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Chapter 2

"Well, Ling, I think we are finally finished here. You have sufficiently passed all the scenarios," Wufei told Ling after five hard days of training. It had taken three more days than necessary to finish all of Ling's training. If nothing else, this experience has showed him how lucky he is that his permanent partner was Sally. Sometimes the clothing that Ling wore was just way too inappropriate for their work. After a day out in the jungle scenario, she had came back with scratches on her leg because of the shorts that she chose to wear. It was hard for him not to laugh at her stupidity. Woman!

"Are you sure Wufei? What about weapon training? Are you sure that I passed that one? I thought my score was relatively low. " Ling stalled.

"Trust me, Lady Une will be satisfied with the recommendations I have made." Wufei stated, trying hard to be nice. Hadn't Sally said that he was always way too dismissive?

"Oh," Ling replied, running out of ways to keep Wufei with her. She knew that as soon as this was over, then Wufei would be back with Sally and she would have a new partner.

"Get a good night sleep tonight, tomorrow we are going to go back to Headquarters," Wufei told her.

All Ling could do was nod, the realization of losing Wufei was too great for her to do anything else.

--Meanwhile with Sally--

"I just wanted to say that it was great working with you." Sally stated as she said her good bye to the protection team. The trip had been very fast and easy but very enjoyable thanks to Charlie.

"If it was that nice for you, why don't you stay? We can be partners." Charlie suggested.

"It's tempting, but I already have a partner. As much of a pain as Wufei is, he is the only person I can imagine myself with," Sally replied.

Charlie just smiled. He knew that Sally would miss the blatant flirting, afterall she had been missing it all week. However, he knew he had a foot in the door already. Afterall, she knew he existed now. Next step, the partnership he truly intended them to be.

Sally thought she saw a smirk on Charlie's face, but didn't ponder on it. Instead her mind was on Wufei and wondering how his training with Ling went. They would have been back for a few days now, was he angry with her not being there?

The rest of the ride down to Earth was in relative silence. Charlie made a few attempts at conversation, but it quickly dissipated. Finally they had arrived on Earth. Looking around, Sally did not spot the plane that would take her back to Headquarter. Though a part of her was surprised by the Preventer's not having had one waiting for her, she pushed the worry aside. "Where's my plane to Headquarters?" she asked Charlie.

"Oh, it must have not arrived, why don't we just check in at a hotel and take the time to refresh. We must be early." Charlie invited with a charming smile.

Sally did not even hear his statement as she had already started towards the car rental area. There was no way she was going to be stopped by anything. Wufei had better be back when she arrived home.

--Back at Headquarter—

"What do you mean I ordered you not to have a plane bring Agent Water back?" Lady Une questioned the officer in front of her. After hearing the excuse of why he hadn't gone to pick up Sally, she felt as if a ton of weight was added to her shoulders. She was sure that she never canceled the request for Sally to be picked up. Wufei was due back soon and would soon know that the President's trip had ended. If Sally was not here, Une could not even imagine the mood Wufei would be in. After all, his communication to her insinuated he was quite annoyed at having been assigned to train Ling.

"I'm sorry madam, but I was told you requested that I pick up Wufei instead of Sally."

"What you went and got WUFEI!" Une practically screamed. Just then she noticed that Wufei was leaning casually against her doorframe. His eyes however, were anything but casual or calm. It clearly was surprised by the tone of Une's voice.

"Come now Une, you truly think I would fall for this?" Wufei asked casually. He was on to them. Sally must have decided to pull this prank on him, for not being here for their anniversary. He knew that the woman could be vindictive. She must have been quite annoyed with him to have convinced even Une to play along and even yell.

"Wufei! Why don't you go home?" Une suggested. To cover up her anxiety, she added, "I mean after such an intense training, you must be tired."

"What? And miss the fun, no thank you. Now, where is Sally hiding?" Wufei asked again, this time losing the casual tone he had before. The prank was now getting annoying.

"She is... currently not present, Wufei." For the first time in at least a week, Une was worried. Sally & Wufei had never truly been separated. As questionable as that sounded, Une recognized a good team when she saw one and had never pushed for them to go on separate assignments. She was not sure she could handle what catastrophe might erupt once Wufei realized that Sally was not here.

Wufei raised an eyebrow that would have made Heero proud in its expression. It appeared that there was no prank being pulled and he felt annoyance bubbling up inside. If Sally was not here then it meant she was with that... "what do you mean she isn't here? She should be here! The President's trip has ended, I heard it on the news when I was coming in. So what did the woman do now? How has she gotten herself into trouble that she cannot even make it back safely? Sometimes she disgusts me! Can't she even take care of herself? Nataku why is it I get the incompetent woman as a partner! Even Ling is better. Damn that Sally!" He exclaimed before marching out of Une's office.

It was going to be a long afternoon.

--Sally—

Finally after escaping the gasping hands of Charlie, Sally had finally arrived back at the Headquarters. Now even the thought of Charlie sent shivers up and down her spine. And they were not the nice kind. He made her feel extremely uncomfortable. The fact that he dared to try to touch her in that manner. When Wufei finds out, he will... Wufei can't find out. Sally did not want to give that man another reason to think that she was weark or something. Plus he would be disgusted with her for not realizing Charlie's intentions earlier.

"Hi Sally!" Ling greeted her. Sally glanced at Ling suspiciously. "Here, I just thought you might want this." Ling handed Sally a hallogram disk. Eyeing it suspciously, Sally took it with a feeling of dread. "You might want to watch this privately." Quickly, Ling walked away but not without placing a seed of discomfort further inside Sally.

Quickly walking out of Headquarters, Sally took the short drive back to her quarters. Once inside, she popped the disk into the projector and there it was, flashing before her. An angry Wufei, cursing and expressing his hate for her. There was no doubt in Sally's mind. Wufei was angry with her. Though a part of herself, reminded her that Wufei gets into these fits, Sally had never witnessed it before. Only heard it from others and she could not help but feel that this was his truly feelings toward her. For some reason, seeing how she had suspected Wufei viewed her, despite 5 years of partnership, hurt more than she had expected. Shaken out of her throughts by the knocking on her door, Sally tensed when she heard the voice on the other side.

"Damn it Sally, OPEN THIS DOOR!" Sally could hear Wufei calling from the other side. Reluctantly she opened the door and let him in. "DAMN YOU WOMAN. THIS IS MY HOUSE TOO!" Wufei yelled her. But to Sally they were empty words, she realized that this was his house along with everything else in it everything. Despite wanting to not depend on anyone else, Sally realized that she had allowed him to rule their partnership from the beginning. So desperate was she to convince him to join the Preventers that she had done almost everything possible to make sure he did not get tired of it all and leave. Yet it appeared that he still was not pleased. He still found her incompetent, despite five years together. She couldn't understand why he did not just request another partner if he despised her so much.

Not even realizing Wufei was still talking, Sally gave him one last glance before collecting her jacket and walking out. Wufei looked shocked as she closed the door behind her. Dismissing it as a woman thing, he let her, not realizing that he had just let her walk out of his life. Sitting down on the couch, Wufei finally paid attention to the projection and saw what Sally had been watching. Unpon reviewing the content of the disk, he was slowly realizing the full extent of what just happened. Surely Sally was not foolish enough to take the contents on that disk seriously. Why should she, she knew about his fits. How he said things that he did not mean when annoyed. Granted she had never personally witnessed it, but Wufei knew how the other Preventers gossiped about it.

Once outside the apartment, Sally broke into a semi run to reach her car. Once inside, she turned on the engine and drove. She needed to clear her head. It was not as if she could run away from Wufei, he was still her partner. However, it was probably best for her not to be around him so much. Afterall, there was nothing that stated partners had to live together or spend all their free time together.

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