Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Of Laptops & Love Letters ❯ Chapter 12 ( Chapter 12 )

A.N.- I’m figuring there’s about two more chapters left to this, possibly 3. Or maybe just two chapters and an epilogue. Who knows. I’m crazy like that. Anyway, hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: Oh the evil things I could do if these character’s were mine… But they’re not, so :-P   Of Laptops & Love Letters   Chapter 12   By: Penybright

Millardo Peacecraft stood across the vast expanse of his superior’s desk. He knew he must be hallucinating. Surely she couldn’t possibly expect him to participate in this charade. Lady Une smiled knowingly.

“No, Zechs, you’re not hallucinating. I am asking you to do this.”

“You honestly expect me to believe---”

“I expect you to do what’s right, and follow orders. However, knowing you, I thought that a little persuasion might be needed. Here.”

Lady Une slid a large manila envelope across the desk, watching Zechs carefully. They’d need his cooperation if they were going to pull this off. Even with his help, it wasn’t going to be easy. Zechs opened the envelope, pulling out a thick stack of papers. As he began to scan the documents, his eyes narrowed.

“What is this?”

Again, a knowing smile.

“That, is information that has been recovered to facilitate---”

“I see.” Slipping the papers back into the envelope, Millardo turned to leave.

“I must warn you,” Lady Une cautioned. “If you are not willing to help, I will be forced to treat you as a threat, and therefore---”

“I’ll give you my decision in one hour.” And with that, Zechs was gone. Lady Une sighed, lowering herself back down into her chair. They needed his cooperation for this. She only hoped he’d come to realize the truth and accept it. ------------------------------------

“Yuy!”

HeeroR 17;s head snapped up from the desk where he had fallen asleep, sometime that morning, after working through the night. The heavy oak door burst open with a splintering crack. His instincts kicked in as he rolled quickly from the chair and dove behind the oversized bed. So, Zechs had finally come for him…

“You can stop hiding, Yuy. I know you’re in here. Face me like a man.”

Heero’s eyes narrowed and his jaw tightened at the insult. Forcing his expression to remain neutral, he stood up. He found Zechs standing patiently just inside the doorway. Their eyes locked, Heero’s expression of indifference turning to cool anger as he registered Zechs’ smug expression.

“I have a few questions for you, and you better not try to dance around them.”

“Hn.”

“Something has been brought to my attention. I am not pleased by this new information. However, it seems that my opinion on this matter is irrelevant.”

“What are you getting at Zechs? I don’t have time for this,” Heero growled. Duo would be arriving soon, and he still had yet to set his trap and fine tune his plan.

Zechs stepped forward, smirking as he noticed Heero tense up. He thrust a large envelope into Heero’s chest. Heero took it grudgingly, a feeling of unease washing over him. Turning up the flap, he watched Zechs out of the corner of his eye. Something was very wrong indeed. Sliding the large stack of papers partially out, he began to scan the print and instantly froze.   ------------------------------------

“Is everything set?”

Three heads nodded in response. The four gundam pilots were seated around a table strewn with blueprints, schematics and any other information they could get their hands on. The object of their mission was buried beneath the piles of papers, a small corner jutting out.

“Are you sure about this Duo?” Quatre asked worriedly. “Heero can be quite---”

“I’ll be fine, Quatre. Just make sure you guys do your part.”

“Do you think he suspects anything?”

“Doubtful. Lady Une said she’d make sure Heero didn’t have time to notice anything suspicious.”

“You mean Zechs, don’t you Trowa.”

“Lady Une knows that Zechs would be a great ally in our plans. However, he could also prove to be problematic, so…”

“So she gave him an ultimatum,” Wufei finished. “Zechs will serve as a distraction while we get in place.”

“Pitting Zechs against Heero will eliminate him as well. I doubt Heero will just let him waltz out after what he confronts him with.”

“And should Zechs not side with us?”

“Even if he tries to stop us, Lady Une has prepared for him.”

“There’s still Relena,” Quatre pointed out. “She knows nothing about all of this. What if she tries to step between them?”

“I hope, for her sake, she lets them work out their differences,” Trowa murmured.   ------------------------------------

Relena was startled awake by a loud bang. Stumbling out of bed, she rubbed at bleary eyes. Last night’s rest had been far from peaceful. Searching for her robe, she quickly found it and slipped into the terrycloth garment. Raised voices drifted through the walls as she stepped into her slippers.

“Heero,” she breathed, recognizing his voice and dashing out of her room. She was alarmed to find the door to Heero’s room hanging at an awkward angle. Her gaze slid from the splintered wood into the room. A gasp escaped her, Relena’s eyes becoming stormy. Before she could step between the face-off that was soon to become a brawl, she was approached by Pagan.

“Miss Relena. An emergency conference has been called. There’s been an incident at one of the colonies that requires your immediate attention.”

Relena gave one last look at Heero and her brother squaring off before rushing back to her room. Those two would just have to wait for their lecture until she got back. The colonies and Earth took preference right now.

“Why can’t they just get along,” Relena sighed, grabbing all her paperwork and throwing on a suit as she ran downstairs to catch her limo to the spaceport.   ------------------------------------

“You seem to have become sloppy since we last met. I’d expected better of you.”

“Who…?”

“Honestly Yuy! You are a gutless coward hiding behind that impassive mask of yours. You’re weak, hardly worth my time anymore.”

“You have no right.”

“Don’t I?” Zechs responded with a raised eyebrow.

“These are---”

“Don’t even try, Yuy. I know your dirty little secret now. So, what are you going to do about it?”