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 group 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.

Sake: Thanks again for the consistent feedback! Your comments fuel me to go on with the stories...and gives me some ideas to start or what people would like to see! Thanks, it means a lot!

The Space Between Us

Chapter 9

Heero's POV

Sunday was spent lounging around the apartment and talking about lighter topics. After the night before I made it a point to give him a break from the heavy questions, in return he backed off about my physical situation. We spoke about our favorite foods, music, and passed times. Jynx finally came out of hiding, after almost being stepped on Friday night. She had become a constant fixture to Duo's lap anytime we were lounging on the patio or the couch. We finally got to take that run and put in some time at the gym before hitting up the pool again. That evening we found an old comedy action film to watch and had pizza for dinner. I turned in early due to having to work the next day but I think he stayed up a while after me before he decided to turn in.

When I emerged from the bathroom Monday morning his door was still closed and the house was still silent. Jynx was sat at attention, flicking her tail, outside of Duo's door. I rubbed the towel through my hair and shook my head as I watched her. Deciding to take pity, I gently opened Duo's door just wide enough to let her into his room before shutting the door again after she entered. I chuckled to myself at her antics, spoiled cat.

I laid the towel around my shoulders as I pulled down the makings for my tea and his coffee. It took me a while to locate the Keurig, I didn't use it very often; usually only during the rare times that Trowa and Quatre decided to visit. Once located I set it on the counter and plugged it in. The nice thing about this maker was that it was compacted and only made one cup and only took minutes to brew. I set his Coffee by the maker and proceeded to make my Tea.

Looking at the digital clock, I realized I had a good hour before I had to get going. I'd hoped Duo would be up before I left, I wanted to leave the door code and my spare key with him. Up until this morning, he and I were always together so he did not need it.

I went through my normal routine with some protest from my back and leg, The pain hadn't gotten worse but it was not staving off either, at least not without the help of pills. I set the skillet down and pulled out the eggs before making my way to the bathroom to get my pain killers. I had hoped after resting yesterday, that I wouldn't need them but it looked like that wasn't going to happen. I put the small bottle in the breast pocket of my unbuttoned Preventers shirt, set the towel back on the rack, a pulled my sides back in a messy ponytail to keep it out of my face before returning to the kitchen to start breakfast.

Duo emerged just as I was dishing up the omelet I had made for myself. As he made his way into the kitchen he stretched and rubbed his hand through his messy hair. His eyes were not even fully open as he sat down at the island and laid his head down on his crossed arms.

I silently laughed at his half-awake state and set my omelet down, leaned forward, rested one elbow on the counter, and rested my head in my upturned hand. Before I could stop it, my free hand reached out and brushed his silky chestnut hair behind his ear to reveal his sleepy violet eyes. Surprised by my own actions I pulled my hand back in a fast motion and turned my back to him, pretending to busy myself with cleaning up my mess. I could feel the heat rise in my cheeks in embarrassment.

"Coffee?" my voice was short and cracked slightly.

"Hn..."

I softly laughed, I've been doing that a lot lately...laughing

"Isn't that usually my line?"

"Hn..." I shook my head and let out another soft laugh.

Once his coffee was finished and my face had cooled down, I turned and laid the coffee cup by his arm, again pushing his hair behind his ear so his eyes could see the cup. I felt him inhale and let it out before slowly sitting up, wrapping his long slim fingers around the mug and brought it to his lips. I caught myself not being able to look away from him as he took his first sip, his lips red from the heat of the coffee. I shook my head and looked down at my folded hands as they rested on the island.

/What is wrong with me...this can only lead to disaster.../

"Mmmm...you might have just saved my life 'Ro"

I grabbed my forgotten plate and pushed it in front of him, "I wasn't expecting you to wake up so soon, You can have this one if you don't mind bell peppers and cheese."

He took another sip and set his cup back down by the plate, "Are you sure? I could always make my own, I hate ta' take your breakfast."

I waved his concern off, "It's alright, I can make another one."

He grabbed up the fork and took a bite, "Thanks, for the coffee too."

As he busied himself with eating I turned to make another omelet for myself as we spoke.

"I'm glad you woke up when you did. I wanted to leave the spare with you and give you the codes for the door and Gym before I took off." I put the egg mixture in the pan and watched is sizzle.

"Cool, I'm not usually up this early but I wanted to check in with the licensing office before things get too crazy. Don't want a repeat of Saturday."

I added the peppers and cheese and flipped half the egg over, "I don't blame you. I'm usually off by 5:00, I'll let you know if I'll be later."

"Has Wufei said anything about your informant?" He inquired.

I put the omelet on another plate and turned around. I felt a shock run up my right side and my back twinge. I had to pause for a second and breathe through my nose, that was a pretty bad one. I slowly took a seat on the chair and took a bite before answering him.

"He left me an E-mail stating that there still has been no word from them. We will probably be spending most our day trying to pinpoint where he may have ended up." When I looked up he was staring at me, the look of concern hidden behind his eyes. Great...he noticed.

"Heero..."

I cut him off, "Stop, It will be fine after I take my pills."

He let out a sigh and pushed his empty plate aside and took another sip from his coffee. I finished my omelet in silence as he finished his coffee. Once we were done I picked up our cups and dishes and set them in the sink.

"It's concerning 'Ro. You said that it doesn't usually last long, its been since Friday."

I sighed and leaned against the counter near the sink, "I know my limits Duo, I've been doing this on my own for years, just drop it." I buttoned up my shirt and looked up at the clock, "Look, I Got to get going."

I pulled my keys out of my pocket, removed the spare key, and laid it on the island then proceeded to grab a post-it note to write down the door codes before sliding both over to him. "Here's the spare, don't lose it I don't have any others, and here are the door codes. The first one is for the building and the second is for the Gym."

He looked down at the key and the codes as he grabbed them from my hand, our fingers brushed slightly and I felt the hairs on my arm stand up at the touch. He took a minute to study the numbers, he didn't seem to notice my reaction, and then looked up at me; his violet eyes had a serious look in them.

"Just try to take it easy 'kay?"

I sighed and gave a defeated nod, "I doubt I will be pulled out of my office today. Wufei needs to fill me in on the situation, and then we need to try and track the informant down." with that I slipped my shoes on, my back protesting, gave one more wave back at him and made my way out of the apartment.

Preventer's Building

Once I got to mine and Wufei's office I sat down and booted up my computer. I had arrived a few minutes early and figured he would be in at some point. Once my computer was up I put in my password and checked my e-mails. There were a few from Une and a few from Wufei that had files attached. Right as I clicked to open the first attachment Wufei came in and shut the door.

"Yuy" He greeted as he walked across the office and set a cup down near my right hand. I was greeted with the smell of chamomile and vanilla and smirked before taking a sip and greeting him.

"Has anything changed?" I asked as I viewed the file on my computer.

"No, I haven't gotten very far on it. Zayne was last spotted near the Ivory Moon Friday morning." He explained.

"The Cafe? Isn't that near the shipping district?" I inquired as I looked through the information on my screen.

"Last time he checked in he stated Genesis had been having runners meet up clients there. He was sticking around the area to see what he could find out or overhear. It wasn't his assigned area though and he sounded nervous."

"Has anybody seen him since then?" I pulled up the map for the cafe's area.

"If they had nobody's talking." He took a sip of his coffee and opened up a file on his desk. "He said the area was assigned to a runner by the name of Yusra. I was able to run the name and came up with this." He walked over and set the manila file down in front of me.

She looked to be about 17 with short pixie hair and startling crystal-blue eyes. The picture was taken about three months ago when she was brought in for a first offense splicing. Her body was covered with black stripes that could pass as henna tattoos on her face, arms, and neck. Her nails were slightly long and she sported small canines at the corners of her smirking red lips.

He continued, "She was brought in three months ago for a first offense splicing but I doubt that's the case. This is a small alteration and we were able to give her the component. Besides being a mouthy, stubborn, teenager she was mentally all there. She made it very clear that we couldn't stop her from 'expressing herself' and lawyered up. Since she is still considered a minor we couldn't touch her"

I didn't recognize her but her name sounded somewhat familiar, "Where was I when she was brought in, I wasn't informed."

"Mitchell and Nelson brought her in," He explained as he took another absent sip of his coffee.

"Who questioned her." I inquired as I sipped at my tea.

"They processed her since it was a minor offense. Her lawyer had it expunged from her records due to it being her first offense and her willingness to take the component."

I set my tea down and flipped a few pages as I took in the information, "Did Zayne mention how she came about being a runner in that area and what Zayne's reasoning was for following her?"

Wufei walked back over to his desk and sat down, "He answers to a minor division of the group. I would imagine he was trying to get more concrete entail to shorten his service with us. He had mentioned she had a link to someone higher up the chain."

With a sigh I sat back and studied her file, "We need to bring her in. She could have been the last person he spoke with before he went radio silent. Did he give you anything on where he would hole up if he got in over his head?"

Wufei shook his head and threw his empty cup away, "This is a mess Yuy. If we don't figure this out or at least do some damage to this group it could get to a size that can't be controlled. Rumors are flying around that they are experimenting with new drugs and using teens as pack mules." he sighed and rubbed at the creases in his forehead.

"This new drug, do we have any information on it? Is it similar to the other enhancement drugs we are aware of?" I questioned.

"At this point, it's still an unknown. The information we've received on it is next to nothing, our informants haven't been able to get their hands on it for our scientists to look at. The information we do have is all hearsay, nothing concrete."

"So we could have teenagers running around with a drug we have no information on. We have no idea what it does, what it enhances or its side effects...this is just getting better and better." I sarcastically stated.

"We can only process the ones that we have come across. The easiest ones to spot are the ones that involve physical alterations. Other's that are minor enhancement drugs aren't usually brought to us willingly, so we come across them by chance depending on who we catch."

With a sigh, I threw down the file and leaned back in my chair in frustration. There was so much we still didn't know when it came to Genesis. Some of their drugs were hard to track down, that's what makes the group so dangerous.

"We should track Yursa down and bring her in for questioning, she may have more information on this new drug and where Zayne might have gone. We should start there. Do we know where she goes to school or does she have a job?"

Wufei tapped away at his computer for a few minutes before answering, "It looks like she goes to LC academy, a small all-girl school. Her file doesn't mention anything about any last known job location, but that can change."

I looked at a map of that area and noticed the school was located near the shipping division, which would explain why she was assigned to that area. I pushed the print button and got up from my seat, "Let's go report this to Une and see what she wants us to do."

He nodded and made our way to report our suspicions and find out where she wanted us to go with what we had. As we waited for the elevator my watch lit up with a message.

Duo: How's your morning been, find anything useful?

Me: A possible lead came up...We're going to go check it out. Don't ask for specifics because you know I can't talk about it.

Receiver Typing...

I tensed up when the elevator doors opened, I needed to pay more attention to my surroundings and not my watch. Seeing my reaction Wufei raised his eyebrow and looked down at my watch and back up at me before getting on the elevator. I cleared my throat and walked in behind him. He pushed the number to Une's floor and the elevator started its ascent. Wufei was staring at the metal doors as I watched the number's change.

"Anything you would like to share?"

"It's nothing to concern yourself with." Before he could ask any more questions I changed the subject, "How was your weekend?"

He set his mouth in a line but let it slide, "Same as usual. Sally and I met up for dinner Saturday night...her idea."

"In other words, you were obsessing over the case and she pulled you away to breathe," I smirked

His eyes met mine in the reflective metal surface of the elevator doors, "What about you, isn't Mikhail flying in today?"

"Plans changed..." I didn't feel like getting into it.

Before he could ask any more questions the elevator doors opened and we made our way down to Une's office. He knocked on the door and a muffled voice instructed us to enter. Wufei opened the door and we both walked in and we were met with the view of Une's head bent over something on her desk; she didn't even bother looking up.

"What can I do for you boys." She inquired as she continued with her papers.

I took a seat in the chair in front of her desk, schooling my face so not to give away what the movement did for my back. I didn't need them asking questions, I had planned to take my pills before coming in but I got caught up in what Wufei was doing. I looked down at my watch as Wufei relayed to her our findings.

Duo: Something is better than nothing, good luck.

I let a small, unnoticed smirk fall on my lips as I answered.

You: Indeed, good luck to you too.

"...We wanted to bring her in and question her. She may have been the last person our informant spoke with. Not to mention she may have information on this new drug." Wufei finished.

Une leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms, "Do you think she will cooperate? From the report Mitchell and Nelson put in she doesn't seem the type to turn."

"We don't know until we try Ma'am, it's the only lead we have so far. Any information that we can get could help us track him down or confirm if this drug is a thing or not." Wufei rested his hand on the back of my chair as Une thought it over.

She sat forward in her chair and rested her hands on her desk, "I trust your judgment, if you think it's worth pursuing then I won't get in your way. Remember that she is a minor, you will handle her as such. If I feel that you aren't handling it appropriately I will have Mitchell and Nelson handle it."

"Understood Ma'am" She dismissed us with her hand and returned to the papers on her desk. I carefully stood and we saluted before we made our way out of her office.

We found ourselves across the street from the school 45 minutes later in one of the unmarked Preventer's vehicles. The School wasn't scheduled to be out for the day for a couple of hours and we had hoped to catch her on her way out to prevent making a scene.

Wufei parked the car across the street from the dormitories and rested his elbow against the window, placing his chin in his hand. This wasn't the most exciting part of the job, It didn't much bother me but Wufei despised it.

"Care to tell me what is going on with Mikhail?" Shit...I had hoped he would drop it. With nothing else to do, I'd hoped he would have picked something else to kill time.

"It's nothing Wufei, don't worry about it."

His eyes never left the window as he took a sip of his coffee, "This is the third time he had called it off. This time seemed different from how you explained. You usually are willing to talk about him, you seemed evasive."

Sometimes it sucked that he was so observant. With a sigh, I straightened my back and leaned my head against the back of the chair, "He called it off...felt like it wasn't fair to either of us since we barely had much time with one another."

"How are you holding up," he inquired.

"Are you my therapist now?" my voice was short and annoyed.

"No, I don't get paid to listen to your problems. But I am your partner and friend..." He had to pull that card.

I ran my hand through my hair and sighed, "It's not pleasant...My mental state won't mess with the case if that's what you're wondering."

"That's not..." He sighed and glanced at me from the corner of his eye, "That's not what I meant and you know it."

I couldn't help it, I was defensive on the subject and it was still fresh. Yeah, it didn't feel great, I had thought it was going somewhere but life had other plans. Duo's nightlit face came to mind and I shook my head. I shifted my leg and silently winced. The upside to this situation I was able to sit down.

Wufei put his cup in the holder and reached into the council and tossed my pills into my lap, "Take the damn pill Yuy."

I gave him one of my famous stares as I opened the bottle and took the pill, using my tea to wash it down. "It's not that bad..." My voice was off-put and flat

"Yeah, that is about as likely as Relena giving up." He pulled a protein bar out of his pocket and handed it to me.

"You need to stop this, Why deal with the pain if you have a way to prevent it."

"You know exactly why I don't, Chang. I can't afford to be out of it." He sighed at my response.

"She's not likely to be out for another couple hours, its only 10. They don't even break for lunch until noon." He gave me a serious look with a hint of irritation, "How long has it been this time. Did it even stop from Friday?"

"Drop it Wufei, you said your piece." I finished off the bar and threw away the wrapper.

"If it keeps up you go to Sally, I'll drag you there myself if need be...Wángù de báichī (1)."

I snapped my head around and gave him another glare for good measure before resuming my previous state. My eyes started to feel heavy as I laid my head back and let them close, he would wake me if I was needed.

The next thing I was aware of was Wufei shaking me awake. Once he had my attention he pointed out the window at a blonde-headed girl, she was walking toward the dorms by herself. I looked down at the clock and noted the time. It looked like she was going out for lunch.

"That's her." He stated and I nodded.

We both got out of our vehicle and made our way toward Yursa. Her back was to us and she didn't hear us coming.

"Yursa," At the sound of her name, she whipped her head around to stare at us. Realizing who we were her eyes grew large.

"SHIT!" She took off at an unnatural speed.

"Get the car! Cut her off if possible!" I yelled as I took off after her at full speed. Wufei ran back to the car and I heard the engine start before my focus went into catching her. The wheels squealed as he passed me, the smell of rubber permeated the air.

There was no way a normal teenager could run at that speed. In the brief second we caught a glimpse of her she didn't look to have any physical alterations this time around but she sure as hell had the speed of a cat.

"Stop Yursa, Don't resist!" I yelled as she bolted down an ally between two buildings.

"Fuck you!" She yelled back as I turned into the ally. She had made it out of the ally and across the street mere seconds before Chang came to cut her off. She didn't miss a beat and turned left to run toward the Ivory Moon Cafe.

I ran at full throttle, slid across the hood of the Preventer's vehicle, and stayed in pursuit as Wufei drove off in an attempt to intercept her at the next block. She was able to pull ahead of me and run past the Cafe into the next ally. I turned down the ally less than a minute after her and I saw the Preventer's vehicle at the other end but she had vanished.

The next thing I heard was Wufei yelling my name, I didn't have time to process before something hit me hard from behind. The trenchant pain engulfed my spine on impact, followed by my knees hitting the pavement, leaving me in a bridged position on my hands and knees. I looked up and caught a bleary glimpse of Wufei dragging her off the hood of the car by her ankle before my vision went black.

A/N: I'm getting good at these cliff-hangers! I was going to continue but this seemed a good place to stop for this chapter. Don't worry, I'll be posting again soon, until then! :)

(1) Stubborn Idiot in Chinese.