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CHAPTER 7
LIFE, LOVE AND FAMILY
AND SO IT BEGINS……
BY THE ORACLE AT DELPHI
RECAP:
“YOU WERE AWAKE!!!”
Sally laughed as she
opened the door to the conference room and entered.
KABOOM!!!!
The bomb exploded.
~*~*~
The five couples
hide under the table as the bomb exploded sending concrete glass and other
debris flying around the room. When the
dust cleared there was a hole the size of a semi truck in the wall.
“SALLY?! ARE YOU THERE?!” Jai shouted.
She saw Sally enter
the room before the bomb went off.
Before she could give a warning.
“I’M FINE!” Sally
shouted back.
As Sally opened the
door Wufei saw Heero pull Relena under the table as Sally entered the
room. He quickly grabbed Sally by the
waist and pulled her back in to the med lab as the bomb went off. He was still
holding her tightly.
***Wufei’s
Vision***
“MEIRAN!!”
he yelled as he approached a young, Chinese girl laying on the ground.
He kneeled
down to her and held her in his arms.
The girl lifted her hand to caress his face.
She looked
up at him and smiled, “It’s not your fault.
Go to her and be happy.”
***End
Wufei’s Vision***
Sally turned her
head to look at Wufei. He was miles
away.
“Wufei?” she said
softly as his breath warmed the side of her face.
After a few moments
Wufei came to himself to find Sally looking at him.
“Are you OK, Wufei?”
She asked.
“Are you?”
She nodded but he
still didn’t let her go. He had almost
lost her. When he saw Heero pull Relena
under the table the only thing he could think about was saving Sally. He wouldn’t know what to do if he lost
her. She was an excellent partner, an
excellent soldier, an excellent friend, an excellent…kisser.
He frowned at
himself.
‘She is my
partner that’s it.’
‘Right. She’s a lot more than that. And you know it. That’s why you haven’t let her go yet.’
Sally relaxed in his
arms. She wasn’t about to tell him to
let her go. She loved having his breath
on the back of her neck. It made her
spine tingle.
‘What the hell
are you thinking? He doesn’t want you. And you don’t want him…yeah right’
Wufei inhaled the
scent of her hair and closed his eyes as butterflies fluttered in his stomach.
‘What the hell am
I doing?’
He let go of Sally
and resumed his “I don’t care” attitude.
Sally turned around to look at Wufei.
She noticed that he put his mask back on.
‘Tender moment
over.’
She sighed and
turned to enter the conference room to survey the damage.
~*~*~
Everybody came out
of their hiding places to view the damage.
Sally and Wufei entered from the med lab and Milliardo, Noin, Duce and
Lady Une entered from the hallway.
“What the hell
happened in here.” Milliardo said as he
scanned the damaged room
“Milliardo! You’re
awake!” Relena said as she tried to run
to her brother to give him a hug but the mess in the room slowed her down.
Heero crossed his
arms and looked at Milliardo, “Someone sent Relena roses and a vase with a card
that indicated that I had sent them to her.”
Milliardo raised an
eyebrow.
“Don’t worry”, she
said to Milliardo, “Heero would never SEND me anything”
Heero narrowed his
eyes at her and Relena did the same.
Jai immediately
grabbed Heero’s laptop and began typing furiously. By the look on her face you knew she was in soldier mode. Catherine grabbed the computer built into
the table and began hacking on it.
“How did you know
that vase was a bomb?” Heero asked.
“Because I designed
it.” Catherine said not looking up from the computer.
“Catherine. Initiate
Preventer System shut down sequence.” Jai said in that Yuy monotone voice.
“You can’t shut down
the system. Only ComCor International
CEO’s can shut down the system.” Quatre said.
“We are ComCor
International.” Kellee said as she walked toward Catherine.
The guys were
puzzled. ComCor International was the
computer company in charge of designing and maintaining the Preventer Computer
System as well as other big corporations including the Winner Corporation. On a personal note, the guys were
shareholders in ComCor International, which made them fairly wealthy men. Not as wealth as Quatre but they could live
very comfortable.
“I take it you never
read the memos I send you Quatre.” Jai said to the confused man “ComCor has the
computer contract for Winner Corp. I
thought you would know that.”
Quatre thought for a
moment and his eyes grew wide. “You’re
Janai Jamenson?”
“In public I’m Janai
Jamenson. Jamenson is my mother’s name.
Those that matter know that my last is actually Yuy. I felt it would be better if I didn’t go by
Yuy in public. That way people won’t
make the connection between me and Heero.”
Jai stopped typing, looked
at the readouts on the screen and she frowned.
Catherine
began the shut down by entering her authorization code and moved out of the way
so Kellee could enter hers. Hilde came
over and did the same.
“Jai
we need your authorization code.” Hilde said as she finished.
“Heero. Take a look at this” Jai said in her
monotone voice as she left the laptop and walked over to Hilde.
Heero
stared at the screen. “The diagnostics
says the firewalls are clean. So?”
“Preventer System shut
down in 30 seconds.” the computer acknowledged.
“So?
Catherine and I uploaded that bomb design yesterday to our private weapons
database. Someone’s been hacking in the
Preventer System and there are no holes in the firewall.”
“Inside
job” Duo said.
Hilde
nodded.
“We’ve
been infiltrated”, Lady Une stated not hiding her anger.
“That
would explain why the guards were waiting for us when we got to that base. They knew we were coming.” Catherine said.
“Well
apparently they can’t follow directions.”
Kellee said.
“Why
would you say that?” Trowa asked.
“Because
we are all still alive. When Cath makes
a bomb, she makes a BOMB. And that”
gesturing to the hole I the wall “ is not her handy work. Its too small time.”
Trowa
looked as his sister in amazement.
“You’ll
be amazed at what your sister can do.” Jase said as he looked at the shocked
pilot.
“I am.”
“But if they had the
plans to make a stronger bomb, why didn’t they?” Noin asked.
“They only wanted to
kill Relena.” Milliardo said.
“Very good
deduction.” Sally said.
“Yeah I should think
so.” Jai said.
Quatre noticed Jai
was holding something back. ‘I’ll ask
her later’
“Lt. Chang!” Samone
shouted as she leapt on Wufei nearly knocking him over. Everyone looked at the odd scene as Wufei
extracted the black haired girl from him.
“ I heard the
explosion and I just had to come and see if you were OK.” She said exasperated.
“Uh…I’m fine”
‘One day I’m
going to hurt that girl’
Sally thought.
“Heero? Are you Ok?”
Heero and Jai turned
around to see a red head girl walk through the hole in the wall. Melissa St. John was a new recruit and
apparently had some interest in Heero.
Jai eyed Heero, “Fan
of yours?”
Heero snorted, “It’s
Lt. Yuy. Do I know you?”
“Oh sorry Lt.
Yuy. Uh…actually we meet during
orientation.” She said as she smiled at him.
Relena looked at the
girl. If looks could kill she’d be a
corpse. Sally, Catherine, Hilde, Noin,
and Kellee noticed this and hid their giggles.
Jai was staring at Melissa narrowing her eyes.
Quatre turned his
attention from Samone to Melissa. He
sensed Jai’s apprehension. He’d admit
women hitting on Wufei and Heero was an odd occurrence. Wufei and Heero are not what you would call
“sociable” and women tend to shy away from those two. Trowa got his share of attention from women. He usually looked at them and kept going
ignoring them…well all except Kellee.
Trowa was always looking for something and maybe Kellee could give it to
him. Women were falling all over Duo
and himself, Duo for his good looks and charm and him for his money. Duo didn’t seem to mind the attention but he
couldn’t stand it. Women only saw him
as a walking piggy bank. He hated it. He’d rather be alone.
Samone smiled at
Wufei, “Well, I’d better get back to work.
Take care.” She said as she left the room.
“I’d better be
going, too” Melissa said flashing another smile at Heero.
“Yeah you do that.”
Relena said just above a whisper but Milliardo and Noin heard and started
snickering.
Melissa saluted and
vanished out the way she came in.
“The walls have
ears. Meet me at The Loft. Heero knows where it is.” Jai said as she left.
The others followed
behind her as the maintenance team swarmed the room to begin making repairs.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Two people met in a dark
hallway.
“I see the bomb has
missed its target.”
“It missed everyone”
“Her excellency is
not going to be happy”
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Relena, Sally, Jai,
Kellee, Catherine and Hilde left ahead of every on else in Relena’s White and
Gold Cadillac Escalade. They burned the Pink limo with her clothes. Actually they put all of Relena’s clothes in
the Pink limo and let Catherine have fun with it, which she did.
After the guys had
changed, they were ready to go to The Loft.
Heero and Wufei rode their motorcycles.
Quatre, Trowa and Duo rode in Quatre’s Navy Blue Beamer (BMW). Peygan retrieved Duce from Noin and
Milliardo. They rode with Lady Une in
her red convertible Mustang. Heero lead
the way through the streets to The Loft as a small black car followed at
distance.
They all came to the
back entrance of a ten-story apartment building. Heero typed in a code and the door opened to a private
underground garage. Relena’s Escalade
was already there. They all boarded a
private elevator and took it to the 10th floor. When the door opened, they were greeted by black
smoke, yelling and “Staying Alive” blaring from the stereo.
“Open the windows!”
“Put that fire out!”
“Politicians and
women out first!”
“Let all the
politicians burn in hell!”
“If we don’t stop
that fire we’re all gonna burn in hell!”
“Who the hell let
Jai near the stove!?” Jase shouted as he made his way through the smoke filled
loft.
“Susie homemaker
thought it was a good idea for me to learn how to cook!”
“I didn’t want you
to cook the kitchen!” Catherine shouted.
“Well…Ouch!” Duo
shouted tripping over a table as he tried to find his way to the kitchen
“Staying Alive is definitely appropriate for this situation.”
“Give me the fire extinguisher!” Heero said as he saw the flames leaping
around the stove.
Kellee grabbed both
fire extinguishers and tossed one to Heero and the other to Trowa.
“Be careful Trowa!
We wouldn’t want that mighty bang of yours to catch on fire!”
“I won’t have to
worry about that if you would stop fanning the flames with all of that hot air
coming out of your mouth, Kellee!”
“SHUT UP!!” Jai and
Quatre said at the same time.
“Turn that damn
radio down!” Wufei yelled.
After Trowa and Heero
put out the fire and all the windows were open, the smoke dissipated from the
loft. The stove was completely
destroyed.
“What were you
trying to cook?” Milliardo said
surveying his second disaster today.
“WHY were you trying
to cook?” Heero asked.
“Trust me. It wasn’t my idea. I was going to boil some eggs for the casserole and put the pot
on the stove. I forgot to put the water
in the pan before I put it on the fire.
We went to play the CD player but with six women and six different songs
we got in a “discussion” on who was going first and forgot all about it. The next thing we know there’s smoke
everywhere.”
“I’ve never met an
Onna who couldn’t boil water.” Wufei said disgusted.
“Well there a first
time for everything” Duo said looking at the melted remains of the innocent
pot.
“I see Catherine has
been trying to teach Jai to cook again.”
Everyone turned to
see a six foot four man with a dashing smile. His hair was dark brown with
bangs that flopped down into his eyes. The back was cut like Trowa’s but with a
tail that went down to the base of his neck. (Kinda like Leonardo DiCaprio’s
floppy haircut). His face was firm and
chiseled with a dark brown goatee. His
body was muscular and well toned. Lady Une’s heart fluttered.
“Hi Si” Hilde and
Kellee said at once.
“This” Jai said
motioning to the new man “ is Simon Davis.
He’s our Gundam designer slash repairman.”
“You onna’s have
Gundams?” Wufei asked astonished.
“Yes and since you
have already seen them, don’t start that onna’s are weak shit.” Catherine said
already getting offend by whatever Wufei has to say.
“You were those new
Gundams that helped us fight 6 months ago.”
Trowa asked.
“Yup.” Kellee
replied.
“Let’s get this
meeting over with so we can go out to eat. I’m hungry” Jai said as she left the
kitchen.
The apartment appeared
too small to be called a loft. It had a
small kitchen, a connected living room and dining room. It had one hallway that lead to three
bedrooms and a bathroom. Jai walked
over to a wall and removed a picture to reveal a keypad. She typed a code into the keypad and the
wall opened to revel a long hallway aligned with four doors on each side and
one at the end of the hallway. Jai
walked to the first door and open it.
It was a conference room with a huge conference table and tall leather
seats. It had a huge computer screen
and a computer installed into the front wall.
Duo let out a long
whistle. “This is amazing. This looks
like something out of a James Bond movie.”
“It is. Spies must
be prepared for anything. Each room has hidden entrances and exits. I’ll show you guys them before we
leave. You must be able to bail out at
anytime in this game.”
They all entered the
conference room.
“These chairs are
really comfortable.” Wufei said to no one in particular.
“I’ll go get some
coffee and tea for us.” Relena said as she turned to leave the room.
“I’ll go with you.”
Sally said and followed Relena out.
“Since you have
already seen our Gundams, we’ll skip that part and tell you their names. My Gundam is Valkayie and I am the resident
hacker.” Hilde said.
“Mine is Avenger and
I’m the strategist.” Kellee added.
“Nemesis and I’m
your handy dandy fire bug” Catherine stated.
“Venom and I blow
things up” Jase said with a grin.
“Double Zero and I’m
your neighborhood terrorist” Jai said flatly.
Heero shot her a
glare. “You finished it!”
“What exactly is
Double Zero?” Duo asked hoping it wasn’t what he thought it was.
“Twice as powerful
than the zero system” Heero said his gaze not wavering from his sister.
“Hence the name
Double Zero.”
“ARE YOU NUTS?!” Duo
shouted.
“Is that a…trick
question?” Kellee asked.
“If you’re ever in
my Gundam DO NOT activate the Double System you will be lobotomized.”
“You’ve mastered
it?” Heero asked. You could tell he was
shocked.
“Some what. I’m fine
as long as I’m not emotionally stressed.”
“What then?” Trowa
asked.
“Run like hell.”
Catherine said.
“What’s the status
on our Gundams, Si?” Hilde inquired.
“All repaired and
ready to go. Howard’s going to
transport them from The Playground to the Preventer hanger.”
“I wondered what
happened to him” Duo said.
“The Playground?”
Lady Une asked with an eyebrow raised.
“We’ll explain when
the time comes.” Simon answered eyeing Lady Une.
“Here we go.” Relena
said as she and Sally reenter the room with a tray of tea and Sally held the
tray of coffee.
“Who wants what?”
Sally inquired.
Everyone but Wufei,
Jai, Kellee and Quatre wanted coffee.
Relena handed Wufei a cup of tea as well as Jai, Quatre and Kellee.
Wufei took a big
gulp and grimaced.
“UGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!
WHAT THE HELL KIND OF TEA IS THIS?! THIS ISN’T TRADITIONAL CHINESE TEA!!”
“Why its Lipton”
Relena said producing the red and white box with the old man on the front and
smiled innocently.
Jai, Hilde, Duo,
Quatre, Catherine, Noin, Simon, Kellee and Sally all broke out laughing
hysterically. Heero, Trowa, Milliardo
and Lady Une tried to hide their laughter behind their masks of indifference
but failing.
“HOW DARE YOU SERVE
THIS SHIT??!!!”
“Wufei are you not
satisfied with your tea?” Relena
replied in an innocent child like voice.
“INJUSTICE!!!!!!!” Wufei raged.
“Actually the way
you talk about women, this is JUSTICE…for us.
MAAAAAAWAWAWAWAWA!!!” Relena said with a maniac laugh.
Jai fell out of her
chair laughing, “She finally figured it out.”
“If you don’t want
to be the butt of the joke...” Catherine said.
“You better learn
how to play ‘em”, Kellee, Hilde and Sally finished.
“And you Wufei are my
first victim.” Relena said with a
sardonic smile.
Finally the room
quieted back down and Jai got back in her chair.
“Let’s talk about
who tried to kill Relena today” Milliardo said.
“Well before we do
that there’s something I have to tell you.”
Jase said. “Before I destroyed
that base I found execution orders for all of us. “
“Annnnnnd you didn’t
think that was important enough to share with the rest of the class”, Jai
glared at Jase.
“There’s more. The list went in this order:
Janai Jamenson Yuy
Heero Yuy
Relena Peacecraft
Lucrezia Noin
Duo Maxwell
Jason Andrews
Hilde Schbeiker
Trowa Barton
Catherine Bloom
Kellee Deanna Winner
Wufei Chang
Sally Po
Lady Une
Quatre Raberba Winner
What’s wrong with
this picture?”
“They know I’m a
Yuy” Jai said not liking this at all.
“My name is not on
the list,” Milliardo said.
“I’m gonna assume
they were going to use you to carry out the executions probably Noin or Relena
maybe both.” Heero said unmoved.
“They know that
Jason and Duo are brothers. As a matter
of fact they seem to have all of the siblings listed together.” Hilde said.
“Except for me and
Quatre. Who would put a Gundam pilot
last on a hit list?”
“Someone who
underestimates his abilities.” Trowa stated.
“Or someone who has
a particular interest in me.” Quatre replied.
“That’s the one that
stands out in my mind.” Jai said.
“But why would they
try to kill Relena first if Jai and Heero are the first two on the list.” Noin
asked.
“Maybe they decided
the order of the list doesn’t matter as long as the executions are carried
out.” Sally said.
“The enemy seems to
know a lot more about us than we know about them.” Wufei added, “They know that Relena and Heero are...” he paused
trying to find the right word.
“Friends.” Heero and
Relena said at he same time.
“Thank you” Wufei
continued “because they sent that bomb with Heero’s name on it knowing Relena
would not reject it.”
“We know that that
bomb plan came from our weapons database.
The question is who hacked into it and how long have they been doing
it.” Catherine said.
“And what other
tricks of ours they have?” Hilde added.
“I’ll gather data on
the new recruits. It’s got to be one of them or more.” Lady Une stated, “We’re also going to have
to do a sweep of Preventer HQ to see if it has been bugged.”
“If they got into
the Furies database which has an additional firewall, then we can assume HQ is
bugged” Simon stated. “I’ll run a
diagnostic to see if they have breached The Playground System.”
“God helps us if
they did.” Relena said.
Jai leaned back in
her chair and sighed, “And so it begins…”
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Jai was standing on
the roof of the apartment building. By having the whole 10th floor
to herself, she has a private stairway that lead to the roof. It was a warm summer night, not to hot, not
to cold. It was perfect. The gentle
breeze made her dark brown hair sway.
She was looking over the edge of the roof, the lights setting the city
below all a glow. Quatre stood behind
her watching the wind play with her hair making her look heavenly. His heart was doing things it never did when
he was with Dorothy. He did love
Dorothy but he never had this feeling and he was with her for three years. Jai has somehow brought out feelings he
never knew he had.
‘And just think
I’ve only known her a week.’
“How long are you
going to stand there before you say anything, Quatre?” Jai said without looking
at him.
She always knew when
he was near. Her stomach would get
queasy and her hormones run amuck. Part of her liked it and part of her hated
it.
“I’m sorry Nai-Nai I
didn’t mean to intrude” He softly replied.
His voice was like a
soothing melody to her ears.
‘STOP IT! STOP
IT! STOP IT!’ she demanded
her body as shivers ran from the base of her neck down to her most inter
sanctum.
“What do you want?”
Jai asked coldly. He wasn’t fooled he
could see right through her charade.
“I want to know what
else you’re not telling us about that bombing.
I know you’re holding back something.” He said as he walked to stand a
foot away from her.
Jai sighed, “If that bombing was successful, it would
have started a chain reaction of events. Heero would eventually commit
suicide. He may pretend not to care
about Relena but his life will end the moment hers does. The original bomb plan has enough power to
blow that room sky high and take half of HQ with it. It’s almost like someone wanted Heero to suffer because of
Relena’s death. Then Heero’s death
would cause me suffering so great I doubt I could ever bear it. I nearly lost it when he self
detonated. Hence I would suffer because
of his death. Do you see where this is
going? Who ever sent that bomb know us better than we know ourselves.”
Jai turned to stare
out into the city. Quatre took a moment
to absorb what she had said.
He walked over and
stood next to Jai. He really needed to
think.
“Hey Jai, Quatre can
I talk to you two a minute?”
Jai and Quatre
turned around to see Duo with a serious look on his face. They knew what ever he wanted it was
important.
“What can I do for
you Duo?”
“I need to know how
Hilde feels about me”, he said in a low tone.
“How do you feel
about her?’ Jai asked with a smile on her face.
“I don’t know?”
“I think you do.”
Quatre said as he looked at Jai with mischief in his eyes. Jai smiled back and walked over the patio
furniture she kept on the roof for lounging and picked up two pillows. She walked back over to Duo and Quatre
handing a pillow to Quatre.
“We are going to
help you solve your problem, Duo” Jai said with a maniac smile. Duo was having second thought about coming
to Jai with this. He moved a little
closer to Quatre but when he looked at him, he had the same maniac smile Jai
had.
‘I’m in trouble.’
“Now Duo we’re going
to ask you a few questions, OK?” Jai said moving closer to Duo with the pillow
in her hand as Quatre did the same.
“Why was so
important for you to find Hilde? Quatre asked.
“I don’t know.”
***POOF***
“Wrong answer.”
Quatre replied as he hit Duo in the head with his pillow.
“Why did you spend 6
months trying to find Hilde?”
‘Ok I don’t know is
not the right answer so I’ll try this one’
“I need her help to
run the business?”
***POOF***
“Wrong answer” Jai
said smacking him in the head with her pillow.
“Why did you get mad
at her when she said she was joining the Preventers the day she left?” Jai
asked.
“There’s no need for
her to fight. She almost got herself killed fighting.” Duo replied getting
agitated.
***POOF***
“Wrong answer”
“Why did you get so
upset when you found out that Hilde was a Preventer?” Quatre asked.
“Why did you get mad
when you found out your sister was a Preventer?” Duo shot back.
“This isn’t about
me, it’s about you.” Quatre replied, “Now answer the question correctly.”
“I don’t want her to
put herself in danger.”
***POOF***
“Wrong answer but
we’re finally getting somewhere.”
“Why does it matter
to you if Hilde puts herself in danger?” Jai asked.
“I don’t want her to
get herself killed.” Duo ground out through his teeth. They were seriously getting on his nerves.
***POOF***
“Wrong answer but
your getting warm.”
“Why does it matter
to you if she gets herself killed?” Quatre said.
“Damn it you guys
are pissing me off!”
“Answer the damn
question, Duo.”
“Because I care
about Hilde!”
***POOF POOF***
Jai and Quatre both
hit him with a pillow.
“WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT
HILDE?!” they both shouted at the same time.
That was it. They had made him mad. He was ready to rip their heads off and spit
down their necks. They’d managed to
push buttons he didn’t even know he had.
“BECAUSE I’M IN LOVE
WITH HILDE AND I NEED HER!!!!” Duo yelled.
This time the
pillows didn’t come. Jai and Quatre
dropped their pillows and started clapping profusely.
Quatre looked at Jai
“It took him long enough.”
“It’s amazing, how
could he could be a Gundam pilot and yet be so dense.”
The words that
tumbled out of his mouth left him numb, shocked…happy. Emotions that he had been avoiding came to
him in a rush. When she’d left him he
felt a pain in his chest unlike any other and he didn’t know why. A black hole opened up in his soul and he did
know why. His days were dark and his nights were long and he didn’t know
why. When he couldn’t find her the feeling
of hopelessness set in and he didn’t know why. But now he knew why…he loved
her. She was his sun and he could not survive with out her. When she held him when he had those
nightmares, the nightmares vanished.
She healed his batter soul with her smile, her words and her touch. She accepted him for who he was and never
held his past against him. He had been
going from one relationship to another looking for something…someone and he had
it all along. With her he was…complete.
Duo’s smile returned
to his face. “Thanks guys”
“Anytime you need
some sense knocked into that thick skull of yours, feel free to come to us.”
Jai said returning his smile.
“Hey guy’s were
going to Chinatown for dinner. Let’s
go.” Hilde excitedly said coming up the stairs. Duo took off after Hilde.
Still smiling Jai
reached into her pocket and pulled out a hand held computer organizer and began
entering something.
“What are you
doing?” Quatre asked as he came closer to see what she was typing.
“Updating my cupid
list.”
“Cupid list?”
Quatre leaned closer
to see what she was talking about. She
had set up a tab for each couple:
Heero/Relena
Duo/Hilde
Trowa/Kellee
Catherine/Jason
Wufei/Sally
Simon/Lady Une
“You really think
Simon and Lady Une are going to hit it off” he asked looking at her.
She raised her head
and looked straight into his eyes. Her
heart skipped a few beats, “Yes” tearing her gaze from his.
“Why is the
Catherine/Jason tab red?”
“Because they’re
done. They’ve admitted that they love
each other therefore there’s nothing else I need to do.”
“You’re going out of
your way to make sure everyone is happy?
What about you? Don’t you want
to be happy?” Quatre said still staring at her.
“I’m happy when
everyone else is happy.” Jai replied about to put the organizer away.
“Wait I’d like to
help you with your plan of making sure everyone is happy. Let me make a few comments about Duo.”
Jai looked at Quatre
puzzled,” Uh…OK” as she handed him her organizer. He after a couple of minutes he handed it back to her and walked
away. Jai glanced at it and was about
to put it away.
“Wait a minute!” she
said to herself as she looked at the organizer again. There was an extra tab
Quatre/Janai
She called out to
his retreating form, “It’s never gonna happen, Quatre!”
Quatre looked over
his shoulder and smiled as he continued walking toward the stairs.
“Arrogant Bastard”
Jai said as she shoved the organizer back into her pocket and headed for the
stairs.
Jai and Quatre
emerged from the stairwell.
“What took you two
so long.” Duo said as he winked.
Jai and Quatre
rolled their eyes.
“Who’s paying for
dinner?” Catherine asked as she grabbed Jase’s hand.
“Who else…Quatre.”
Duo answered as he draped an arm around Hilde’s shoulders and headed for the
elevator.
“WHAT!?… Who the
hell do you think I am Duo…Daddy Deep Pockets?!”
The room went still
for about two seconds before laughter erupted. No one expected that kind of a
come back from Quatre.
“Why do I always
have to pay when we go out to eat? It’s
not like you can’t afford it. You pay
for dinner.”
“Well let Relena pay
for it.” Hilde said not minding that Duo has his arm around her.
“Excuse you? This” she said holding up her purse, “is not
a money bin. There is no way I’m paying
for you and Duo to eat. You two eat too
much.”
Jai shook her head
as they all got on the elevator. “We’ll
call it a business dinner and let ComCor pay for it.” She said as the elevator
doors closed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They all piled into
Jai’s Black and Gold Escalade and Relena’s White one…well everyone except for
Heero and Wufei who rode their motorcycles to Chinatown. As they proceeded down the street a small
black car followed them. The blond-haired man picked up his cell phone.
“Your excellency.
They’re on their way to Chinatown and we have the location of one of their hid outs.”
“Very well. I’ll head for Chinatown, now. Let me know
where they go.”
“Maam!” The man
acknowledged and disconnected the call.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The hostess of the
restaurant seated them in their banquet room to accommodate the size of the
group. After they place their order
they chatted amongst themselves. Duo
and Hilde were joking with each other.
Relena was talking to Milliardo, Noin and Lady Une. Heero sat next to Relena with his eyes
closed. Simon was talking to Catherine
and Jase. Jai and Quatre were going
back and forth playing referee for the argument between Sally/Wufei and
Kellee/Trowa. As meal progressed Jai was getting an uneasy feeling from someone
at the table but she couldn’t determine who it was coming from. During desert the feeling only increased and
she tried to focus her empath abilities.
She looked at Quatre to see if he sensed anything only to find he was
deathly pale.
“Uh guys? I don’t feel so good.” Duo said growing
paler by the second.
“It’s probably from
all that food you ate.” Heero said as he looked at Duo.
“No. I don’t think
it was that.”
All of a sudden Jai
felt a sharp pain.
“AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”
Quatre screamed.
Duo clutched his
chest and fell over in Hilde’s lap.
“DUO!!!!”