A/N:Hey everyone! I do not own any of the g-boys but I do have a few OC outside of them that were of my creation. Here's another idea that I came up with recently that I thought would be somewhat of a challenge to write. I am still pretty iffy on this one, so let me know what you think.

Summary: After Project Meteor, the G-boys went their separate ways. 7 years later, a new race has made an appearance. The movement is called the "Genesis" movement. The G-boys come together to help Preventers bring a halt to the illegal experiments that have been taking place. Eventual Duo/Heero get together fic. The story centralizes around the "Genesis" movement and the trials and tribulations the G-boys face in the process.

The Space Between Us

Chapter 2

Heero's POV

I looked down at my watch in frustration, what was taking her so long. She was supposed to be ready to go over 20 minutes ago and she has yet to make an appearance outside her room. I sigh and lean against the wall outside her door, my right leg bent to rest my foot against the wall, and straightened my back before closing my eyes and crossing my arms in inpatients.

"Where is the princess, her brother is starting to get...irritating" the voice stated in my ear.

I place my hand on the com and responded, "Still preparing I presume, she hasn't come out of her rooms yet."

"Seriously, you should have taught her more about punctuality, Yuy" Wufei stated in an irritated tone.

"You know how she is, Chang. Everything has to be perfect and in place, if she is going to be on TV."

I heard a sigh and a shift, as if he moved to lean against something, "The car is here, her brother is going on about being late, I'm considering brute force to shut him up at this point."

I smirked, out of all people they worked with, Milliardo has always been able to get a rise out of the honor-bound man, "Just give her a few more minutes, tell Milliardo to calm down and not to tie his hair in knots." straightening my leg I slightly wince and rub the connection of the prosthesis attached to my leg.

"Heard that, how are you holding up," Wufei's slightly calmer voice stated

"I'm fine, the connection is just binding again..." I responded in an unconcerned tone.

It had been two years since the incident that cost me my leg but the man still showed concern. If it weren't for my job at Preventers I would have forgone getting the prosthetic all together. The connection always bound, sending shock wave up my thigh from the temporary disconnect of the nerves in my leg and the bionics. The upkeep was tiring and the constant testing I endured to get my body to accept the connection was ongoing. This was the third one they had fitted me with but the same thing happened each time, binding and shocks, as if the live nerves still wouldn't accept the fake replacement from my knee down.

I heard temporary silence over the line before his voice came through, "Have you considered the new model? It's said to have better connections then the last, it may be worth looking into, Heero."

"You know its never that simple Chang, with my complicated make-up...and my rare blood type it would be another round of six months of physical therapy, I've already missed enough work over this I'm not going back to square one."

"You need to cut yourself some slack, Yuy. You survived and most wouldn't have. If Maxwell would've seen you he would have had..."

I cut him off, "Enough Wufei, he was already space side at the time of the assassination attempt on her. I'm sure it was broadcast everywhere and he didn't bother to show up or even call to check-in. He has made it clear he doesn't want to be bothered."

"...He probably didn't know, you know he doesn't pay attention to the diplomatic stuff going on down here...when was the last time you spoke with him?"

"It's been over a year, Chang. He hasn't seemed bothered by it either since he never attempts to contact us, not since he and Hilde had split and he went space side. Just drop it."

He was smart to stay silent after that. I didn't need a reminder of something that never was going to happen. Maxwell and I were close during the war, or so I thought. The last serious conversation we had was at the celebration following the ending of Meteor.

The war...did a serious number on all of us. During the war I wasn't the easiest to get along with, okay that's putting it lightly. I distanced myself from the others, refused to allow distractions that could cause mission failures, and found solace in mission reports and research for the next one. Duo wasn't easily eluded though. He took me on where the others wouldn't. Eventually, he was able to get me to open up and we became close after that. I found myself comfortable around him and less anxious, not that I would have ever admitted it to him at the time. He was perfectly fine with being the one to engage the conversations, to engage casual touches, and trying to get me to smile on the rare occasion that I did. I started to feel more human and less of a weapon thanks to his antic and that alone scared me.

I didn't know what it was like to have a friend, to have someone to talk to, or even what friends were supposed to talk about. Our childhood wasn't a normal one, we couldn't just sit back and play games, discuss homework, or go on about the cute boy or girl in class. We were trained as soldiers and were never given the chance to be children or teenagers for that matter. The whole concept of humanity was confusing to me, I couldn't grasp the reason why having humanity was needed during that time. The progress was slow but I took it hard when it finally clicked into place. Out of fear I withdrew, started treating him horribly, or ignoring him altogether, I didn't need the distraction of feelings and had no right to have hopeful thoughts as he did.

By the time the war had ended, I was 17, confused, and at a loss on what to do with my life without having orders to follow. For a year after I spent my time trying to find myself...albeit at the bottom of a bottle. Relena went out of her way to try and help me any way she could. At first, I found her to be annoying but somehow she was able to get behind my defenses and I ended up having some type of feelings toward her. She helped me get myself together and offered me a job as her bodyguard. She had become my new mission objective. Since then I served as her guard at functions involving diplomatic affairs and worked at Preventers as a decorated officer with Wufei as my partner.

Over the first year with Preventers, I found myself getting closer to Relena than what was acceptable for a guard. We started talking outside of work and she started requesting me more often for medial things that she deemed she needed a guard for. One thing led to the next and a few months later I found myself in her bed, naked, and involved on a level that didn't seem possible. I didn't know when the change went from friends to more, but I knew it wasn't for the right reasons. I knew I didn't care for her in the way she wanted me to; that I couldn't be the person she wanted me to be. It was confusing and terrifying at the same time. I fell back into my training and approached the relationship like a mission, a very complicated one that I had no entail on. I was stuck in a situation that I didn't know how to get out of. I didn't want to complicate matters so we continued into uncharted territory and tried to make something out of it. The first few months were a struggle, I had to learn what was acceptable in public and what it was that she wanted from me. I took in everything she said and gave her everything she asked for. Eventually, I became more withdrawn from the others, rarely spoke with them outside of work, and dedicated everything to her protection.

The relationship lasted all of three years before I decided to end it. Nothing I did was good enough or the right way to approach things, I constantly made her irritated with my protective tendencies and my OCD personality. She still had it in her mind that she could help me in every way I needed and that all I needed was time but there are some things that counseling and pills can't erase after what I went through. That was three years ago and she still held on to the flame of us being together, she still doesn't seem to realize that they were done; that I wasn't just going through a phase; that I would come back in time. I have not talked to her outside of work since then and refused to accompany her as a guard outside of the diplomatic affairs she was required to attend.

It was the year after I ended it that there was a threat to her life. I still blame myself for not being the one to check the building before she entered; that I wasn't there because I had other matters to attend to that I deemed more important. I acted as her guard that day but didn't take part in securing the venue she was scheduled to give a speech in, I was too busy with Preventer business; investigating a possible lead on where "Genesis" was operating out of. I learned later that it was a set-up, they knew I would be on the investigating team and found the opening to rig the venue with a bomb set to go off once she approached the podium and stepped on a pressure plate disguised as a cushioned mat. It was too late for anything to be done, I heard the click and I pushed her out of harm's way as the roof came down on me. I can't remember much after that.

I was in the hospital for what seemed like a lifetime. I was informed that I was in a coma for a month before I came to, with an amputated leg, laying on a flat uncomfortable surface that kept my back aligned. I was facing down and In a panic, my mind playing tricks on me and taking me back to the war when I was captured and strapped similarly. It took Wufei several minutes to talk me down and stop me from doing further harm to myself. Sally Po made her entrance short after I woke up. She informed me of the incident and that I was lucky to be alive.

-Flashback- AC200

When he slowly came to the first thing he noticed was the smell of antiseptic, the sound of medical machines beeping, and felt the hard surface under his chest. The next thing he noticed was a severe pain traveling up his back when he tensed and his right leg from the knee down felt like it was on fire. The heart monitor kicked up to match my heart rate and I felt a hand come down on my shoulder. I was not fully coherent and couldn't hear what was being said. It wasn't until the bed was put up vertically that my vision cleared and Wufei's face came into my line of sight. His hands came to my face and held it still, making sure our eyes were making contact.

"Yuy, calm down. You need to stop struggling in the restraints, your safe. Calm down and breathe, damnit!"

I took a large gasp of air into my lungs, I wasn't aware that I was holding my breath. My breathing was just as erratic as my heart rate, my arms were shaking and the shift of the surface caused my back to light up in invisible flames, searing me down to the bone.

"Damnit, Heero!" Wufei slightly tightened his grip on my head to bring my attention back to him.

I took another gasp of air, my lungs felt like they were collapsed, "That's it, come on. Slow it down your safe at the Preventers medical facility, concentrate."

I heard someone moan and realized it was me, I didn't recognize my voice. It was ragged from lack of use. I stilled my body and concentrated on slowing down my breathing and heart rate. I am not sure how long it took but once it was closer to normal I swallowed and nodded as best I could to let him know I was back.

"There you go, you okay now? Are you with us?" Wufei asked.

I swallowed and tried to answer, my lungs still felt like they were closing up on me and my throat was dry. The most I could get out was another unrecognizable moan before shutting my eyes to the bright lights. I heard the door click open and felt Wufei shift to, I assume, look at whoever entered.

"Is he awake?" I heard Sally's voice inquire.

"I believe so." Was Wufei's response. He felt another hand rest on the back of his head and stroke his hair in a calming, almost motherly manner.

"That's a relief..."She came around to my line of sight and Wufei stepped aside, "Do you know where you are? What happened?" I heard Wufei pouring some kind of liquid and came back to place the straw to my lips. I took a much-needed drink and shut my eyes, savoring the soothing feeling of the cool water sliding down my sandpaper throat.

"...Preventers.." I responded after I swallowed, "What...?"

She turned to Wufei gave him a look before looking back at me with a sad smile, "You're lucky to be alive."

I glared at her, I didn't like being left in the dark. My body was aflame, my brain felt like it was loaded with cotton, and I felt exhausted.

"Heero..." She continued and paused as if debating how to approach the subject, "There was an...incident."

My eyes widened in panic. Did I succeed? Was Relena okay? I had a million questions and not one would pass my lips. I felt my breathing becoming erratic again before she continued.

"Calm down, everyone is okay except you of course. Relena had a few scrapes but you got there in time. Nobody got hurt Heero...but..." She paused again and looked at Wufei. He gave her a look that stated he wasn't going to give the news and she sighed.

"There was a bomb, it was set off when Miss Relena stepped on the rubber mat near the podium. It activated the bomb that was attached to the scaffolding in the roof. You were able to get her out of harm's way but as for yourself...you weren't so lucky." She walked over to the table and picked up a syringe. As she was talking she walked over to my IV line and added whatever was in the syringe to the line. It was almost instant relief, my body became blissfully numb and I let out a sigh in comfort.

She smiled and sat down in a chair and proceeded to lower the surface back to its horizontal position. "The damage...was extensive to your back and your right leg...the scaffolding collapsed on you and crushed your leg. There was no way to save it...we had to amputate it from the knee down, as for your back...the scaffolding that fell also made an impact to your back but not as much as your leg, there was damage done but we were able to correct it with surgery. You're strapped down the way you are because it's imperative that you don't shift your back, we had to restructure it, the only thing holding your spine intact right now is metal and bionics. The spine was severed near your legs but we were able to correct it with the tech, after extensive physical therapy you will be able to walk again, but it will take time."

My mind went blank trying to take in the information... "My leg...what can be done about my leg... I can't work without a leg.." I was starting to shake.

Her hand came down to rest on my shoulder and she shushed me, trying to keep me calm, "There is...something..."

"What, I'm willing to do anything Sally, I can't do my job adequately without being able to move efficiently."

I heard her sigh and write something down before Wufei finished what she was going to say, "It's still in testing, but they have come up with a way to make a prosthetic that would function as if it was your leg, the process...can be painful according to the reports. Depending on how functional the prosthetic needs to be."

He paused to let me take in the information before continuing, "The prosthetic would have contact plates on it, where the nerves in a normal let would be, at the end of your leg, there would be similar contact points. In theory, the electrical waves from your brain, that tell your leg to move and how, would be transmitted through the plates to the prosthetic, allowing it to function as if you don't have a prosthetic at all. But due to your make-up...and, the rare blood type it may take several trial runs for the replacement to be accepted. It's not life-threatening but it is a risky experiment...not much testing has been done on it, it's relatively new in light of the recent stuff going on."

Silence, complete and utter silence followed the explanation. Did I want to be a test subject for there new experiments? Did I want to do that again? I didn't have a choice if I wanted to be able to do my job...

"I'll do it..."

-End Flashback-

All I can recall after I agreed to the testing was hospital visit after hospital visit, a lot of pain, several surgeries, and a lot of physical therapy. I was able to regain my ability to walk within six months. According to Sally that was major progress. Most that had undergone the same process took closer to 9 months to regain relatively normal movement. I still had physical therapy sessions now, two years later. The most irritating part of the process was the constant change in prosthetics. I've been their guinea pig to test out the new prototypes. Every few months I was fitted with a different prosthetic that was supposed to be better than the last. I have gone through three different prototypes since then and the same problems have occurred, binding and shocks. The scientists on the team couldn't seem to come up with a better way to keep the connection constant with the plates.

The door next to me opened, breaking me out of my thoughts. I stood straight from my leaning stance and face Relena as she came out of her room, "Relena, you were supposed to be on your way to the venue 30 minutes ago, your brother is frantic."

She flipped her hair and gave me what would be considered a 'cute pout', "I had to make sure everything was perfect...I'm not going to show up looking like a drowned cat."

I sighed and took her arm, "Come on, we need to get going, the car is waiting."

I touched the com on my ear, "Chang, we are on our way down, make sure everything is ready to go."

"Finally, that woman needs more discipline, get her down here before Milliardo goes bald." the line was cut.

I shook my head and lead her to the staircase, "You have a schedule for a reason, Miss Peacecraft, in the future learn to stick to it better. People aren't always going to wait until you are ready and find yourself acceptably presentable."

She huffed and stopped at the top the stairs and crossed her arms, "It's Relena, Heero, Re-le-na. I would think we were past the formalities due to our involvement."

"There is no involvement, there hasn't been one for years." I reminded her of what seemed like the millionth time.

She reached out to his arm and leaned into it, "For now, you know you and I will end up together again. This phase you're going through will end eventually." She wrinkled her nose in disgust, "Honestly, what can a man give you that I can't?"

I sighed, I've had this conversation with her several times and nothing seems to get through, "Relena, it's not a phase, saying my being interested in both men and woman is a phase is like saying your hair isn't blonde."

She giggled playfully and kissed his cheek, "Whatever you say, Heero, but I know you better than most, I know what it truly is." she started descending the stairs with her arm looped through mine. I sighed again and dropped the subject. Trying to explain myself to her is like trying to explain colors to a dog, pointless.

I led her to the limo, put her in the back with her brother, and joined Wufei in the front. Wufei nodded in greeting and we pulled away from the curb, listening to the muffled argument going on in the back.

"Honestly, that woman needs to stop these antics. What is she possibly doing with herself that takes longer than Milliardo, especially with his hair."

I shrugged at Wufei's ranting and looked out the window, absently rubbing at my right knee.

"Shocks or vibrations," He inquired once he noticed my movements.

"Vibrations," I responded.

Wufei reached into the counsel between them and pulled out my pain medication, "Take one, Heero."

He knew how much I hated meds. I sighed and grabbed the bottle from him, shook out a pill, popped it into my mouth, and swallowed it dry with a grimace. "Happy?"

Wufei nodded and put the meds back in the counsel. We noticed Milliardo must be done nagging, the muffled sounds in the back were no longer present. I looked out the window, watching the scenery pass by as we drove.

"You seem frustrated, did she bring up the subject again?" he inquired, his eyes never leaving the road.

"She touched on it, I don't know what else I can tell her to make her believe me. She is stubborn and refuses to accept that I may be interested in anything other than women..." My stomach did a flip, the pills were causing my stomach to act up like they always do when I haven't eaten. I imagine my face may have paled because the next thing I noticed was a protein bar being shoved under my nose. I took it gratefully and opened it, and took a bite. The things tasted like cardboard but they worked on short notice.

Wufei shook his head, he didn't really have anything to say about her behavior. I knew he was just as perplexed as me, it had been three years...yet she still holds to her belief. Thankfully he changed the subject to fill the silence.

"How is Mikhail," he inquired.

I gave a small smile thinking about him. Mikhail was my recent partner, we've been together for a few months and things looked promising. We haven't taken that last step to making it official. "He's doing okay. School has him busy and he is missing home. He said he was hoping to get away during break next week."

"Isn't he starting his residency next term?"

"Yeah, he was hoping to do his residency at the Preventers medical facility but he said there was a lot of tape." Mikhail was currently doing his doctorates on L4, he was hoping to be accepted into the prosthesis program. Ever since he learned of my condition he was interested in the progression, especially if it could help people in similar situations as mine.

Wufei smiled and nodded, "That's good to hear, they are always looking for more people to participate in the scientific/bionic side of things. Who knows, maybe he will be the one to find a resolution to the issues they are having."

I nodded and threw the empty protein bar wrapper in the trash, "I hope so, with how hard he worked to get the Winner scholarship."

Wufei gave a short laugh in memory of how the man convinced Quatre. Being Quatre, he was a hard case, but Mikhail was equally stubborn and knew what he wanted. "that blonde tyrant didn't make it easy." I responded with a smile of my own.

"How long has it been?" He asked.

"Four months this week. He is a hard worker, honorable, and was worthy of the Scholarship. I'm glad Quatre considered him, especially with how many he had that applied for it." I laid my head back on the chair and closed my eyes, the pill was making me slightly drowsy but my leg was no longer pulsing.

"You have time to rest, we are about 30 minutes out, it will probably take about 45 with the traffic."

Wufei, ever observant. I smirked and nodded to his suggestion, slowly letting myself drift for the rest of the ride.

A/N: Chapter two is completed. let me know what you think. I know Heero was slightly out of character, but keep in mind this is 7 years after the end of the anime. I also realize the ages for the characters are not accurate, but the ages seemed more believable. Feel free to leave a comment. Critiques are welcome.