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Tojot: I am such a lazy moron! (Dodges rotten fruit) And for my laziness you get a whole lot more content then I would even like to put in one chapter alone. Forgive me if it seems rushed because I stayed up late again for you just to get this chapter and another story's chapter done. I am co- writing an Inuyasha story under the penname "Oh Goodness" I wrote the second chapter. You are fully welcome to read it and review.
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Chapter 10: Uprooting Again?!
By: Tojot
It had been six months since Sam started working at Preventers with Heero. Training was finished and Sam still couldn't shoot a thing to save her life. She was known to have really good eyes when it came to spotting things, though. Everything else that was learned she was rather average according to Heero's report on her progress. Sam sat at Duo's former desk typing away at the computer finishing a report on a recent mission that was completed two days before. Duo was stationed with his wife, Hilde. His limbs and wounds healed and he was back to being his strange self. It was obvious that things had settled in and became a routine. Heero finished his own report on the events that happened when they had guarded the Vice- Foreign Minister and his family from an assassination threat that had been sent to their mansion two weeks ago. There was only one problem to the Preventer's mission: Zechs Merquise absolutely hates to be followed. Luckily Sam spotted both gunmen before any shots were fired. They had strategically placed themselves in different areas so one could at least accomplish their goal. Heero took them out so things could remain quiet. During and after the whole event Sam seemed a little a nervous and defensive. Almost like it was a personal matter.
Heero pulled up the request form. He had to fill it out so he could take a leave of absence to go to the colonies to continue the search for Relena. If Relena was in the colonies the search was going to be a lot more difficult now. Sam had promised Heero that she would definitely help him find her. He had already found them someplace to live during their search. It was now just a matter of getting permission to leave.
Sam had just finished her report when her computer screen blinked, indicating that she had E-mail. She opened it to reveal that it had an attached movie file. She read it: "This is for all whom have been teased by Duo and/or who need cheering up. Duo has begun to grow his beard again and thus I had no choice but to put this up to get back at him. Hope you laugh. Don't tell Duo. –Hilde."
When she opened the movie file she got something totally unexpected. She now knew why Hilde had asked to not tell Duo. (Atn: Those who read the Humorous Extra of Chapter 6 should know what it is.) Heero got curious as to what Sam was looking at when he heard "You make me feel," sung in an off- key, high-pitched voice. Once he had laid eyes on the humiliating footage, he fell over in unbelief and laughter that took Sam by surprise. Heero now knew why Hilde had mentioned Swiffer clothes several months ago. Heero then immediately copied off the e-mail to keep for the years to come.
"Mr. Yuy?" Sam said ten minutes later. He had asked her to just call him Heero months ago but she told him that she had a habit of calling friends by their last names. When he insisted that she just call him 'Heero', Sam panicked a little but did as he asked. Once Heero heard how obnoxious his name sounded in the Irish tongue, he immediately told her to go back to calling him Mr. Yuy.
"Hmm." Heero hmmed.
"When d' we go find Miss Darlin."
"When Une okays it." He said briskly.
(break)
"Do you get the feeling that people are laughing at me?" Duo asked as he sat by Heero in the newly reconstructed food court. It had been three days since the e-mail. Heero had to hold back a sadistic chuckle once Duo said this.
"Now, why would ye ask a thin' like tha', Mr. Maxwell?" Sam asked surprisingly straight-faced at the comment. Duo didn't know what to think of her; even though she had similarities to Hilde, she was rather conservative for his tastes. She seemed to be around Heero a lot. Heero seemed to be a little more calm and collected since the reassignment. Duo figured it had to be the fact that Sam didn't bug Heero as much as he used to. She sat across the table from Heero, enjoying her sandwich.
"Well you never know." Duo muffled after taking a big bite out of his hamburger. He then started to choke on a piece of hamburger that didn't get fully chewed and lodged itself in his throat. Heero took evasive action and hit the braided man on the back very hard. The piece was dislodged and was flung through the air and Sam was barely missed being hit by the chunk of flying meat. She had to duck out of the way. Its new target was the bald guy that was sitting at the table behind Sam. He didn't look all too happy about the matter of being a living target for a piece of dead food. Duo, once regaining his senses and seeing the angry bald dude in front of him, tried his hardest to hold back a bellowing laugh. But Duo being Duo we all know he couldn't stop himself at laughing. The guy became even angrier at this outburst of laughing and looked like he was going to kill them. Sam saw Heero reach for his gun, but Trowa came into the room in a rush before he could pull it out.
"I need to talk to you three." He said briskly. The three quickly followed Trowa out into the hall.
"Thanks Trowa, for getting us out of there, I definitely owe you one." Duo said relieved to have escaped of the wrath of the bald guy.
"Duo, Hilde said that she wanted to talk to you. She said that it was urgent matter." Trowa immediately said without skipping any beat. Duo's eyes went wide just before speeding off to the nearest elevator. "Miss Une needs to see you both in her office immediately about the leave request you sent her." Trowa told them as he walked down the hall and turned the corner.
"Damn." Heero whispered, turning the other way.
"Wha' be the pr'blem this time Mr. Yuy?" Sam followed after him. He didn't answer her simple question. Relena figured that it couldn't be a good thing. She had only seen Heero look this pissed a few times. His jaw and fists were clenched. She stopped asking questions and followed him all the way up to Une's office. He just passed the secretary and went in. Sam stopped in front of his desk and gave him an apologetic smile.
"Don't worry Miss O'Malley. She was already expecting him to do this, he started doing it when Miss Dorlian disappeared and Une wouldn't let him go." The secretary replied with a smile.
"UNE WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!!!!" Heero shouted. This was the first time Relena had seen him like this. Une and Duo had, though.
"Preventer Zero it may be best to calm down so we can talk about this like the rational adults we are!"
"HOW CAN I CALM DOWN WHEN IT IS RELENA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE!" He continued to shout. Relena shut the door behind her quietly. She had never known how passionately he had felt about finding her. Une acknowledged Sam's presence in the room with a nod. Une hoped Sam wouldn't be as unrational and stubborn as Heero was being. After a few minutes of silence that Une hoped Heero could calm down a little, the talking resumed.
"Wha' be the pr'blem, Miss Une?" Sam asked.
"I can't approve your leave requests. It takes up too much time and resources." Une told them. Relena was starting to feel guilty that she had put Heero through all of this. She decided that she should reveal herself. But, before a word could come out of her mouth Heero spoke two simple words.
"I resign." Une's eyes went wide with surprise.
"What!" Both Une and Sam exclaimed in unison.
"Relena means more to me than either of you would ever know!" He said. Une came to a realization just then and asked Sam to leave the room. Une just then noticed Sam's face was a little pale just before she left the room. Her eyes narrowed on concentration on what could be on Sam's mind. With the clearing of the throat, Heero brought Une's attention back to the matter at hand and the thought was forgotten.
"Thank you Heero." Une said. Heero looked at her as if she had gone stark raving mad. "You have just reminded me of me a little of when I was your age." Une said calmly with an ironic smile, Heero thought what Une said was a little vague. "Thus I have an idea, but it will make the search harder." Heero immediately gave her his undivided attention. "You can go. But, you are forbidden from using any Preventer equipment and resources. And don't come back until you have completed the mission." From what Une said, Heero knew that the mission was going to be harder now that he was forbidden from using any resources that Preventers had. No words escaped from his mouth but a slight smile had plastered on his face.
"Heero," Une continued, "you want Sam to go with you, correct?" Heero nodded. "Then make sure to tell her what she needs to know." Une said. Heero was about to go out the door when Une spoke up again. "If you do find Relena, you and Sam will be fully compensated." With that Heero nodded again and went out the door to tell Sam the news.
(Break)
After Sam had been excused, she realized that she felt a little nauseous and headed straight for the bathroom on the floor where her office was. Once she got there she realized that she wasn't the only one who felt ill. Someone else was in there. After losing the contents of her stomach into the toilet bowl, Sam felt a little cold and shaky but she did feel a whole heckova lot better.
"Hey, who is in the stall beside me?" The other person asked. Relena immediately recognized that this could only be Hilde.
"Me." Sam said. Sam now felt a little loopy.
"Well Me, do you have any toilet paper in your stall, this one doesn't have any." Hilde joked.
"Aye, here ye go." Sam answered as she handed Hilde several squares under the stall separator. They both walked out of the stalls to wash their hands. Just then Relena barely noticed it. Hilde had grown a little plump around the middle.
"Why are you sick?" Hilde asked curiously as she dried her hands.
"Lunch jus' di'n't seem t' agree wit' me t'day." Sam partly lied. The reason was that she felt a little overwhelmed at what Heero said earlier and maybe a little more of the lunch reason.
"Pregnancy for me." Hilde announced timidly. Relena's eyes went wide as her head did a rapid turn towards Hilde.
"WHA'!" Sam exclaimed in surprise. "Um.... Congraad'la'shuns." For fear that she may revert back to Relena accidentally, Sam decided to keep the conversation short. Relena loved to talk about things like this, but Relena wanted to stay Sam for a while longer.
"Me have t' go, I'm sure tha' Mr. Yuy will be needin t' talk to me." Sam told Hilde, "It was nice havin' our li'l chat." She immediately walked out the door. She was heading back up to Une's office when she looked into her office to find Heero packing only a few items. She found it strange that he was not clearing out his desk.
"Mr. Yuy?" Sam said. Heero had caught a glimpse of Sam's pale face before she left Une's office. He hoped that she was feeling better now. "Wha' be the news." Sam continued as she sat at her desk. The pale face he had seen was completely gone now.
"We can go." He told her, "But....." Great there had to be a 'but' to go along. Sam rolled her eyes. "We can't come back until we have found her, and Preventers can't provide us with any resources."
"Why? Wasn' Miss Darlin an impor'en' politician o' some sort? I'd think it be thare duty t' look fer her." Sam questioned.
"They quit looking for her about a year ago. I was the only one who wanted to keep going." Heero said as he opened his laptop and wiped the Preventer programs off it. All that he had left was his hacking skills which he knew would come in handy and the info that he could get could allow him to create a program that could help them both out.
"That be a shame." Sam chided.
"Hnn. You have your own laptop right?" Heero asked changing the subject.
"Aye."
"Good, you're gonna need it. Pack light. We may not come back so sell what you can. I'll e-mail you all the details tonight."
"Can I at leas' keep me cycle?" Sam sounded a little taken aback at Heero's abrupt remark. He thought about it a little.
"It wouldn't hurt." Heero agreed, "Oh, Sam, glad to know you're feeling better." He said as he walked out of the office. Sam felt her stomach growl a little. She immediately raided the food stash that she kept in her desk. Thankfully a certain braided man wasn't in it whenever she left the office alone. She kept it locked. Not that the lock stopped him anyway. It would just slow him down a little. She opened a can of Pringles and popped a chip into her mouth. She stretched and leaned back in her chair to enjoy the view outside the office window.
"Hiya, Sam whatcha doin?" Duo leaned over the back over her chair to look her in the face. Sam jumped in surprise.
"Ahh...." Crash. She didn't hear him come in.
"Are you alright?" Duo asked grinning down at Sam who was now on the floor. He had her Pringles in his hand and quickly popped a chip in his mouth.
"MR. MAXWELL! If ye have any brains within tha' head o' yers, ye woul' ne'er do tha' again!" She said as she scrambled off the floor and grabbed her chips out of his hand before they all disappeared into his mouth.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry. Have you seen Heero? I have some happy news to tell him." Duo asked.
"Le' me guess, ye found Miss Darlin?" Sam asked sarcastically.
"No, Hilde's pregnant."
"Tell me somethin' me don' alrea'y know."
"She told you already?"
"Aye."
"Does Heero already know?"
"Nay. But I'll be sure t' tell 'im the message when me see 'im." Sam popped another chip into her mouth.
"But that isn't the same."
(Break)
"Mr. Winner, A Mr. Yuy is here to see you." The secretary said over the COM system. Quatre was looking over the floor plan for a new division of Winner Corp.
"Good, send him in."
"Yes sir." With a click of the door Heero had wasted no time in entering.
"So?" Was the only word Heero had asked. Quatre handed Heero a large manila envelope.
"The shuttle is on the launch pad. But remember Heero, this whole mission is being funded by both Zechs and myself. Try not to destroy anything in the process of looking for her. There is a Card Key in the envelope that will open the building to the launch pad. The other two card keys are for the apartment. I am sure you know what do once you reached the colony."
"Roger."
"Oh. Heero, one more thing that I need to tell you; I have scheduled physicals for the both of you." Quatre told him as he set aside the blueprint and removed his magnifying glasses.
"So the government has passed the bill?" Heero enquired.
"Yeah, it happened two days ago and went into effect at midnight last night." Quatre replied. Heero turned to leave but stopped before the door and faced Quatre.
"Thanks Quatre." He said.
"No problem, just get her back safe and sound." Quatre replied with a smile.
(Break)
Sam was in the office of her landlord waiting to speak with him about moving. She had opened her laptop to see if she had received any e-mail from Heero. She had. It wasn't very small either.
"Miss O'Malley he is ready to see to your problem now." The assistant told her.
"Thank ye." She replied as she entered into his office.
"So Sam what can I do for you?" He asked.
"I be movin' t' the colonies on short notice, an' can't take me stuff wit' me."
"When do you leave?" He asked.
"T'morrow."
"That IS on short notice. So you can't take very much with you, Huh?" Sam nodded. "Well, from what I hear, a furnished apartment can be a better investment. How about I buy the furniture off you." The landlord told her.
"Tha' soun's fine."
"How much was every thing in there."
"$600." She gave out a significantly lowered amount. Since things did depreciate in value over the duration of six months.
"Okay. Miss O'Malley, you'll receive the money in the morning before you leave tomorrow as well as a full refund of your deposit that you paid when you got here. By the way I need to come by later and check out the condition of the apartment and the furniture. Will you be there tonight?" He asked.
"No."
"Well just don't leave anything you don't want to sell in the apartment when you're gone okay." He told her quickly.
"'Kay. Now if ye'll excuse me, I 'ave t' be t' an appoin'men'." She indicated to the door.
"Go ahead." The landlord said as he got back to his work. And she left with a comforting feeling.
Sam came through the doors of the clinic right on time. Relena looked around to try to find Heero. She saw Quatre walking towards her.
"Sam, you look a little like a lost child." Quatre said.
"Where be Mr. Yuy?" Sam asked. Relena felt a little nervous, Quatre was the kindest and the sweetest of all the Gundam pilots: It hurt a little that she had to lie to him about who she really was. He was the only one besides Heero that knew Relena the best.
"He's already in getting his physical. Heero asked me to watch for you while he's preoccupied at the moment." Quatre smiled.
"Oh." She replied, "So do ye know where me 'ave t' be?"
"Yes. Come with me." Quatre said as he led her into the elevator.
"You know what Sam?" Quatre broke the silence of the elevator ride to the third floor.
"Hmm?" She sounded as she gave her attention to him.
"You remind me of someone."
"An' who may tha' be?"
"Relena Dorlian..." He turned his face towards the opening elevator doors. He never saw the embarrassed look Sam had plastered all over her face. "Sorry, I didn't mean to say that." Quatre covered his mouth. Sam turned to see what Quatre was meaning; and there he was, in all his glory, Heero Yuy. He looked a little miffed from the looks of the glare that Quatre was on the receiving end of.
"So Heero how did you physical go?" Quatre quickly changed the subject.
"It went well." Heero's glare quickly turned into his regular stare as he faced Sam, "It's your turn. Be careful of cold hands."
"I be share t' reme'ber tha'." She replied. They walked out of the elevator as Heero walked in and the doors shut. Quatre let out a sigh of relief. "Wha' was tha' all 'bout?" Sam asked him.
"Not long after Miss Relena disappeared, Duo mocked Heero's worry about her. The rest of the Gundam Pilots, Including myself, thought that Duo wouldn't survive throughout the night. Fortunately for Duo, Hilde was there to save him from the impending death that loomed over him at that time. How she did, none of us know. But ever since, Heero has never allowed us to say Miss Relena's full name and get away with it."
"Why?"
"He thinks we're mocking his ability to successfully find someone."
"Have ye ben mockin' 'im?" Sam inquired.
"No, I totally believe beyond the shadow of the doubt that Heero will definitely find Miss Relena." Quatre said with a genuine smile.
"O'Malley!" The nurse called out in the waiting room.
"Aye." Sam answered, turning her attention from Quatre.
"The doctor's ready to see you now."
"Good luck." Quatre said, "I'll be here when you come out." With a nod Sam followed the nurse to a particular room. 'She reminds me so much of Miss Relena it isn't funny.' He thought with a smile. An hour later she came out.
"So how did it go?" Quatre asked.
"Jus' as healthy as a h'rse. But I be a li'l hungry af'er the busy day I 'ad t'day." Sam said.
"Why don't I take you to dinner okay?" Quatre smiled, "Where would you like to go?"
"Are ye seri'us?" Quatre nodded. "Then the café 'bout a block 'way from the Perven'ers buildin'."
(Break)
Quatre entered the apartment that he shared with one roommate that no one knew about. He hung his coat up in the closet and removed his wet shoes at the door. It had started to rain that evening after he made sure Sam was safe at home. He sat on the couch to relax
"So, what have you found out on her?" a familiar voice asked behind him. She made her way around the couch and sat down beside him.
"She is Relena alright. She doesn't realize how proper and polite she really is. I mean she has gone to great lengths to try to fool us all. Everything she has done was a simple change, black short hair is easily achieved through a cut and dye, hazel contacts to hide to true eye color, and skin darkening can be achieved through tanning. The Irish accent adds the flavor to the whole ensemble not to mention the name."
"I knew it, see I told you so. What I find intriguing is the way she is hiding. Right under his nose and he doesn't suspect a thing. I would so love to see the look on Heero's face when he finds out." The roommate said with a mischievous grin on her face.
"But there was something Heero told me about her." Quatre started.
"What was that?"
"He told me that she was living with her grandfather in Bantry Bay were he met her. Relena doesn't have any family except her brother."
"The old man was probably lonely when she met him, and would do anything for the company." She guessed.
"Tell me why we are keeping our silence, again?"
"Quatre, from what you told me of Heero's plans, She is bound to come clean to him sometime, lets just give her that time." A grimace spread across Quatre's lips.
"You're awful, you know that Dorothy?" he stated.
"I know." Dorothy said and gave him a highly seductive kiss. "Come on." She grabbed his tie and pulled Quatre into her room. Quatre was smiling the whole way.
(Break)
Sam arrived on the launch pad at the specified time Heero had set up so the staff could load the motorcycle on board. She had quite the night. First, her landlord called her about moving that very night, because a young woman, that went by the name of Middie Une, was looking for an apartment at that time. Sam was reluctant at first but the landlord added a hundred dollars more to the sum because of the matter as well as a full refund of the two hundred-dollar deposit. Thankfully she was fully packed and all she needed to do was grab her stuff, hop on her bike and go. Sam was left to rent a hotel room that night.
"Are you Miss O'Malley?" A member of the staff asked.
"Aye."
"We were told you had some items that needed to be loaded into the shuttle." He looked at his clipboard. "A motorcycle with one helmet and a back pack. Right?"
"Guess so." Sam said unsure. The items were loaded into the shuttle and Heero arrived.
"Ready to go?" He asked after they had buckled their safety harnesses.
"As rea'y as I'll ever be." She told him.
"Countdown commence!" He spoke into his headset.
"10...." A female voice started.
"Good luck the both of you." The head staff-man told them.
"9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 2... 1..." With a great burst the engines blasted.
[Author's note]
I hope that wasn't too long for you and I hope you enjoyed it. I am not sure when I'll have the next chapter up but I'll try to get it up soon. In the meantime............
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Tojot
Tojot: I am such a lazy moron! (Dodges rotten fruit) And for my laziness you get a whole lot more content then I would even like to put in one chapter alone. Forgive me if it seems rushed because I stayed up late again for you just to get this chapter and another story's chapter done. I am co- writing an Inuyasha story under the penname "Oh Goodness" I wrote the second chapter. You are fully welcome to read it and review.
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Chapter 10: Uprooting Again?!
By: Tojot
It had been six months since Sam started working at Preventers with Heero. Training was finished and Sam still couldn't shoot a thing to save her life. She was known to have really good eyes when it came to spotting things, though. Everything else that was learned she was rather average according to Heero's report on her progress. Sam sat at Duo's former desk typing away at the computer finishing a report on a recent mission that was completed two days before. Duo was stationed with his wife, Hilde. His limbs and wounds healed and he was back to being his strange self. It was obvious that things had settled in and became a routine. Heero finished his own report on the events that happened when they had guarded the Vice- Foreign Minister and his family from an assassination threat that had been sent to their mansion two weeks ago. There was only one problem to the Preventer's mission: Zechs Merquise absolutely hates to be followed. Luckily Sam spotted both gunmen before any shots were fired. They had strategically placed themselves in different areas so one could at least accomplish their goal. Heero took them out so things could remain quiet. During and after the whole event Sam seemed a little a nervous and defensive. Almost like it was a personal matter.
Heero pulled up the request form. He had to fill it out so he could take a leave of absence to go to the colonies to continue the search for Relena. If Relena was in the colonies the search was going to be a lot more difficult now. Sam had promised Heero that she would definitely help him find her. He had already found them someplace to live during their search. It was now just a matter of getting permission to leave.
Sam had just finished her report when her computer screen blinked, indicating that she had E-mail. She opened it to reveal that it had an attached movie file. She read it: "This is for all whom have been teased by Duo and/or who need cheering up. Duo has begun to grow his beard again and thus I had no choice but to put this up to get back at him. Hope you laugh. Don't tell Duo. –Hilde."
When she opened the movie file she got something totally unexpected. She now knew why Hilde had asked to not tell Duo. (Atn: Those who read the Humorous Extra of Chapter 6 should know what it is.) Heero got curious as to what Sam was looking at when he heard "You make me feel," sung in an off- key, high-pitched voice. Once he had laid eyes on the humiliating footage, he fell over in unbelief and laughter that took Sam by surprise. Heero now knew why Hilde had mentioned Swiffer clothes several months ago. Heero then immediately copied off the e-mail to keep for the years to come.
"Mr. Yuy?" Sam said ten minutes later. He had asked her to just call him Heero months ago but she told him that she had a habit of calling friends by their last names. When he insisted that she just call him 'Heero', Sam panicked a little but did as he asked. Once Heero heard how obnoxious his name sounded in the Irish tongue, he immediately told her to go back to calling him Mr. Yuy.
"Hmm." Heero hmmed.
"When d' we go find Miss Darlin."
"When Une okays it." He said briskly.
(break)
"Do you get the feeling that people are laughing at me?" Duo asked as he sat by Heero in the newly reconstructed food court. It had been three days since the e-mail. Heero had to hold back a sadistic chuckle once Duo said this.
"Now, why would ye ask a thin' like tha', Mr. Maxwell?" Sam asked surprisingly straight-faced at the comment. Duo didn't know what to think of her; even though she had similarities to Hilde, she was rather conservative for his tastes. She seemed to be around Heero a lot. Heero seemed to be a little more calm and collected since the reassignment. Duo figured it had to be the fact that Sam didn't bug Heero as much as he used to. She sat across the table from Heero, enjoying her sandwich.
"Well you never know." Duo muffled after taking a big bite out of his hamburger. He then started to choke on a piece of hamburger that didn't get fully chewed and lodged itself in his throat. Heero took evasive action and hit the braided man on the back very hard. The piece was dislodged and was flung through the air and Sam was barely missed being hit by the chunk of flying meat. She had to duck out of the way. Its new target was the bald guy that was sitting at the table behind Sam. He didn't look all too happy about the matter of being a living target for a piece of dead food. Duo, once regaining his senses and seeing the angry bald dude in front of him, tried his hardest to hold back a bellowing laugh. But Duo being Duo we all know he couldn't stop himself at laughing. The guy became even angrier at this outburst of laughing and looked like he was going to kill them. Sam saw Heero reach for his gun, but Trowa came into the room in a rush before he could pull it out.
"I need to talk to you three." He said briskly. The three quickly followed Trowa out into the hall.
"Thanks Trowa, for getting us out of there, I definitely owe you one." Duo said relieved to have escaped of the wrath of the bald guy.
"Duo, Hilde said that she wanted to talk to you. She said that it was urgent matter." Trowa immediately said without skipping any beat. Duo's eyes went wide just before speeding off to the nearest elevator. "Miss Une needs to see you both in her office immediately about the leave request you sent her." Trowa told them as he walked down the hall and turned the corner.
"Damn." Heero whispered, turning the other way.
"Wha' be the pr'blem this time Mr. Yuy?" Sam followed after him. He didn't answer her simple question. Relena figured that it couldn't be a good thing. She had only seen Heero look this pissed a few times. His jaw and fists were clenched. She stopped asking questions and followed him all the way up to Une's office. He just passed the secretary and went in. Sam stopped in front of his desk and gave him an apologetic smile.
"Don't worry Miss O'Malley. She was already expecting him to do this, he started doing it when Miss Dorlian disappeared and Une wouldn't let him go." The secretary replied with a smile.
"UNE WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!!!!" Heero shouted. This was the first time Relena had seen him like this. Une and Duo had, though.
"Preventer Zero it may be best to calm down so we can talk about this like the rational adults we are!"
"HOW CAN I CALM DOWN WHEN IT IS RELENA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE!" He continued to shout. Relena shut the door behind her quietly. She had never known how passionately he had felt about finding her. Une acknowledged Sam's presence in the room with a nod. Une hoped Sam wouldn't be as unrational and stubborn as Heero was being. After a few minutes of silence that Une hoped Heero could calm down a little, the talking resumed.
"Wha' be the pr'blem, Miss Une?" Sam asked.
"I can't approve your leave requests. It takes up too much time and resources." Une told them. Relena was starting to feel guilty that she had put Heero through all of this. She decided that she should reveal herself. But, before a word could come out of her mouth Heero spoke two simple words.
"I resign." Une's eyes went wide with surprise.
"What!" Both Une and Sam exclaimed in unison.
"Relena means more to me than either of you would ever know!" He said. Une came to a realization just then and asked Sam to leave the room. Une just then noticed Sam's face was a little pale just before she left the room. Her eyes narrowed on concentration on what could be on Sam's mind. With the clearing of the throat, Heero brought Une's attention back to the matter at hand and the thought was forgotten.
"Thank you Heero." Une said. Heero looked at her as if she had gone stark raving mad. "You have just reminded me of me a little of when I was your age." Une said calmly with an ironic smile, Heero thought what Une said was a little vague. "Thus I have an idea, but it will make the search harder." Heero immediately gave her his undivided attention. "You can go. But, you are forbidden from using any Preventer equipment and resources. And don't come back until you have completed the mission." From what Une said, Heero knew that the mission was going to be harder now that he was forbidden from using any resources that Preventers had. No words escaped from his mouth but a slight smile had plastered on his face.
"Heero," Une continued, "you want Sam to go with you, correct?" Heero nodded. "Then make sure to tell her what she needs to know." Une said. Heero was about to go out the door when Une spoke up again. "If you do find Relena, you and Sam will be fully compensated." With that Heero nodded again and went out the door to tell Sam the news.
(Break)
After Sam had been excused, she realized that she felt a little nauseous and headed straight for the bathroom on the floor where her office was. Once she got there she realized that she wasn't the only one who felt ill. Someone else was in there. After losing the contents of her stomach into the toilet bowl, Sam felt a little cold and shaky but she did feel a whole heckova lot better.
"Hey, who is in the stall beside me?" The other person asked. Relena immediately recognized that this could only be Hilde.
"Me." Sam said. Sam now felt a little loopy.
"Well Me, do you have any toilet paper in your stall, this one doesn't have any." Hilde joked.
"Aye, here ye go." Sam answered as she handed Hilde several squares under the stall separator. They both walked out of the stalls to wash their hands. Just then Relena barely noticed it. Hilde had grown a little plump around the middle.
"Why are you sick?" Hilde asked curiously as she dried her hands.
"Lunch jus' di'n't seem t' agree wit' me t'day." Sam partly lied. The reason was that she felt a little overwhelmed at what Heero said earlier and maybe a little more of the lunch reason.
"Pregnancy for me." Hilde announced timidly. Relena's eyes went wide as her head did a rapid turn towards Hilde.
"WHA'!" Sam exclaimed in surprise. "Um.... Congraad'la'shuns." For fear that she may revert back to Relena accidentally, Sam decided to keep the conversation short. Relena loved to talk about things like this, but Relena wanted to stay Sam for a while longer.
"Me have t' go, I'm sure tha' Mr. Yuy will be needin t' talk to me." Sam told Hilde, "It was nice havin' our li'l chat." She immediately walked out the door. She was heading back up to Une's office when she looked into her office to find Heero packing only a few items. She found it strange that he was not clearing out his desk.
"Mr. Yuy?" Sam said. Heero had caught a glimpse of Sam's pale face before she left Une's office. He hoped that she was feeling better now. "Wha' be the news." Sam continued as she sat at her desk. The pale face he had seen was completely gone now.
"We can go." He told her, "But....." Great there had to be a 'but' to go along. Sam rolled her eyes. "We can't come back until we have found her, and Preventers can't provide us with any resources."
"Why? Wasn' Miss Darlin an impor'en' politician o' some sort? I'd think it be thare duty t' look fer her." Sam questioned.
"They quit looking for her about a year ago. I was the only one who wanted to keep going." Heero said as he opened his laptop and wiped the Preventer programs off it. All that he had left was his hacking skills which he knew would come in handy and the info that he could get could allow him to create a program that could help them both out.
"That be a shame." Sam chided.
"Hnn. You have your own laptop right?" Heero asked changing the subject.
"Aye."
"Good, you're gonna need it. Pack light. We may not come back so sell what you can. I'll e-mail you all the details tonight."
"Can I at leas' keep me cycle?" Sam sounded a little taken aback at Heero's abrupt remark. He thought about it a little.
"It wouldn't hurt." Heero agreed, "Oh, Sam, glad to know you're feeling better." He said as he walked out of the office. Sam felt her stomach growl a little. She immediately raided the food stash that she kept in her desk. Thankfully a certain braided man wasn't in it whenever she left the office alone. She kept it locked. Not that the lock stopped him anyway. It would just slow him down a little. She opened a can of Pringles and popped a chip into her mouth. She stretched and leaned back in her chair to enjoy the view outside the office window.
"Hiya, Sam whatcha doin?" Duo leaned over the back over her chair to look her in the face. Sam jumped in surprise.
"Ahh...." Crash. She didn't hear him come in.
"Are you alright?" Duo asked grinning down at Sam who was now on the floor. He had her Pringles in his hand and quickly popped a chip in his mouth.
"MR. MAXWELL! If ye have any brains within tha' head o' yers, ye woul' ne'er do tha' again!" She said as she scrambled off the floor and grabbed her chips out of his hand before they all disappeared into his mouth.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry. Have you seen Heero? I have some happy news to tell him." Duo asked.
"Le' me guess, ye found Miss Darlin?" Sam asked sarcastically.
"No, Hilde's pregnant."
"Tell me somethin' me don' alrea'y know."
"She told you already?"
"Aye."
"Does Heero already know?"
"Nay. But I'll be sure t' tell 'im the message when me see 'im." Sam popped another chip into her mouth.
"But that isn't the same."
(Break)
"Mr. Winner, A Mr. Yuy is here to see you." The secretary said over the COM system. Quatre was looking over the floor plan for a new division of Winner Corp.
"Good, send him in."
"Yes sir." With a click of the door Heero had wasted no time in entering.
"So?" Was the only word Heero had asked. Quatre handed Heero a large manila envelope.
"The shuttle is on the launch pad. But remember Heero, this whole mission is being funded by both Zechs and myself. Try not to destroy anything in the process of looking for her. There is a Card Key in the envelope that will open the building to the launch pad. The other two card keys are for the apartment. I am sure you know what do once you reached the colony."
"Roger."
"Oh. Heero, one more thing that I need to tell you; I have scheduled physicals for the both of you." Quatre told him as he set aside the blueprint and removed his magnifying glasses.
"So the government has passed the bill?" Heero enquired.
"Yeah, it happened two days ago and went into effect at midnight last night." Quatre replied. Heero turned to leave but stopped before the door and faced Quatre.
"Thanks Quatre." He said.
"No problem, just get her back safe and sound." Quatre replied with a smile.
(Break)
Sam was in the office of her landlord waiting to speak with him about moving. She had opened her laptop to see if she had received any e-mail from Heero. She had. It wasn't very small either.
"Miss O'Malley he is ready to see to your problem now." The assistant told her.
"Thank ye." She replied as she entered into his office.
"So Sam what can I do for you?" He asked.
"I be movin' t' the colonies on short notice, an' can't take me stuff wit' me."
"When do you leave?" He asked.
"T'morrow."
"That IS on short notice. So you can't take very much with you, Huh?" Sam nodded. "Well, from what I hear, a furnished apartment can be a better investment. How about I buy the furniture off you." The landlord told her.
"Tha' soun's fine."
"How much was every thing in there."
"$600." She gave out a significantly lowered amount. Since things did depreciate in value over the duration of six months.
"Okay. Miss O'Malley, you'll receive the money in the morning before you leave tomorrow as well as a full refund of your deposit that you paid when you got here. By the way I need to come by later and check out the condition of the apartment and the furniture. Will you be there tonight?" He asked.
"No."
"Well just don't leave anything you don't want to sell in the apartment when you're gone okay." He told her quickly.
"'Kay. Now if ye'll excuse me, I 'ave t' be t' an appoin'men'." She indicated to the door.
"Go ahead." The landlord said as he got back to his work. And she left with a comforting feeling.
Sam came through the doors of the clinic right on time. Relena looked around to try to find Heero. She saw Quatre walking towards her.
"Sam, you look a little like a lost child." Quatre said.
"Where be Mr. Yuy?" Sam asked. Relena felt a little nervous, Quatre was the kindest and the sweetest of all the Gundam pilots: It hurt a little that she had to lie to him about who she really was. He was the only one besides Heero that knew Relena the best.
"He's already in getting his physical. Heero asked me to watch for you while he's preoccupied at the moment." Quatre smiled.
"Oh." She replied, "So do ye know where me 'ave t' be?"
"Yes. Come with me." Quatre said as he led her into the elevator.
"You know what Sam?" Quatre broke the silence of the elevator ride to the third floor.
"Hmm?" She sounded as she gave her attention to him.
"You remind me of someone."
"An' who may tha' be?"
"Relena Dorlian..." He turned his face towards the opening elevator doors. He never saw the embarrassed look Sam had plastered all over her face. "Sorry, I didn't mean to say that." Quatre covered his mouth. Sam turned to see what Quatre was meaning; and there he was, in all his glory, Heero Yuy. He looked a little miffed from the looks of the glare that Quatre was on the receiving end of.
"So Heero how did you physical go?" Quatre quickly changed the subject.
"It went well." Heero's glare quickly turned into his regular stare as he faced Sam, "It's your turn. Be careful of cold hands."
"I be share t' reme'ber tha'." She replied. They walked out of the elevator as Heero walked in and the doors shut. Quatre let out a sigh of relief. "Wha' was tha' all 'bout?" Sam asked him.
"Not long after Miss Relena disappeared, Duo mocked Heero's worry about her. The rest of the Gundam Pilots, Including myself, thought that Duo wouldn't survive throughout the night. Fortunately for Duo, Hilde was there to save him from the impending death that loomed over him at that time. How she did, none of us know. But ever since, Heero has never allowed us to say Miss Relena's full name and get away with it."
"Why?"
"He thinks we're mocking his ability to successfully find someone."
"Have ye ben mockin' 'im?" Sam inquired.
"No, I totally believe beyond the shadow of the doubt that Heero will definitely find Miss Relena." Quatre said with a genuine smile.
"O'Malley!" The nurse called out in the waiting room.
"Aye." Sam answered, turning her attention from Quatre.
"The doctor's ready to see you now."
"Good luck." Quatre said, "I'll be here when you come out." With a nod Sam followed the nurse to a particular room. 'She reminds me so much of Miss Relena it isn't funny.' He thought with a smile. An hour later she came out.
"So how did it go?" Quatre asked.
"Jus' as healthy as a h'rse. But I be a li'l hungry af'er the busy day I 'ad t'day." Sam said.
"Why don't I take you to dinner okay?" Quatre smiled, "Where would you like to go?"
"Are ye seri'us?" Quatre nodded. "Then the café 'bout a block 'way from the Perven'ers buildin'."
(Break)
Quatre entered the apartment that he shared with one roommate that no one knew about. He hung his coat up in the closet and removed his wet shoes at the door. It had started to rain that evening after he made sure Sam was safe at home. He sat on the couch to relax
"So, what have you found out on her?" a familiar voice asked behind him. She made her way around the couch and sat down beside him.
"She is Relena alright. She doesn't realize how proper and polite she really is. I mean she has gone to great lengths to try to fool us all. Everything she has done was a simple change, black short hair is easily achieved through a cut and dye, hazel contacts to hide to true eye color, and skin darkening can be achieved through tanning. The Irish accent adds the flavor to the whole ensemble not to mention the name."
"I knew it, see I told you so. What I find intriguing is the way she is hiding. Right under his nose and he doesn't suspect a thing. I would so love to see the look on Heero's face when he finds out." The roommate said with a mischievous grin on her face.
"But there was something Heero told me about her." Quatre started.
"What was that?"
"He told me that she was living with her grandfather in Bantry Bay were he met her. Relena doesn't have any family except her brother."
"The old man was probably lonely when she met him, and would do anything for the company." She guessed.
"Tell me why we are keeping our silence, again?"
"Quatre, from what you told me of Heero's plans, She is bound to come clean to him sometime, lets just give her that time." A grimace spread across Quatre's lips.
"You're awful, you know that Dorothy?" he stated.
"I know." Dorothy said and gave him a highly seductive kiss. "Come on." She grabbed his tie and pulled Quatre into her room. Quatre was smiling the whole way.
(Break)
Sam arrived on the launch pad at the specified time Heero had set up so the staff could load the motorcycle on board. She had quite the night. First, her landlord called her about moving that very night, because a young woman, that went by the name of Middie Une, was looking for an apartment at that time. Sam was reluctant at first but the landlord added a hundred dollars more to the sum because of the matter as well as a full refund of the two hundred-dollar deposit. Thankfully she was fully packed and all she needed to do was grab her stuff, hop on her bike and go. Sam was left to rent a hotel room that night.
"Are you Miss O'Malley?" A member of the staff asked.
"Aye."
"We were told you had some items that needed to be loaded into the shuttle." He looked at his clipboard. "A motorcycle with one helmet and a back pack. Right?"
"Guess so." Sam said unsure. The items were loaded into the shuttle and Heero arrived.
"Ready to go?" He asked after they had buckled their safety harnesses.
"As rea'y as I'll ever be." She told him.
"Countdown commence!" He spoke into his headset.
"10...." A female voice started.
"Good luck the both of you." The head staff-man told them.
"9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 2... 1..." With a great burst the engines blasted.
[Author's note]
I hope that wasn't too long for you and I hope you enjoyed it. I am not sure when I'll have the next chapter up but I'll try to get it up soon. In the meantime............
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