The other guys finish their dinner and do go back down to work on their gundams. Miko however, stays upstairs to clean up and then goes to each of the boys rooms to make sure they have clean sheets and stuff on their beds. Then she goes to the Tech room to check up on terrorist activity and where ms's are popping up. She discovers some updates on plans to attack the colonies and especially Quatre's colony.
"Guess we'll have to step it up a notch," Miko comments softly to noone.
Little did Miko know that Trowa had gotten tired and came up to check on her and was standing in the door way. Which is why when he spoke softly from behind her it made her jump.
"You mean our plans?" Trowa asks very quietly.
After Miko gets over her shock, she replies, "Yes, that's exactly what I mean. They plan to attack the colony Quatre owns in less than a month." She moves over so Trowa can see the updated information.
"Hmm, this is troublesome," He comments softly, "They must know he's a gundam pilot. That's why they'd target him first. It could also be because he was working so closely with Relena to help the peace process."
Miko speaks up, "I was thinking that, but it could also be because they are the most peaceful of the colonies, they are the most at peace... Isn't your circus troope there?"
She only recieves a nod in response. Trowa appears to think for a minute before looking right at her. Then, deadly seriously he asks, "Are you attracted to men or women?"
Miko looks slightly taken aback before she answers him calmly, "I'm attracted to whomever I'm attracted to, gender takes no part in it. However, thus far, it's only been men."
"What about you?" she asks jokingly.
"Actually it's been the same for me, attracted mostly to men. There are a few girls though... However, I would never force anyone into anything," he states seriously.
Miko is shocked and utterly baffled as to what to say to that. Thankfully she's saved from that fate by Duo looking for something to do.
"Miko!" Duo yells down the hall. "Miko where are... AHA! Trowa, you should know better than to put the moves on the first girl that's nice to you," he jokes.
"Duo, what's up? Why aren't u working on Deathscythe? Are you really done?" Miko asks.
"Yup! I'm just lookin' for somethin' to do. I'm bored. By the way, dinner was great," he compliments.
Miko decides to show Duo the entertainment room. With a backward glance at Trowa (who is searching for more information,) she leads Duo a few doors down to the room with many different gaming systems and dance pads and a huge plasma screen TV. Duo immediately starts to drool.
"Don't drool on anything, and have fun. I have every DDR game for every system, all the hottest games for all the game systems and many contollers. Enjoy," With that, Miko leaves Duo to the entertainment room.
Miko walks back to the Tech room and just watches Trowa. He seems so content... Wait, is he watching me in the screen? she thinks. In fact, Trowa is angled just right to be able to see her reflection in the screen.
"We should inform the others to the update in the time frame," he states calmly.
Miko nods, "Yeah, you just rest here, I'll go tell everyone."
"I'll go with you," is all Trowa says in that eternally unemotional voice.
Miko just shrugs and decides not to distract Duo right away, but to go down and tell the other three pilots in the hangar first. She first walks to Heero, to tell him, while Trowa goes to break the news to Quatre.
"They've set a date to attack the Winner colony. We need to be ready in 3 weeks time," is all she states simply before walking away.
As she walks past Sandrock, she hears Quatre yell outraged and go into a frenzy to finish the gundam. Trowa steps out of the cockpit calmly and walks fast enough to catch up to Miko. She approaches Wufei and before she can even say anything, he just holds his hand up indicating he wants silence for a moment.
"Ok, what's going on? Have they set a date?" he asks quickly.
Miko just nods and Trowa fills him in, "Be ready in 3 weeks time."
After Wufei, they have to inform Duo of the impending attack. When they reach the door with the video game stuff upstairs, they find Duo in the middle of a song on DDR. Not surprisingly, he's pretty good. He finishes the song with a rainbow dance meter and a giant grin.
"That is the best game ever!" he shouts excitedly.
Trowa bursts out laughing while Miko tries to explain about the imminent attack.
After she finishes explaining, Trowa finally calms down and stops laughing, but starts coughing from his injuries.
"Trowa, are you ok?" Duo asks with concern in his voice.
When Trowa keeps coughing, Miko decides to take him to the infirmary. Once there, she has Trowa sit down on a bed and puts an oxygen mask on him.
"That was pretty stupid you know," Miko berates. "You could have passed out if we weren't so close to this place."
Finally able to speak again, he simply says, "Thank you. I feel much better now."
They linger a bit longer in the infirmary before Miko decides to do some more research on the assasin. To Miko's surprise and consternation, Trowa follows her into the research room.
"Trowa? Uhm, why are you following me?" Miko asks kind of peevishly.
"Sorry, didn't realize you wanted to be alone, I thought I could help," he says flatly before starting to walk out of the room.
Miko stops him as he gets to the door, "Actually, I guess I could use some help finding information on the assassin, and the group."
Trowa turns around and sits at a computer terminal. They both sit there with just the sound of the computer keys being hit before Trowa speaks up, "I've found something."
"What did you find, Trowa?" Miko asks with excitement in her voice.
Trowa shakes his head, "Nothing like her name or anything, but perhaps the district and area she works in."
"Perhaps?" she asks skeptically.
"Well, this is the most prominent, and a rumor came out of the area about the biggest job of all time, so, I'm fairly certain," he states in reply.
The information he found, comes from a group that works off of an island. They are mostly female assassins, but are run by a highly skilled male. None of their names are known. There seems to be about 25 in the group total, with trainees included.
"I have to go there soon. You guys will have to handle the Winner colony on your own. I'm sorry," She sighs appologetically.
Suddenly, strong arms are wrapped around her from behind causing her to tense up and gasp.
"Be careful, and come back to us alive," Trowa says quietly.
He lets her go and walks out of the room before she can say anything. What on earth did that mean? Does he like me? Why does he care if he doesn't?? ARGH!! Why are these things so damn complex and confusing?? Miko asks herself silently.
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A/N:Beats head into wall for ideas: I AM STUCK! GRRR that's why this is taking me so long. I do have an idea to where I'm going, but I can't seem to word anything right... Sorry! I will try to get these out faster.