sorry this took so long and here is the chapter i promised...

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Come what may

Chapter 4

The house quieted down and I relaxed as I thought of all the things

going on. Duo was wounded and sleeping. Heero was hurt too. There

was a spy or more in Preventer headquarters that was killing agents.

I frowned. Why was this person or persons doing this ? Was It

revenge or something far for sinister. Would it be a cover up to

kill some one else? But if that was true, who would be the intended

victim? Surely not Relena. She was out of the political view now.

She had nothing to say about any of it. If it was Relena then it

could be something from the past. But if it was Relena, wouldn’t

some one have figured it out by now? What if it was Une the

president of the Preventers? I could see that but yet , it would be

easy to get to her . She didn’t have body guards around her 24/7.

What if it was Mariemaia? Some one could be after the kid for what

Dekim had done. Une kept the kid under tight security most of the

time. If it wasn’t Une, Mariemaia, Relena, the Gundam pilots…….the

Gundam pilots…. Could it be a plot to kill them? If it was it was a

pretty stupid one at that.

“AAAAAGGG!” I shouted out loud. There was just too many variables

and I had to start eliminating or this would all drive me crazy. I

jumped as the door bell rang. I stood reaching for my gun as I moved

from the kitchen to the front room. I didn’t have a peek hole so I

just threw open the door and raised the gun.

The man standing on my threshold shook his head and pushed the gun

aside.

“That weapon does not go at all with your attire.” Then he stepped

into my living room with an entire group of people following behind

him. I stepped back as they carried boxes and garment bags through

my door. I recognized three of them as Quatre’s Maganacs, Rashid,

Abul and Auda. Rashid nodded, Abul looked at me over the top of his

sunglasses and Auda just smirked. I knew Quatre would not be far

behind.

“Quatre! What’s this all about? We’re suppose to be laying low! This

is going to bring a lot of attention to me!”

He shrugged. “I didn’t know what size to bring and well my Taylor

had to come .. Um.. He insisted.”

The man who had said my gun didn’t match my clothes came over.

“Come on, Come on! We haven’t all night.” He said to me and grabbed

my arm.

I blinked.

He pulled me into the center of the room and looked me up and down.

I felt my face redden as he looked me over like I was a piece of

meat. I felt very uncomfortable with his eyes drinking in every

curve and bump. He plucked at my shirt and stepped back.

“Size 5!” He snapped to his minions.

The sounds of rustling bags and zippers being unzipped filled the

room. People began talking all at once as they scurried around. I

said nothing as I stood in the middle of my living room. How many

times had I been rendered speechless in the past two days. Me, who

always had a smart remark or quip to any situation, was speechless.

I sure hoped this was not a sign of the future!

3 hours later , I collapsed on my now clean, and uncluttered couch.

Several bags had been laid carefully across my kitchen table and

boxes of accessories were stacked neatly to one side. I let out a

long exhausted sigh.

“I never shop for clothes like this.” I muttered.

I looked up as Quatre sat beside me. “You have to play the part,

Hilde.” He said as he grasped my hands. I know you only own one

dress and that would be a bit much for this. “

I blinked and almost asked him how he knew about that little black

number I had in the closet in the back.

“You should put that on for Duo some time and maybe it would open

his eyes to what a beautiful woman you really are.”

Shocked again And blushing once more!! What the Hell?

“Quatre, I’ll pay you back for all this.”

He smiled and squeezed my fingers. “No, you won’t. Consider it part

of the payment for doing this. You could have said no. this is going

to be dangerous , Hilde. More dangerous than even the war. You are

the only one of us who can do this. You are literally unknown.

People knew Duo hung out with some one but he was very secretive

about you and your identity. You never made it to the press like the

rest of us did. So you can do this with out a hitch.”

I nodded as he paused. This was all true. Duo was very protective of

the privacy we had. People only had to speculate. I don’t know how

he covered it all up. After all we ran a salvage yard on L2. Some

one was bound to know me.

“If you happened to get caught. Oh, God, this sounds like those old

mission impossible shows. You really will be on your own.”

I nodded. I kind of figured that.

“Tomorrow you will approach the office personal director and had her

this envelope. She them will directed you to where you need to be.”

He handed me a manila envelope. “This is your set up. You are a temp

hired by an outside corp. to assess any internal problems. You have

be approved and you will have access to everything. I hope”

“You hope?”

He nodded. “Every plan has a flaw. I just hope this one doesn’t get

you killed.”

I frowned. Again, as before alarms went off in my head. Things

weren’t adding up. I wasn’t being told everything and I reached out

and grasped his shirt.

“Ok, now tell me the truth, Quatre. What is this all about?”

He sighed. I knew he was hiding stuff from me at that moment.

“I need to know what I’m looking for.”

“Mobile suit production, weapons of mass destruction, cover

operations. Assinasion attempts. Everything, and nothing. We don’t

know but we do know. Make any sense? We know it all started on L2.”

He asked me.

L2 again. What did my home colony have to do with all of this? My

thoughts were exploding in my head as I nodded, knowing a twisted

way it made perfect sense, in a twisted way.

“Your cousin. What did he find?”

Quatre shrugged. “We don’t know. He took it to his grave.”

“Are you sure? Check you mail, either virtual or real.” This whole

thing was starting to sound like a b movie. A bad one at that.

He glanced at his watch and stood. “It’s late. If I find out any

thing , Hilde, I’ll let you know.”

I nodded and stood. I glanced at the 3 Maganacs and remembered my

request.

“Say, Quatre, um, could I barrow one of you fellows there to watch

over Duo ?”

He smiled slightly and nodded. “One will be here in the morning

before you leave.”

“Thanks.” I watched as the four of them left my house. I glanced up

at the clock and sighed. I had to get some sleep. I slipped into my

bedroom to grab some sleeping clothes and head for the shower.

I closed the dresser drawer as quietly as I could and tried to slip

out of the Room but Duo called out to me.

“Hilde?”

I turned toward him. “Yeah, Duo?”

“What’s up? I heard a lot of noise out there.”

“Not much, Quatre was delivering some new clothes for me for

tomorrow.”

He made no comment as I stepped closer to bed. “What’s wrong, Duo?”

“Nothing. I was just wondering….. Will you come back here when

you’re done?”

“Uh… after work or shower?”

He chuckled and replied softly, “After you shower.”

“Yeah.”

“OK, cool. I need to shower too.”

I laughed and said, “Well, then let’s get you in there first , shall

we?”

He nodded as I helped him from the bed and lead him to my bathroom.

After I got him in there and I heard the water running, I returned

to the bedroom and stripped the bed. The sheets were stained with

blood and sweat and well, if you shower you should sleep in clean

sheets. After a few moments I heard the bathroom door open and Duo

called out to me again.

“Hilde? Did you save any of my stuff at the house?”

I said nothing but went to my closet and pulled out a box from the

back. I watched as he stepped out of the bathroom in nothing but a

towel. His long chestnut colored hair loose and hanging down his

back. I could see small drops of water running down his chest and

stomach making their way to the towel around his waist. I blinked

and swallowed. He was good enough to eat. Even wounded. The wound

had a fiery red look to it and knew it was still sore for him. He

still was as well defined as before and it made my mouth water. I

raised my hand and motioned him over to the box.

“Here you go, Duo.” I said as calmly as I could, all the while

trying to chase the Hentai thoughts out of my head. It wasn’t

working. I wanted nothing more than to rip that towel from him and

love him all night long. I had to get out of this room and NOW!!

I quickly turned and headed out of the room toward the shower. I

quickly make it into the warm steamy shower and turned on the cold

water full blast. I hated cold water but I needed something to calm

me down before I went to face the love of my life. After I let the

cold water beat on me for a few seconds I turned up the heat and let

the hot warm and relax me. I knew I would feel better after a good

nights sleep…. On the couch. Ouch.

I sighed and slipped into my flannels. Yes, I have flannels. I went

back to the bed room and found him sitting on the bed, with the

covers turned down.

“Sleep in here with me, Hilde.”

“Huh?” was my startled reply.

I could see the frown on his face as he realized what I was

thinking. “Not like that, at not yet.”

“Huh?” Came my incoherent reply.

“You know like old times when you would come in and ….”

I nodded suddenly catching his drift as he slipped into the bed and

made room for me. As I laid on my side I felt him spoon up beside me

and snuggled his face into my neck. I felt him kiss the curve and I

sighed. He slide one his arms over my waist and rest it gently on my

belly.

I said nothing as I closed my eyes and enjoyed the warmth he was

giving me. I knew it would the best sleep I had gotten in a long

time.

Just as I started to drift off to sleep, Duo mumbled something in my

ear. Since I was half a sleep I wasn’t totally positive of what he

said but it sounded like “ I’m in love with you, too, babe.”

My eyes short open but I could hear his soft rhythmic breathing to

know he was already asleep. So I just took the words as my

imagination and relaxed. I don’t remember a thing till the alarm

woke the next morning.

I opened my eyes as the annoying beeped once more tearing me from

the warm arms and slumber I knew I had missed for a long time.

“Ah, shit.” I muttered as I swung the covers off and headed toward

the bathroom. I felt Duo stir momentarily and pulled the blankets up

to cover himself. I staggered from the bath to the kitchen and hit

the coffee pot. I rubbed my eyes as I watched the machine brew the

dark liquid that I needed in the morning to jump start me. I sighed

as I looked out the window to the already lightening sky. This was

going to be an interesting day. I pour myself a cup and looked at

the table. Hmmmm, what to wear. I snickered to my self , I never had

this problem before. I guess I had to laugh at myself. What a

dilemma … so many choices .

As I looked through the pile on the table I heard Duo call. I poured

him a cup of coffee and went to give it to him.

He looked at me oddly as I put it in his hand.

“I start the investigation today. “

He looked at me with an expression that could have made me cry.

“What is it?”

I asked concerned.

He shook his head and looked at the coffee. “You won’t be here

alone, Duo. One of Quatre’s Maganacs are going to be here with you.”

His face brightened considerably. “I would be better if it would be

you.”

I shrugged. “I know but I have work to do, lives to save.” that

remark got a large chuckle out of him and he sipped at his coffee.

Then he looked up at me seriously.

“You have to be careful Hilde, don’t take any foolish chances.”

“Who me? Foolish chances? Never!”

“I’m serious.” He said , angrily .

I smiled and replied. “I know.”

He looked at me with a shocked look on his face and then smiled. I

watched as his left hand came up and pulled the front of my shirt

toward him. He didn’t stop till we were nose to nose , then he

kissed me. This time I was ready and we made it a lasting moment.

That was the last true kiss we would share till this was over.

I quickly dressed and headed for my car, opening the garage door and

backing out. I glanced over to the front step and saw Abdul sitting

there, a bright smile on his face.

I blinked as he waved and slipped in through the garage.

I wonder how long he’d been there? That thought scampered from my

mind as I drove to my destination. I wondered what was in store for

me as I pulled into the parking ramp and got my ticket. I parked and

walked to the main lobby. As I stepped in it looked like any other

office building. Although I did notice a few occasional

discrepancies that one tends not to notice . As I walked through to

the personal office , I made a mental note of every thing I saw that

was out of place. You never knew what information would come in

handy.

I stepped in front of the personal desk and handed her the envelope.

“Please Follow me, Mrs. Maxwell.”

I blinked. Who gave me that code name? I didn’t know, but I was sure

it was Quatre , knowing how sensitive he was to others feelings. I

smirked as the woman lead me to a small office with no window. It

was small and cramped but had everything I needed to get started.

Even a small surveillance camera hidden the corner, which I promptly

waved at so they knew I knew they were there. I sat down and began

to type. I didn’t know it was going to be a long day.

To be continued

I apologize for any spelling errors.. Ect. I did proof read and

spell check.. But some spelling errors are beyond its comprehension!

Lol enjoy