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New Additions part 3
Disclaimer: Don't you know by now?? They're not mine!! I'm just borrowing!
Warnings: Flashbacking, 1x2, 3x4, angst?
~~~~~~ Indicates flashbacks
The six teenagers gathered in Duo and Heero's room, at Heero's insistence. Quatre and Trowa sat down together on Heero's bed on the right of the room, while Duo and Wufei sat on the other bed. The Wing pilot leaned against the door and chase leaned on the wall next to him. The pilots all stared at her through the silence, except for Heero of course.
"Okay, geez you guys are impatient!" Chase took a deep breath, "My name is Chase McKay, that much you already knew. I'm a trained spy, assassin, and thief, more or less the same as Heero. My mission in this war is to incorporate myself into OZ and Romafeller in order to gather the information needed for your missions."
"So all this time it's been you sending us all that information?!," Duo asked slightly taken aback by the explanation.
"Well Dr. J. and the others sure as Hell don't do it."
"What is it that you do in OZ Chase?" Quatre tilted his head slightly.
"I'm a soldier and mechanic. Mostly I work on the mobile suits." The room became silent, Chase could sense that the boys didn't exactly appreciate the fact that she was helping build what they had to fight against. Also sensing it, Heero spoke up.
"Anyway, do you need introductions at all Chase?"
"No, not at all. It's my business to know everything about each of you."
"Good, then we can skip all of that and you can answer my question."
Chase glanced over at Duo, who had his elbows on his knees and his head resting in his hands, then at her brother who was still in his typical stance, arms folded over his chest, eyes closed.
Wufei studied the girl, trying to determined whether or not she could be trusted.
Trowa and Quatre were wrapping and unwrapping their fingers behind their backs.
Chase began to speak again, "When I was younger I used to run away a lot. I'd go on some practice mission , complete it with deadly precision and scare myself at how ell I could just do something like that. So, I would sneak off to L2 using the excuse that I wanted to see how well I could infiltrate the transport system." She closed her cyan eyes in order to call up the memories, "So, one time when I was down there..."
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Seven year old Chase walked through the streets of the colony. She could see many children running around underneath the adults, some soon being chased off. One child in particular caught her eye as she was walking through the market place. He was about her age and had long chestnut colored hair, No one seemed to notice as he took a small prize from everyone he passed.
A few weeks later, The young spy was again walking the streets of the L2 colony. She watched children with their parents in envy as they begged and pleaded their parents to buy them things.
"Dr. J would kill me if I pulled a stunt like that.," she said to herself, not that she ever would anyway. Just as she finished the thought she felt a small touch down by her purse, a touch that wouldn't have even been detected by someone without her training. She shot her hand down, grabbing a small wrist and turning to face the thief, it was the boy from before.
She smiled at him with one of her more evil smiles. "You're good, but I felt that." She released the surprised boy. "What's your name?" The young thief blinked, then grinned a huge grin.
"Duo."
"Chase."
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"... Who knew it would turn into such a beautiful friendship.," she smiled at Duo then turned to her brother, "Satisfied?"
"Hn."
"How come you never told me you were a part of all this?" the braided boy asked.
"You never told me that you're a Gundam pilot."
"Yeah, but you got to find out."
"But why are you here now?" the green eyed pilot asked, it was apparent to all that he and Quatre were becoming closer and closer together as they sat on the bed, no surprise though.
"I'm on leave from my position in OZ, in light of the fact that the base I was assigned to no longer exists, and I have some business to take care of."
"How long do you have off?" Heero inquired.
"As long as I need."
******
"So what's the general consensus on Chase?" the Chinese pilot spoke up as the five boys sat outside later that night.
"She seems nice to me.," Quatre said as he snuggled closer to his lover as they sat on the ground together.
"She reminds me of Heero." Trowa put his arm around the smaller blonde boy.
"Well of course she does! They grew up together!" the American boy exclaimed with his usual enthusiasm.
"Well I'm not sure that I trust her." Wufei said as he perched on a low tree branch.
"I trust her. I trust her more than I do any of you actually." Heero piped up from his place leaning against the side of the building.
"Gee, thanks Heero." Duo replied sarcastically. The Japanese boy shot him a look which duo casually ignored as he had learned to do in their time together. He knew that it pissed Heero off and he had come to thoroughly enjoy being able to get a rise out of his normally stoic partner.
"You've all trusted me before, why should it be any different now just because you've seen me in the flesh?" The additional female voice almost surprised them.
"God Chase! Do you always just happen to be around on purpose?!" Chase smiled at her talkative friend.
"Actually, I need to speak with Heero. Alone."
"What do you have to tell him that you can't say in front of us!?" Wufei spoke up, still trying to judge her trustworthiness.
"If you must know," the spy glared back at the accusing boy, "I wish for his assistance on my new mission."
"What type of mission?" Her brother stood and approached her.
"A large scale assassination."
"How many?"
"Not sure."
"A family?"
"Hai."
"Two word conversations must be a genetic thing." Duo commented as he followed the conversation with his eyes.
******
Heero looked over Chase's shoulder as she worked at her laptop in her room that night. A picture of a man who looked to be in his late 40's with closely cut brown hair and a beard appeared on the screen.
"His name is Jonas Santaff," she said, " One of OZ's most influential financial supporters."
"He's a threat?"
"Over the years he's become more and more involved in OZ's activities." Chase typed a code into the computer and the plans for a new type of mobile doll came up on the screen. I got a hold of these through the base's information files. It's a new type of mobile doll, the production plant is directly underneath the Santaff residence."
"Not a very smart move." Heero commented.
"The plant is top secret. These new dolls would pose quite a threat to the Gundams." She turned in her chair to face her brother as he took a seat on her bed.
"But why kill the whole family?"
"It's mostly circumstantial, but, the only plans for these dolls are in the secret plant, except for the copy I have on this disc, and the only ones who could reproduce them are the workers, who are always on site, and Mr. Santaff himself."
"How were you planning on doing this?"
"That's where I want your help." The young spy held up a piece of paper, "The Santaffs are giving a party next Friday. I have received an invitation."
"You want to check it out first?" The Perfect Soldier said this as a question but knew that it was what was going through his sister's head.
Chase nodded, "I like to know what I'm dealing with." She looked at her brother who appeared to be deep in thought, "Do you accept?"
"Ninmu Ryoukai."
******
"Come on Heero, tell me!!" the American boy pleaded as he and his partner walked back towards the dorms the next day after classes.
"It doesn't concern you." the dark haired boy stated not even glancing at his companion. Duo made some frustrated noises.
"What could you two possibly be up to that you can't tell me about it?!" The long haired boy hated being left in the dark. "Please tell me! I can't stand this!!"
Heero smirked to himself. Not that he would ever admit it, but he loved torturing the other boy. Besides, not telling him kept him at his side, and he enjoyed his company. Another thing he would never admit. Duo had this energy that he gave off and over the past few months Heero had actually come to rely on that energy for a sort of comfort.
Duo huffed. A quick look around his surroundings revealed Chase sitting under a tree, her laptop in her lap. An idea pooped into his head.
"Ha! If you won't tell me then I'll get Chase to." And with that he trotted off towards his prey. Heero watched him, slightly disappointed that Duo was gone yet at the same time grateful for the quiet.
******
"Damn it!" Chase slammed her laptop shut and put her head in her hands. /No survivors./ The words ran through her mind over and over again, not really sinking in. /He must have gotten out. He had to./
"Hey, you okay?"
The young girl snapped her head up at the voice that suddenly intruded on her thoughts. Duo's violet eyes looked genuinely concerned as her own eyes peered up into them.
"Duo." she said shaking away her previous thoughts, "I didn't hear you come over."
"That's not like you," he sat down next to her, "You're usually more alert. Something wrong?"
"Something just went a little differently than I had planned, that's all." Chase put her computer down on the ground, "No big deal though."
"Okay." Duo let it go at that. He wasn't completely convinced but he could tell that Chase was content to deal with it on her own.
"Did you want something?" the spy asked turning her head to look at him, her voice returning to it's normal calm tone.
"Actually... ..." he began.
"I'm not giving you all the details." she interrupted.
"You don't even know what I'm going to say!"
"You were going to ask about the mission. All it is is an assassination. Nothing extremely exciting."
"That's not fair." the American pouted.
"Shut up." Chase leaned back against the trunk of the tree. "Come on, I haven't seen you in a long time, you must have stories to tell me."
"I thought it was your business to know everything?" the braided boy stated mockingly. The young girl just glared at him.
******
Heero and Chase walked up the front steps to the Santaff's mansion. Heero wore a black tux while Chase wore a long red, halter top evening gown, a silver barrette in her hair. The Wing pilot glanced around realizing that everyone was staring at them.
"I told you you'd draw attention in that." he growled under his breath.
"And I told you that I plan to enjoy myself while I gather information." She handed the invitation to the man at the door and they walked in. "It wouldn't kill you to have a little fun in your life."
"Actually, it might."
Chase sighed. "Fine, Just remember that you promised to dredge up little social skills you have, and use them." Heero simply gave her one of his looks as they began to mingle with the crowd.
******
"This is so not fair!" Duo whined as he and the remaining three pilots ate dinner in the school cafeteria that night.
"What's not fair?," Quatre asked as he shoved his food around on his plate with his fork.
What's not fair?!" Duo screamed, "What's not fair is that while we are stuck here eating this cafeteria crap, Heero and Chase are off at some fabulous party eating gourmet style!!"
"Duo please keep your voice down.," the blonde pleaded.
"Heero and Chase aren't feeling well, remember?" Wufei stated staring down at his dinner which he was still trying to identify.
Duo huffed and went back to picking at his food.
******
Chase glided around the room, talking to this person, smiling at another, without drawing any unnecessary attention to herself. She stopped next to a young man at the refreshment table and nudged him with her arm. "Come on, You promised you'd enjoy yourself." she pouted, hoping to get some sort of reaction.
"I am. I've never had so much fun in my life."
"Oooh, sarcasm. At least I know you're enjoying yourself now." Chase smiled at her brother and surprisingly, got one of those rare smiles back. "So, find out anything interesting?"
Heero nodded. "How about you?"
"Many people live here, we'll have to devise something clever."
"Got anything in mind?"
"Well' I was thinking that if we..."
Heeeeerooooo!" The golden haired girl was abruptly cut off by the ever familiar voice. Heero cringed at the sound. A quick glance around revealed that Relena Peacecraft had spotted then and was making her way across the room. Chase scowled.
"Shit." She grabbed Heero's hand, "Dance." she commanded as she pulled him through the crowds of people onto the the dance floor. The two began to dance, Chase scanning for Relena. Cobalt blue eyes gave her a look. "I think she gave up." She turned her attention back to her brother, "I guess they'll let anyone into these parties."
"Relena can get herself in anywhere."
"Well, being Queen of the World must help."
"How much did you find out?" Heero asked, returning the conversation to it's previous course as they danced.
"You make it sound like I wasn't trying." Chase glared at him.
"Every time I saw you, you were hanging on some guy, usually a high ranking OZ official."
"A little cleavage can go a long way." the young spy retorted. "Anyway, the family is made up of Mr. and Mrs. Santaff, an older daughter in her early twenties, a son about our age and an infant daughter."
"the house has three floors. The second floor is offices and luxury rooms, the third floor is bedrooms. You can access the production plant from what is made to look like a broom closet in the cloak room."
"How the Hell did you find that out!" Chase struggled to suppress her voice.
"I noticed it while you were flirting with the door man."
The girl rolled her ice blue eyes. "You wouldn't have seen it if it hadn't been for me so don't mock my skills." Heero raised an eyebrow. Chase was about to glare back when something caught her eye over his shoulder. Across the room walking down a hallway was a young man with dark hair and dark eyes. "Jack?" she whispered to herself as she stopped dancing and took a few steps towards where he was. Heero looked at her confused, although he didn't let it show on his face.
"Chase, what's wrong?" he asked still holding her hand. She didn't answer, she just continued to stare at the young man until someone passed between them and he disappeared. "Chase?" Heero tugged on her arm slightly, trying to bring her back to reality.
"Huh?" she turned back to her brother,
"What did you see?"
She shook her head, "Oh, nothing. I thought I saw someone I knew, but it wasn't him." Cobalt eyes stared into cyan not totally convinced. "Come on, lets go before Relena finds you." She took his hand and dragged him off ending the conversation.
Damn! That took a long time for me to get up! Oh well. Was it a good part? A lot of stuff happened in it. ::sigh:: Hopefully I can get the next part up a little sooner.