conversation. Heero never tried to strike up conversation. Maybe the years gone changed him a little. "So who's driving?" Heero said pulling Sam from her thoughts.
"I be drivin'." Sam said quickly claiming her spot on the bike. Heero sat behind her, holding them both up as she started the engine.
*~*~*~ Author's Note*~*~*~
I'll try to get Chapter 9: "Right Under His Nose" done as soon as possible. In the meantime, PLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEE Review, I enjoy reading them. Though I didn't get to read those submitted until Wednesday, I was kinda bummed,T_T But I knew that they were there.^_^ Thanks.
~Tojot~
Disclaimer: T_T I don't own Gundam Wing. ARE YOU LAWYERS HAPPY NOW!!!!!!!!!! (Several Bandai lawyers step out of the door in the corner. They have big huge grins on their faces as they nod wildly like one of those bobblehead toys and then they walk back in closing the door behind them. Tojot opens the closet door only to see that they're gone.) o_O I have to find out how they keep doing that.
Tojot: Here is the next chapter
Expressed Actions and Written Words
Chapter 8: Apartments, Explosions, and Reunions........... Oh Dear!
By: Tojot
*~*~*~
Sam took a sip from her orange juice as she scrolled through the list of available apartments in the Brussels area. Out of the whole list of 247, only 3 caught her eye. She contacted the managers for all three and found out two had already been asked for. For the third apartment on the list the announcement had been put up that very morning. She asked if she could take a look at it before she made any decision about renting it. The owner gave Sam a time when she could come by. Relena finished the breakfast that had been sent to her room by the hotel service and readied herself for departure. The valet brought her motorcycle by and she went on her way.
*~*~*~
Heero pulled his pack tighter as he pushed his way toward the throng at the busy airport in Brussels. His flight to Dublin had been called up and he was on his way to gate15. His passport and identification in his hands, he quickly handed to the security guard to check as he went through the metal detectors. He thought he someone oddly familiar walk past him with long, blonde hair. He thought that it was Relena. But when he turned around she wasn't there. He boarded the plane and felt a little disturbed. He came up with the conclusion that he was just hallucinating, another side effect from the Zero system.
*~*~*~
She looked at the apartment. In her head, she was shocked on how tiny it was. The owner told her that she could only fit a twin or double size bed in the bedroom, but the double bed would go wall to wall on each side. The big room was comprised of a kitchenette on one side and a small living room on the other and the bathroom was half the size of the bedroom. This basement apartment would house one person comfortably and two people intimately. But she decided to take it since the rent was like a hundred a month with all the utilities paid. She signed a few papers before the owner handed her the keys. After that, she went to the store to go pick up a bed and some furniture. She found a returned-to-the-store-five-days-later bed, unfortunately it was a double bed, but she took it anyway. She found a couch set that she fell in love with, but the problem was she couldn't fit it all in her tiny apartment so she settled with just the love seat, which would fit cozily. She also bought a small TV stand and a small 13-inch TV. She had these items delivered since it was obvious that she couldn't put them on her bike. After the furniture was delivered and placed in the desired areas, she also made a mad dash over to the closest grocery store to buy food items to stock the cupboards and small fridge. She also picked up a few necessities as well. All in all the total money spent was seven hundred fifty-six. Everything she paid for in cash from the removal that she did two years before. Relena was sore once everything was finished, but a carefree smile plastered her face while asleep in her new apartment.
*~*~*~
Heero arrived in Bantry Bay at 8:30 pm. He went over to the coffee shop expecting to see Sam there. But to his dismay she wasn't. He asked the young woman behind the counter where Sam was. She answered with a "Sam who?" Feeling a little foolish and disgruntled, he decided to go to Old Man Ire's home. In the evening darkness he stood on the porch and knocked on the door. He heard a dog starting to bark inside and an old man yelling at the dog to be quiet. The porch light came on partially blinding Heero with its light, the door opened to reveal an old but sturdy man with white hair.
"Is Sam here?" Heero asked abruptly.
"No, She left hare a few days ago. By the way, are ye Mr. Yuy?"
"Yes."
"Sam left this fer ye. She said it might help ye clare up a few things." Ire said as he handed the envelope to Heero.
"Where did Sam go?" Heero asked taking hold of the object.
"T' Bru'sels t' join Preven'ers."
"What!!! I just came from there." Heero exclaimed. After Ire got Heero to calm down he invited Heero to have dinner with him and stay the night, since Heero certainly couldn't catch a plane back to Brussels that night and he had no where to stay for the night. Ire wondered why Relena could love someone as unruly as Heero, but he couldn't help but smile every time he turned his back to the lad. After dinner, Ire led Heero to the spare bedroom. Ire mentioned that it used to be Sam's room. Heero did feel a little tired from his journey. Noticing Heero yawn Ire excused himself and left the room for Heero to sleep. Heero pulled Sam's letter out and read it.
*~*~*~
Mr. Yuy,
I know for a fact that Miss Darlian has left Bantry Bay. I encountered her at the coffee shop. She was on her laptop. I manage so see what she was doing. She was booking a shuttle that would take her from Brussels to the colonies. Unfortunately I couldn't find out which colony it was. She was gone before I could get away from the counter again. Unfortunately I couldn't follow her for few money problems.
I have gone to join Preventers. I have been thinking about doing this for three years now. Sorry for the inconvenience, and I hope you understand that I am trying everything in my power to find Miss Darlian for you.
Sam
*~*~*~
Heero couldn't believe Sam had found Relena. He put the letter down on the bedside table, turned off the lamp and fell asleep. That night, though, he had an interesting dream. He was walking through a garden maze that was forever changing. He encountered a small, floating object that gave off bright light. He walked up to it curious to what it was, but it always stayed at least five feet away from him. It led him though secret passages, hallways, corridors, and staircases. On one staircase he got frustrated and jumped on the shining object. As soon as he touched it, it turned into Sam and then Relena. He hugged her. But before he could tell her anything, they hit the ground and he woke to the morning light shining down on his face and found that he was hugging the pillow. He showered in the adjoining bathroom, the strange dream invading his thoughts. It provoked him a little onto what it's meaning could be.
*~*~*~
Relena stood in front of Une's document ridden desk. Une was looking over Sam's files finding that everything was in order. Sam herself was wearing the Preventers uniform jacket that she had been issued earlier that morning. Despite Sam's complaints she still hadn't been issued a gun yet. (Reminder: remember this in the near future okay?)
"So you know Heero Yuy, Cadet O'Malley?" Une asked unaware that it was Relena that stood in front of her.
"Aye."
"Since Yuy is having trouble with his current partner, would it be any trouble that you become his partner after your training is done?"
"Me don' mind it a bit." Sam replied with a smile.
"Well since that is settled, what would you like for a codename? Hmmm."
"Ye mean we git t' choose our own cudname?" Relena feigned surprise.
"Yes."
"In tha' case, I think shamrock woul' be best suited fer me." Sam smiled.
"It does seem to fit quite well. Your basic training will start at 10 in room 105. Be careful, Mr. Chang has succeeded in insulting many people, I find it best to just ignore his insults. That is all." Une told Sam and Sam left the room so Une could get back to the paperwork that littered her desk. Relena smiled at the knowledge that she successfully fooled Une. Or was it that Lady Une was so busy that she didn't even notice. It was 8:15 AM, and Sam had started to feel her stomach growling and went to get some breakfast at a café that she had seen that was only a block away from Preventer's HQ. She decided to walk because it was a nice morning. As she was crossing the street to the cafe, Relena could hear the screech of tires on the asphalt coming from the direction of HQ. She saw the cause of the noise when the car came around the corner, smashing into whatever was in its path. It would have hit her, intentionally, if she hadn't dodged it. She quickly burned the image of the car and it's license plate into her mind. Y247TR. (Atn: Thanks Duck3 for your help.) And it was a small, gray car with un-tinted windows. Relena would have put more to memory if she hadn't heard an explosion. Preventer's HQ Front steps had received an explosion. *~*~*~
Heero had just finished dressing when a distress call came from his cellphone on the bedside table.
"ALL MAIN PREVENTERS RETURN TO HQ AT ONCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Une's voice sounded through the cell phone's radio system. Heero knew Une only did this during major situations. Heero quickly packed up his stuff, said farewell to Ire and left.
"Sand.... Come in." Heero said utilizing the two-way radio in his cell. He knew he was speeding on the rental motorcycle.
"What is it, Zero?" Quatre voice came in.
"I need a pickup here."
"I have a lock on your coordinates. Keep going at that speed and I'll meet you in fifteen minutes." Quatre said seriously. Heero knew Quatre had received the message. Soon Heero heard a really loud noise above him.
"I am right above you, climb in." Quatre's voice sounded in the radio. Heero knew this was dangerous but none of them had time to land a plane and take off again. Heero grabbed a hold of the plane's front axel. Yelling into his radio over the sound of the propeller, "Pull me up!" Quatre pulled on the throttle pulling Heero off the bike. He saw the plane's passenger's door open and a hand reached out for him to grab. He swung himself on the axel to get to the outstretched hand. He realized it was Trowa ads he was quickly pulled in and the door closed.
*~*~*~
Sam raced back to HQ as fast as her legs could take her, only to see the front steps of Preventer's HQ up in a blazing inferno. Not being one who liked to stand by and watch, Sam rushed into the building's hidden side door to help the people trapped in the lobby. Relena knew about this hidden door from a previous visit when the Preventer's needed to get her out of there in secret. When she got inside unnoticed, she saw a few people dead and a lot injured. Helping people get out into safety, Relena knew the seriousness of this problem. She also knew some useful information. She saw the fire department show up to douse out the blazing inferno. It had been obvious that the fire and smoke expanded. Since it was Preventer's HQ the building was quickly evacuated. For Sam, Breakfast, and lunch were forgotten in that emergency. That night, Relena saw someone familiar among the injured. Duo. She remembered that she had helped pull him out of the building. He was staring at her, and she found it creepy. Relena had never known Duo to look at her in that way. He signaled for her to come over.
"Your Sam O'Malley, right." Duo said, his creepy expression turning into the more jovial one she knew all to well.
"Aye, an' wha's yer bus'ness wi' me Laddie." Relena said quickly hiding behind her alternate personality.
"I have heard rumors about you and Heero." Duo said. Duo seemed like he was trying to get her to say something that might link her with Relena and Relena quickly saw it.
"So ye know Mr. Yuy?" Sam inquired with a smile. The disappointed look in Duo's eyes gave his notions away.
"I am Duo Maxwell, He and I are buddies." Duo said holding out his hand in greeting.
"Ya know Mr. Yuy do'n't seem t' be the frien'ly type." Sam told the jovial but injured man, "So why does he have a friend?" Duo looked a little hurt from the question.
"Because we are just friends. Sam." An all too familiar voice came from behind her. She turned around to see those Prussian blue eyes staring at her for the first time in four months. The blazing fire reflecting off them. It was almost too much for her heart to hold back. Then she realized he had said 'Sam' and her heart drooped. She noticed two people behind him, the ever-quiet Trowa, and the angelic Quatre. Sam heard another familiar voice sounding through the crowd.
"Duo!!!" She saw Hilde run up to Duo's cot that he had been placed on. Sam realized that they were both wearing wedding bands and that they had gotten married within the two years that she was gone.
"Hey Hilde!" Duo's jovial smile turned to her. She gently scolded him for not calling her.
"Cadet, could you excuse us?" Une said behind Sam.
"Sorry, I cannot do tha'." Sam said turning around. "Since I have impor'ent inf'rmation fer ye." Une looked at Sam, eyes narrowing, her expression saying 'go ahead'. Sam continued, "I saw the git'way car, grey wi' untint'd windors; the license plate re'd Y247TR. There were three inside.
"You have good eyes." A deep, quiet voice spoke up from behind Trowa. She saw the Platinum blonde hair and recognized him immediately. Millairdo. Beside him was Noin. She was holding an adorable little baby boy, whom of which had deep purple eyes and the hair of his father. Relena felt a little pained to know that she had missed yet another important event in the lives of her friends and family.
"Sam, I want you to meet......" Une tried to say but was quickly cut short by Sam.
"Vis Farin Min'ster!" Sam said excitedly with a slight bow. Zechs felt a little embarrassed from the small show. The title had been forced on him since no one wanted to run for the office. He grumbled and approached Une.
"What's the damage?" he asked.
"The lobby and a few floors received most of the damage." Une said as she scanned the pages of the list handed to her by a fireman who already went inside to scope all the damages. Zechs looked at the scars that the building had received.
"What could've done this?" He asked
"A pipe bomb." Duo blurted from his cot, "I used to make those in my childhood but this had a little more umph." Relena had never seen Duo so serious in her life. But she realized something, when she found Duo, he was closest to the door where the explosion had gone off. He, unlike five others, had managed to escape with his life, but not unscathed. He had two broken limbs, and was covered in scrapes and bruises.
"If ye'll 'scuse me, me thinks me usefulness is up." Sam said she started to leave, but a hand grabbed her wrist tightly and spun her around to meet Prussian blue once again.
"Since you are to be my next partner, and that you have proved useful, you're coming with on this mission."
"An' wha' mission is tha'?"
"To find out who did this." Heero replied as he pulled her along behind him. Une threw Sam something that she couldn't recognize in the dark.
"You might need that so keep it with you at all times." Une said. As soon as Heero had pulled Sam into the separate garage he stopped and turned to face her.
"So you've seen Relena?" He asked suddenly. Relena started to get nervous, she couldn't ignore those eyes staring at her intensely, and she never could.
"Aye." Sam said trying to calm herself down.
"How is she doing? I mean health wise." Heero inquired.
"She seemed he'lthy 'nough, though she looked a li'l frustrated." Sam told him. Heero seemed to have a little of a relieved look on his face after she said that.
"I am glad to know that she is okay." He admitted, a small smile forming on his lips. "By the way do you have a place to stay?"
"Aye, I already do." Relena wanted to say no but her mouth couldn't be trusted.
"Can I stay with you tonight?" Heero asked in monotone, "It may be too dangerous if I go home at this time." Sam raised an eyebrow. Without the second sentence the first sounded a little kinky, but Relena knew him better than to try anything. Rolling her eyes for good measure, Sam said her answer.
"Fine, but I warn ye, it be tiny."
"Fine. Can we take your motorcycle, Sam?" Relena was taken aback by Heero's sudden questions.
"I don' have a helmet fer ye." She said.
"I already have one." Heero said as he walked over to a black pickup truck, pulling the key from his pocket, he quickly opened the door and grabbed the helmet from off the seat he also shouldered his pack from off the passenger's seat. "I just got back from Bantry Bay." Heero said trying to strike up a conversation. Heero never tried to strike up conversation. Maybe the years gone changed him a little. "So who's driving?" Heero said pulling Sam from her thoughts.
"I be drivin'." Sam said quickly claiming her spot on the bike. Heero sat behind her, holding them both up as she started the engine.
*~*~*~ Author's Note*~*~*~
I'll try to get Chapter 9: "Right Under His Nose" done as soon as possible. In the meantime, PLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEE Review, I enjoy reading them. Though I didn't get to read those submitted until Wednesday, I was kinda bummed,T_T But I knew that they were there.^_^ Thanks.
~Tojot~