Overload Zero: Relena

[Krazy_kool_Snowborder_Chi]

Overload Zero

By: Krazy Kool Snowborder Chick

Rating: R



A/N: Ok, this is my first 1 x R story. It is kind of structured much like the official manga, which chronicled the lives of the pilots and Relena before the series and after the show but before Endless Waltz. This type of story must be an over done type but it?s just how I feel I should tell my story to you people. Here are the ground rules, number one, no Relena bashing. I also don't know if this is on the right board. I hope.

Disclaimer: I don?t own Gundam Wing. I am merely borrowing a few characters for the time being. I am also not making any money from this so don?t sue.


The sun streamed into the tiny room that was her apartment. She lay on the bed, tired, hungry but most of all heartbroken. What had happened last night should have never happened at all. She sighed and then forced herself to pull herself off the neatly made bed that had not been slept in at all since it had been made a week ago. She exhaled noisily at the thought that it was that way because she had been at the Preventer office all night this week and the event that had happened last night.

?Relena stop think about it!? she mental screamed at herself to stop as she walked into the small kitchen.

Relena opened a cupboard and pulled out the canister of tea. She moaned as she looked in it to find out that there was nothing in the can.

?Me thinks I will have to go out and get more. Later,? she said quietly to herself as she glanced at the clock on the wall.

She had to be at work in less then ten minutes. She dashed to her room and pulled on the worn Presenter?s tee shirt, jacket and pants and was out of the door.

~*~

It was a strange sensation as she left the congress of the ESUN for the last time. Finally she was free. Free to be a teenager, free to go finish school, to go onto collage, to be normal. She sighed and then walked towards the car that was to take her back to the Peacecraft manor.

As she slid into the car she was greeted with the face of Major Sally Po. She smiled and then nodded to the driver. Relena looked forward as the limousine lurched ahead.

?Are things going as planed?? she asked nonchalantly still staring at the front of the limousine.

The blonde Chinese doctor nodded her head, ?We will drop you off at the rendezvous point. There you will wait with Yuy until Zechs and Noin take you to the shuttle and then to Mars.?

Relena finally turned to Sally and looked at her, ?I guess this is good bye then? For now at least.?

Sally nodded and then car began to slow. It was near the space port, far away from the prying eyes of the public. She breather out a sigh of relief as the limo finally stopped. Sally handed her the Preventer Uniform and a black baseball cap. Relena eyed it quizzically.

?It's a present from Duo. He thought you would need it to disguise your face while you were in the space port.? Sally said.

Relena nodded and then hurried to get out of the suit. She put on the pants and jacket. Then she braided her long blond hair and placed the black baseball cap on her head. She then left the limo. As the door slammed shut and man with fierce look and black hair turned around.

?So we are going to put the plan into action?? He asked

?Yeah, we should put this baby right in front of the house and then get out while the timer still allows us,? a new comer in the front said with a grin.

?I?ll get out here then and leave this up to you two to complete this,? Sally replied and then exited the limo.

~*~

?Argh! Yuy made the coffee again,? it was the cry of one Duo Maxwell in the background of the office ambience that morning had created.

Relena began to giggle to herself as she typed up the report she had found on her desk this morning. She had yet to see her partner Preventer, but she knew he was in the office because people were already beginning to complain about the strength of the morning coffee. The only other person who could stomach the stuff was Chang Wu Fei and even that was stretching it. Looking at the clock on the computer Relena noticed it was nine, her usual tea break.

She stood up from the desk and grabbed the mug that sat next to a picture of her brother and his little family. She exited the office and headed towards the break room.

?Hey Lena wait!? a small pixy like girl cried as she ran to catch the tall blond.

Relena stopped and turned around to face the person who had called out to her.

?Hey Hilde,? Relena said giving her one of the small smiles she only gave to personal friends and family and even those were rare.

The black haired woman caught up and the two continued on walking towards the break room.

?So where did you go after you left us last night?? Hilde asked with a sly smile.

Relena stopped dead in her tracks.

?N?no where,? she stuttered.

?Sure thing,? Hilde gave her a wily wink and then continued on to the break room.

?You know for a twenty four year old woman, you think with the mind of a raging teenager,? Relena commented as she tried to catch up to Hilde.

?I blame that on my husband,? she said nonchalantly.

?Did I here someone talking about me?? Duo said poking his head out of the break room.

Relena gave them a half grin as Hilde hit Duo across the head. She then became quiet as the pair went into the banter that they normally shared since they had married only a year ago. She envied that they had each other. She passed by the feuding couple and then went to the cupboard that she usually stocked with tea for herself and Quatre, whenever he came to visit. She poured hot water into the cup and began the ritual of brewing her morning tea. A must have for her as coffee was for every other soul in this organization.

She was about to take her first sip when Heero Yuy walked into the room and poured himself another cup of coffee. Relena could tell her co-worker was not happy. She could feel it in his presence as he walked into the room.

?Good morning,? Heero said in a quiet and cool tone.

?Same to you,? Relena replied and then finished brewing the tea.

She moved out of his way and escaped to the silent space that was their office. Relena was expecting a war to break out when he arrived into the space but she would deal with it when it came.

~*~

?Reports of the bombing that took place on the former Vice Foreign Minter Relena Darlian ? Peacecraft?s car today confirm that she and her driver were killed in the explosion that rocked the front of the ex-Minster?s home in the former Sanq Kingdom, late last night as she returned from the congress being held there. No damage was done to the home. Again Relena Darlian ? Peacecraft killed in an explosion near her home in the former Sanq Kingdom.? he flicked off the television and then flopped down on the couch of his apartment.

Heero sat in total darkness. It was what had been in the plan. Kill the image, the personality so Relena could go on to be a normal person. It was what she had wanted and what her family and friends had wanted. So he and the others had come up with a brilliant plan. Have Relena resign as Vice Foreign Minster, and then have the limo bombed to make it look as if she had died at the hands of an anti-pacifist group. So far everything had gone as planed. At this moment Relena was on a transport with Zechs and Noin to Mars. There she would finish schooling and then decide what to do with her life.

But what was bothering him though were the words she had spoken to him in the space port before she spotted her brother and his wife.

'You don?t need to protect me anymore. I?m not a fragile doll.?

She had handed him back the teddy bear he had given her for her sixteenth birthday. He was taken aback slightly on the inside, but kept the cool fa?ade that he had developed over the years of training. He was used to their cat and mouse games they had played since their first meeting over two years ago. He figured that it would continue if they meet in the future. He grunted and then stood up from the couch. He would put to bed the memory that was Relena Darlian ? Peacecraft.

~*~

?Noin, my office, now,? Une said from the door frame of Relena?s office with a cup of coffee in her hand.

Relena grumbled and then stood up from the piles of paper work on her desk. She began to walk behind the Commander of the Preventer. After a short elevator ride they entered the sparsely furnished yet still opulent office of the Commander.

?As you may know that there have been labour disputes that have formed colony X-199908,? Une said as she sat down at the desk and began to pull up information to the computer screen on the wall next to her desk.

Relena nodded and then rested at ease.

?It is crucial that they do not reach the point of strike or half of the world?s production of metal will go up in flames.?

Relena nodded again and stayed silent.

?I?m sending you, Maxwell, and Yuy up to investigate the cause then relay that information back to me. It will help when Mr. Winner and Vice Foreign Minister Suminatra go up for the labour talks,? She finished and then took a sip of the coffee.

Une grimaced at the strong bitter taste of the brew.

?Yuy made the coffee again?? She asked.

Relena nodded.

?Alright, Preventer Earth you, Preventer Maxwell and Preventer Yuy will depart from the Preventer space port at 0000 hours. You are dismissed.? Une said as she continued to drink the strong coffee.

~*~

The air was still slightly chilly as Relena stepped out onto the front deck of the house she had lived in with her brother and Lu for the past six months. She puffed out a breath of warm air into the chilly air of early December morning. It was beautiful to see that the planed terraforming of Mars had gone quickly and that it was shaping up nicely. There was already a few major city centres on the planet and they all were functioning adequately though still under dome atmospheric conditions. There was major trade with earth and the people from earth were coming in droves everyday.

The Marquis house in the little suburban settlement just outside the bustling city of New London was quiet at this time of the morning. Most of the settlers would still be nestled in bed. Relena chose this time as the perfect time to run before she had to go to school. It was also the only time Relena could think about what to do with the rest of her life. She was no longer Relena Dorlian ? Peacecraft. She was Malena Noin, younger sister of Lucrezia Noin. Sent to her sister on Mars because of problems she had encountered on Earth in hopes that she would do something with her life. Of course her brother wanted her to go to collage but everyday the Preventers began to look more interesting and promising. She was tired of being a pacifist and she wanted a little adventure.

A light snow began to fall as she neared the house. As she cursed the weather that had befallen her she was greeted with a familiar face who sat on her doorstep. She gasped inwardly but kept a straight face.

?Hello Relena,? the owner of the familiar face said.

?Hello Heero,? Relena replied coolly.

Keeping her back to him she pulled the keys to the house from the hoddie she wore and began to unlock the door.

?What were you doing out so early?? He asked.

?I was out for a run. I run track at school and I keep in shape by running in the mornings,? She replied calmly, still keeping the barriers up around her feelings.

There was silence from him. Relena heaved a sigh and then turned around to face him.

?So what are you doing here?? she asked.

?I?m here on business and I thought I check up on you to see if you were alright,? Heero replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

?So the Almighty Heero has more then ten words to me,? Relena said with a smirk and crossed her arms across her chest.

Heero was silent. Relena rolled her eyes and then set her mouth into a harsh smirk.

?Well Heero, I?m here now. I?m not scathed or bruised. I haven?t had an attempt on my life happen in about six month. In fact I?m happier then I would have been behind that damn desk on earth. So if I don?t need protecting why are you truly here?? she asked.

Heero set his face in a grim line and was silent.

?I thought so. So if you don?t mind I have to get ready for school,? she said maliciously and then enter the house.

~*~

?So then the aliens comes out and starts to attack the girls and it was like so cool,? Duo Maxwell exclaimed going through all the actions as he explained to Relena the details of the latest monster movie he had seen.

Heero sat at the ships console silently listening to the banter that Duo and Relena were exchanging about the movies they liked and did not like. He sighed inwardly and then brought up the data for the mission. He scanned the material once again and then switched it off and checked the estimated time of arrival. It told him that he had eight more hours left with his annoying best friend and the ex- Vice Foreign Mister turned Preventer agent. Duo was ok, once and a while. He did not want to be cooped up with Relena for the remainder of the eight hour trip. Sure she was beautiful and smart and one hell of an agent. Why else would she earn the codename ?Earth??

She was a fast learner and once she had she could pilot ships, fire a gun with accuracy, pick locks like a pro, even hack into a computer data base in less time then Duo or Trowa for that matter. She was his equal in many ways, but then nobody could be his equal. She still had little to none in toleration for pain and she was still naive in some areas that the world would always be peaceful. But it was most likely why when Lady Une finally assigned her a partner, he was placed in the small office that was piled up with paper work.

?So how?s that new partner of yours working out, Duo?? Relena?s voice interrupted his thoughts.

?I think Une has to stop sticking me with the new guys,? Duo replied and then scratched his head.

?You know that they could never let Hilde be your partner again,? she said softly.

?I know Princess but can?t I secretly wish that Une had a total change of heart and lets us work together,? he sighed.

?Be glad that Sally?s her partner,? Relena said flashing him one of her rare grins.

Heero clenched on the inside. That grin could make a dead man come alive, and her voice could annoy yet still a man would fall head over heals in love with her. He griped the seat rest of his chair and thoughts of the night before flashed into his mind. Her body under his, her blond hair in disorder around his pillows, the smell of her perfume which permeated the cabin of the ship. He growled out in frustration which caused his ship mates to stare.

?What the matter Heero?? Duo asked concerned for his friend.

?Nothing,? he muttered but jumped when he felt Relena put her hand on his shoulder.

?There must be something the matter, other wise you wouldn?t have growled like that,? he could tell by her tone that her brows were knitted marring the beautiful face.

?I?m fine,? he gritted out and then brushed her hand off his shoulder.

~*~

?Here is your office,? Duo explained as he led Relena on the tour of Preventer HQ.

The office was tiny compared to the one she had when she was the Vice Foreign Minster. The only difference with the two was she felt as if she belonged here at the Preventer?s HQ. She felt as if she had earned the job. Her position in the ESUN was given to her as a way of making her feel important, to tell her that she had a hand in the peace processes. Here she had more hand then there. She actually got to carry out the peace, even if it went against her nature at times.

?So which desk do you want Princess?? Duo asked bringing Relena out of her thoughts.

She gave him a small smile and then pointed to the small desk against the wall and near the window. Duo gave her a big toothy grin and then hefted a box full of personal effects into the room.

?I?d thought you?d choose that one, so I got you a little present,? he explained as he pulled a plant from behind his back.

Relena was amazed that the braided American would give her a present, in fact it was the first present she had received in a year that had not been for a birthday or some stupid delegation. She felt touched.

?Lena!? a voice from the door cried.

Relena turned and smiled as her pixie friend came and flung herself into Relena?s arms. Relena hugged the girl as a greeting. Hilde pulled away.

?Is Duo here showing you the ropes?? Hilde said with a smug grin and pointed her finger towards the man.

Relena nodded.

?Good, just don?t let him do to you what he does to all the new agents,? She said with a grin.

Duo scowled at Hilde?s comment, ?Oh she?s just upset that Wu and I locked her in a supply closet on her first day.?

?More like picked me up and kidnapped me from my desk and shoved me in there and didn?t unlock it until it was way past office hours. I never though Wu Fei would agree to doing what they did. I still hold true to what I told you that day,? Hilde retorted back.

Relena felt some what trapped in the middle of the two?s constant fights, but she knew they loved each other. Getting the two to admit it was a whole other story. She moved quietly to her desk and placed the spider plant on the window sill. This was going to be a definitely interesting job.

~*~

?Lena, wake up we?re here,? Duo said quietly as he gently shook her awake from her nap.

Relena nodded and moved to stretch her tired bones and muscles.

?Some days I?m glad I was born a light sleeper and that I never really need that much sleep,? she said and then yawned.

?I find it?s a curse,? Duo replied as the pair began to disembark the Preventer ship.

Relena gave him a sly smile, ?And why is that??

?Heck Princess you know why,? He cried.

?That?s because he?s more likely to be the one to change Ruth?s dippers,? Heero said flashing the two a rare grin.

?Ah he speaks. It?s a mire cal,? Duo said in his best Robin William?s impression trying to mock the stoic solider.

?Ha, ha funny Maxwell,? Heero replied sarcastically.

Relena made a grunting noise that turned her co-workers to turn and look at her.

?If you would like to help, I?d more then appreciate it,? she said sarcastically to the two.

Heero stood there and stared at her with his cold piercing blue eyes. Relena made the mistake of looking directly into the storming seas of emotion. She could feel the shock of electricity run up and down her spine. She gasped but kept it to herself making sure that their effects for this mission were in place.

?So where has the lovely Lady Une put up this time?? Duo said interrupting Relena?s train of thought.

Relena quickly checked over the clip board that she held in her hand.

?We?re staying at the Howard Johnson not to far from the factories,? she responded

Duo began to do a little dance which earned him a queer look from his comrades.

?What? Last time I did field work, Trowa and I got stuck sharing a Preventer issued tent that is normally meant for one person. At least a Howard Johnson in the middle of the industrial district is more dignified,? He said matter of fact like manner.

Relena hung her head and Heero just grunted in distaste for the braided fool that was his friend.

~*~

?So after a year and a half of slaving behind the desk, she?s finally given you field work?? Sally said with a small smile on her face.

Relena nodded.

?So who?s the lucky person who gets stuck with the peace keeping Relena?? she laughed

Relena shook her head and then shrugged her shoulders. Sally became annoyed with Relena?s silence.

?You?re turning into the perfect solider,? Sally commented and then bopped Relena on the head playfully.

Relena scowled at Sally?s mention of Heero. Sally noticed her frown and changed the topic.

?So are you attending the annual Christmas ball??

?Yeah, I?m on detail that night with Hilde. We have to guard the Presidents granddaughter,?

?So you don?t even get to dance. Pity, I always thought you were a good dancer,? Sally said with a smirk.

Relena shrugged her shoulders, ?I?ve been to my share of balls, and played the part of Cinderella.?

?I know, but don?t you enjoy it? Don?t you enjoy being held in some man?s arms and swung around the room while you?re dressed in a glittery ball gown?? Sally asked.

Relena?s eyes glazed as she focused on the wall in front of her.

?The last time I enjoyed a ball was my fifteenth birthday,? Relena said unconsciously, ?I had my first dance. A waltz, I think.?

Sally gazed at Relena in astonishment. She noticed the tears that formed in the corners of the blond woman?s eyes. Yet the tears did not fall.

?Do you know my first dance ever was with Heero?? She told the Chinese woman who was sitting on her desk.

?I wasn?t aware of that Relena,? Sally said softly.

Relena buried her head back into her work when a knock came at the door startling the two women. A man with dark unruly chestnut locks came into the room.

?Speak of the devil,? Sally murmured.

Relena never noticed the newcomer.

?Major Po,? he said in a low voice.

?Hello Preventer Yuy, what brings you here?? Sally enquired

?I?m looking for Preventer Earth?s office,? he replied

Sally hopped off the desk and placed a hand on her hip, ?Well you?ve found it and here she is, Preventer Earth.?

Relena looked up at the mention of her code name, feeling like a deer trapped in the head lights of an oncoming car. She had also recognized the voice and Sally could see the fear build within Relena?s eyes. Relena quickly masked her fear and then stood up from the desk and moved in front of Sally to come face to face with the man she had not seen in exactly two years.

?Hello Preventer Yuy, I?m Preventer Earth, your new partner.?

~*~

Relena did a quick survey of the crowd. It was small compared to what the television was making it out to seem. But Une would not have sent the trio if she did not think something was about to go wrong. She tossed the braid her hair was now in over her shoulder. The trio had replaced their standard Preventer uniforms for civilian clothing. To the two men that meant wearing what they usually wore. For Duo it was the damn priest costume with a leather motorcycle jacket over top to keep out the onset of the fake colony winter. Heero was dressed in a pair of tight jeans and white tee shirt. Over that he wore his blue heavy canvas jacket. When Relena had saw that she almost started a fight but she thought better of it. She still felt weird about the events of the night before and the fact that they had been stuck together on a mission. Though the silence was the working norm for both her and Heero.

Relena was the only one who did not stick out like a sore thumb in the crowd of striking workers. She had braided her hair and wore a kerchief over it to keep the wind from catching fly away hairs. She wore a pair of worn jeans with a blue heavy cable knit sweater. Over it she wore the down filled vest she normally wore when she ran. On her feet were a pair of work boots and on her hands were a pair of smoker mittens.

?What could possibly go wrong from a few workers demonstrating that they want a wage increase?? Duo asked as he scratched his head.

?I don?t know but Une wouldn?t have sent three of her best agents into the field if there wasn?t more to it,? Relena said as she puffed out of warm breath into the cold air.

?And a special agent at that,? Duo countered and gave Relena a big smile.

Duo began to do a nervous dance to warm his cold body. Heero stayed silent as he watched the protest. Relena began to move around the protestors. She was good at picking up information from other people?s conversations. Heero watched her as she began to move through the crowd with stealth.

?So what?s bothering you today Heero?? Duo asked startling him.

Heero grunted and kept his focus on Relena.

?I know something is up Yuy. I can tell,? Duo said pointing at him.

Heero turned his attention to the braided man, ?If there was something, which there is nothing, I wouldn?t tell you.?

Duo?s eyes became as round as saucers, ?I knew it. I knew it. There is something that is bothering you.?

Heero grunted again and then scanned the crowed again for Relena.

?So what is it? Is it women troubles?? Duo said wiggling his eyebrows.

Heero stayed silent. Duo again made assumptions.

?It has to do with Relena?? Heero shot Duo a murderous glance.

Duo backed off. Relena finally came back to them.

?There is a labour meeting tonight at the warehouse on twelfth. It starts at eight. That gives us a couple of hours to kill,? she stated.

?Well how does getting some food sound to you guys?? Duo suggested.

?Sounds great, I could really go for pizza or maybe Tai?? she replied as her eyes lit up to the prospect of food.

Duo and Heero chuckled. Relena since becoming a Preventer had an appetite that rivalled Duo?s.

~*~

Another Christmas came and went, and with it the new year. Relena stood next to the window staring out into the snow covered streets that bordered the building. A heavy snowfall had started to fall, coating the city in yet another layer of fresh snow. She could not remember a time when it had snowed this much. She sighed and then took a sip from the mug of warm tea that she picked up off the desk.

?Ahem,? came the deep coughing that she was slowly getting used to.

?Hello,? she said not even turning around to greet the newcomer.

?Shouldn?t you be at home?? he asked.

Relena sighed, ?I had too much work. I had to get the last of the reports done before we went on our next mission. I did a lot of paper pushing before I became a field agent.?

There was silence.

?Did you know that I did as much work for the Preventers as I did when I was in office?? she said offhandedly.

Still there was silence.

?At least this time I am making it count towards peace. I was only a pawn in the ESUN,? she turned around to face her guest.

?You cut you?re hair,? he said changing the subject.

Relena frowned and ran her hand through her shoulder length locks. She sat back down at the desk. She never noticed that her guest had left. After a few minutes a man with a dozen roses came into the office. She was taken slightly aback. After signing for them she found the card. She smiled at the tiny teddy bear sticker that kept the card closed. She ripped the card up and then took the roses and distributed them to each of her female co-workers.

After that day the roses continued to come and Relena continued to distribute the flowers all to piss him off. She was not going to let Heero Yuy take her heart again.

~*~

?It?s almost kinda like the Twilight Zone,? Duo said as they stood among the crowd of people in the warehouse.

Heero gave his usual grunt. Relena ignored the two, trying to pick up on the conversations of the others gathered. Duo kept on talking and Heero grunted and rolled his eyes every once and a while glancing in Relena?s direction trying to get her help from the chattering American. Relena rolled her eyes and continued to ignore the two, to listen to the noise around her. A hush fell upon the crowd soon after.

Duo started to sing the theme to the Twilight Zone and Relena swatted him. The crowd began to clap as a man dressed in a white suit appeared on the stage. Heero narrowed his eyes as if he was trying to place him from some where. Relena noticing that Heero was trying to deduce who the man was placed her hand at her hip just in case she had to un-holster the gun she had concealed there before they had left for the meeting. The man on the stage raised his hands to quite the crowd.

?Today, my comrades, is a day for the history. We will not repeat the mistakes of our predecessors. The Barton Federation under estimated the effect of Operation Meteor would have on the world. It was callous, so like men to think that dropping a colony on earth would solve the problems of the world. So like them to use a little girl as their pawn. But my friends, I see a different future for us. I see a nation that will rise from the ashes. I see the Phoenix and the future for that,? the crowd roared to life clapping and cheering.

It was followed by chanting and clapping. Then the man left the stage and greeted the group of workers. Heero furrowed his brow. Duo eyed him and Relena gave the two a signal to leave. Relena was the first to walk out. Heero followed a few minutes afterwards and Duo closely after that.

~*~

Of course it was the night that the small of group of friends had chosen to go out. It was the only time they would be back together as a group for awhile. It was in there best interest to utilize this time together for they had not seen each other since the birth of Hilde and Duo?s first Daughter. Relena sighed and then stirred the drink in front of her. Hilde had forced her out tonight on threats that if she did not come along, she?d make sure that the precious neat and tidy folder of mission reports went missing. Relena quickly put to rest her protest of not going out. So there she sat in a pink sequined top, which was tapered into a ?V? just showing the nice toned midriff (It was also backless), black leather pants and black leather boots. She had upbraided her hair for the night and left it down.

She could see Hilde and Duo out on the dance floor, dancing like there was no tomorrow. Hilde looked great for just having a baby about two months ago. She had to cast her eyes somewhere else when they began to get some what lurid in their dancing. To her left Trowa and his sister Cathrine were sitting discussing stuff about the circus and then planning how to run the shows around Trowa?s schedule. Relena stood up and left the table once the two ended up in an argument about one date in particular. She began to silently stalk her way around the room.

She continued to watch for her group of friends. A bad habit she had picked up from being around Heero too long. Quatre and Dorthy stood in a corner talking about current trade issues that were facing the ESUN. Sally and Wu Fei were arguing again about going onto the dance floor. She giggled inwardly but continued to watch. Sally then came running up to her once a particular song of hers started to blare out from the large speaker around the club. She tried to refuse but if did not work. So being dragged out on to the floor, Relena began to dance.

Being on the floor of the club was far from what it was on the sidelines and the bar. The temperature was scorching in the middle of the dancing compared to the coolness of the tables and bar. Relena could feel the sweet begin to trickle down her skin as she continued to dance to the rhythm of the song. She did not notice when a man came up behind her and placed his hands on her hips. She jumped a bit.

?Don?t stop. Just keep dancing,? he growled hotly into her ear.

She continued to grind to the beat. He pressed his front into her back and moved with her in the dance. She closed her eyes as she could feel his hands began to wander up her side. She could feel his hot breath burn her skin. Her eyes flicked open when she felt her mysterious partner?s tongue snake out from his mouth to taste the sweet that was trailing its way down the curve of her neck in tiny beads.

Relena let a small moan escape from her lips. She could feel the excitement that this man created in her as they danced. She was tempted to turn around and see who it was, but the murmured touch he left across her breast left her dizzy and lost in the movement the dance created.

"All right ladies, time to grab a man and get close as I slow down the pace,? The DJ said into the microphone.

Relena opened her eyes as she felt the burning heat that had been created by the enigmatic man had cause between the two of them, slowly begin to ebb away. Relena was shocked. She had not had this kind of feeling ever. It was new and she did not want to miss out on what could follow.

She knew he had only just left and that there was still time to find him. She quickly pushed herself through the throng of the crowd and into the open air of December. She didn?t even bother to pick up her coat. Relena began to frantically search for the man who had danced with her. Just as she was giving up hope, a hand lashed out and pulled her into the darken ally way.

Relena was pulled into a fervent embrace. Just as she opened her mouth to speak, it was covered in a searing kiss. Relena broke away from it panting as the attacker tried to capture another taste of her lips.

?Who are you?? she asked the dark shadow.

?Guess?? he taunted.

Relena?s eyes flew open in shock. She knew who it was. The cold finally got to her and she began to shiver.

?Don?t play games with me Yuy,? she gritted and began to struggle to get free.

Heero?s grip on her became tighter as she continued to struggle.

?I?m not playing games with you,? He stated.

She continued to wrestle with Heero for a moment longer until she was able to strike him across the head which caught the Preventer to go on the defensive. She came about and positioned herself away from him. He shook his head and then shot Relena an infuriated look that seemed to harden his passion hungry gaze.

?What did you do that for,? he cried out in a un-Heero like manner.

Relena let down her guard, ?You know why??

?No I don?t,? he retorted back and rubbed the welt that Relena had left.

Relena let out a huff and then wrapped her arms around her body, ?Because you know what could happen and I don?t want to go through that again. Heero I won?t give any one my heart, especially not to you.?

Heero bowed his head and nodded. Relena turned to leave. Heero reached out for her hand and pulled her back into a soft grip.

?Please reconsider,? he said softly as he brought his lips within mere inches of hers.

This time when he kissed her, it was supple and tender. She could feel the feelings she had long ago buried in her, rising to the surface. She broke away and then ran back into the night club, her hear racing for a man she did not want to love. Heero Yuy had been able to worm his way back into her heart and she was not prepared.

Once she was back in the lobby of the club, feelings of regret washed over her. She made her decision right then and there. Weather it was the right one, she would decide that later.

~*~

The two of the three Preventer agents sat on the floor of the hotel that the guys were sharing. In front of Relena and Duo were files of paper about the colony, the corporation, and the employees. The two were still sifting through the many pages of the legal junk they had turned up at the hotel. The note on top read ?An early Christmas gift, Dorthy?. Relena had silently cursed the blond for sending the information. Relena wanted to just go to bed. She wanted at least a good nights sleep due to the almost week and a half of power napping. She yawned again and Duo noticed.

?Hey Princess, I can finish here. Why don?t you go back to your room and get some sleep.?

?Am I that readable?? she said with a frown.

Duo nodded his head and then whispered to her, ?No matter how silent and unreadable you try to be around us, I can always tell Princess.?

Just as Relena stood up to leave; the sound of Heero?s triumphant ah ha, a habit he had picked up while he had been Relena?s partner, caught her attention. Relena groaned and dragged herself over to where Heero sat clicking away at his trusty laptop.

?The man at the rally, I knew he was familiar,? he said silently as Relena came to look over his shoulder.

?Renee Jaust, French nationalist arrested for the trafficking of illegal drugs and weapons for the OZ Corporation,? Duo read from the clipping that was displayed on the screen.

?He was a major informant for OZ. He supplied them the information on certain projects. That was until he turned and went to work for Operation Meteor,? Heero said in a monotone voice.

Relena scanned the article and saw a mention of her brother?s name in the text. She continued to read, but it was more or less explaining how the trial was to concede and then a comment on the punishment. She sighed and then rubbed her eyes and let another yawn escape her mouth.

?Well now we know the perpetrator is why don?t we all get some sleep?? Duo suggested seeing another yawn escape Relena?s lips.

Relena nodded and she bid the two men a goodnight. She used the door that separated her room from Heero and Duo?s room. Once she entered she crashed on the bed she closed her eyes and let the night ambience take her away. It was only a few minutes later when the pounding on the door, awakened her from her dream like state. She grumbled and then opened the door. There in front of her stood a restless Heero Yuy. She could see that he needed to talk so she let him in with out a word.

?Relena I need to ask you something??

~*~

?I love you Relena Peacecraft-Darlian, and I will always protect you? Heero whispered to what he thought was a sleeping Relena and then kissed her bare shoulder.

Relena had not been asleep when Heero said what he did. All that was running through her mind after that was the actions she had just committed. She had sex with Heero Yuy because of some silly decision she had decided to make on the fly. What made the matter worse was that she had made this decision while her brain was still fuddled from the soft kiss Heero had given her before she had run back into the club. She groaned as she felt Heero nestle into her back. His arms draped protectively around her midriff.

?What trouble did you get your self into Miss Darlian,? she thought to herself as the heavy breathing of Heero tickled her backside.

She wished for the entire world that she could just go to sleep and wake up in her own bed, but she knew that would never happen. There was only one thing to do.

Slowly Relena disentangled herself from Heero and silently dressed. She then left his apartment hoping that he would not wake up and follow her.

~*~

?What is it?? Relena asked as she watched the Japanese man pace the floor of her hotel room.

?What happened the other night? Was that real?? he asked

Relena frowned but nodded her head.

?What did it mean to you?? He asked sitting down on her bed.

Relena was taken aback slightly by the nature in which Heero was acting. In the eight years that she had known Heero, he had gone from being the emotionless bastard to an emotionally confused bastard. After being her partner in the Preventers has he started to show his emotions to the people around him. He could hold a conversation with just about any of the groups close friends, saying more then ten words. Accept with her. He was still quiet around her.

?I?I don?t know. Sex, I guess,? Relena replied.

Heero?s Prussian blue eyes became clouded and then harden with anger that only Relena could detect.

?I see,? he replied curtly.

Relena crouched down in front of him and looked into his face, ?Heero what I, what we did was a mistake. I never intended for what happened to happen.?

He nodded again and then stood up, knocking her slightly off balance. She stood up and caught Heero?s hand. He swung around and looked at her with a nonchalant look that seemed to border line on anger. She quickly let go and waited for him to leave. He did not.

"I thought you would be going?? she said softly feeling like that naive fifteen year old, who had asked Heero Yuy to make a promise to her.

His gaze hardened but softened as he slumped forward.

?Relena I?m tired. I?m tired of playing cat and mouse with you. I want to protect you like I used to,? he murmured.

Relena let go of a sigh she had been holding, ?I told you that day, seven years ago that I did not need your protection. I?ve become a self sufficient machine.?

Heero gasped at her last word and then sat back down on the bed, he was silent and brooding. Relena continued what she was saying, the anger in her building.

?I can fight, run, pick locks, hack, fly, pilot a mobile suit, and fire a gun with deadly accuracy. I couldn?t before,? she became silent and then sat down next to her partner.

The sound of a cell phone going off brought the two back from the depression the conversation had created. Relena grumbled and then went to pick it up. It was her brother Milliardo. Heero slipped quietly back into his and Duo?s room. Once he shut the door he went back to typing away at the keyboard trying to suppress the tears, anger and love that Relena had caused in him.

~*~

"Did any one contact Lady Une last night to update her on the situation,? Relena said as she entered the boy?s room. Duo still was wrapped up in the blankets on his bed snoring away, and Heero?s bed looked as if it had not been slept in.

?No,? she crossed her arms across her chest as Heero gave her one of his customary grunts.

He was sitting at the computer typing away at the keys, engrossed in the information that kept popping up as he typed. Relena sighed and then moved to the vid phone that they had brought for secure transmissions back to the headquarters. She deftly punched in the number and then waited for Une to pick up. When the screen flickered to life Une stood with a grim look on her face.

?Preventer Earth the one I wanted to talk to. Are you alone?? Une asked.

Relena shook her head put picked up the vid phone and took it to her room closing the door.

?I am alone now ma?am,? she said mimicking Lady Une?s features.

?The situation has grown worse on colony X-199908 I expect or else you wouldn?t call me,? she replied

?Renee Jaust ring a bell?? Relena asked in a sing song voice.

Une pondered the name and then cast shocked eyes on Relena.

?Thought his name might ring a bell with you. Your name was mentioned in the article along with my brothers,? Relena said with a smug grin.

?He?s out of jail?? Une gasped.

?Yep and he?s trying to bring about the destruction of the Earth Sphere like the Barton Foundation tried to do,? she turned her grin into a stern look.

Une was silent again.

?Is there any chance of putting operation ?Element? into effect?? she asked trying to get Une out of her silence.

?It?s the only way. ?Element? was designed for situations when people or the Barton Foundation and others involved in Operation Meteor that were not notified tried to commit it?s horrible actions again,? she said looking down at her desk.

?I can feel a but coming Lady Une,? Relena said with sarcastic smirk.

?You?re fellow ?Element? agents are more then likely tending to things that are of more importance,? Une said looking back up to the screen.

Relena gave the screen a quizzically look.

Une grunted, ?Your brother and sister in law, Preventer Wind and Fire, are married and have a family. According to Preventer Marji, this morning I was informed that Preventer Water is four month pregnant.?

Relena?s face fell. It was true; her fellow ?Element? ops mates were married and had families. She silently cursed herself and then looked back at the screen.

?Then who do you suggest to take their places?? Relena asked placing a cold look on her face.

?Trowa Barton and Quatre Winner will be arriving once I have them prepped and read with the Operation details. They will take the place of Wind and Fire. The only other Preventer that is both qualified and capable of this mission is Heero Yuy,? Lady Une said looking at Relena waiting for her reaction.

Relena just shrugged her shoulders and then nodded her head.

?I?ll make the necessary arrangements. Preventer Earth out,? she said and flicked off the screen.

She sat back down on the bed and wiped a hand over her face to eliminate the stress that was about to come.

TBC?

Sorry it was so long. Krazy



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[LadyKnight]

Glad to see you found the forum! Interesting concept... maybe I haven't read enough 1xR, but I don't think I've yet encountered one where Relena is a Preventer (an agent, yes, but not a Preventer). ^_^ Nice original take on the pairing!