Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Angel and the Assassin ❯ Identical Surprise ( Chapter 1 )

i seem to have forgotten to put a disclaimer on my prologue so here it is: i do not own Gundam Wing! however, any and all original characters and ideas belong to me. please do not steal them!

 

 

 

The Angel and the Assassin

 

 

 

Chapter 1: Identical Surprise

 

 

I ne'er was struck before that hour

With love so sudden and so sweet;

Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower

And stole my heart away complete.

My face turned pale a deadly pale,

My legs refused to walk away,

And when she looked what could I ail

My life and all seemed to turned to clay.

- First Love by John Clare

 

 

 

 

SLAM!! The sound echoed quite far across the Preventor parking lot. Normally, the tall young man striding across the pavement would not have made so much noise shutting a car door. However, Trowa Barton was not in a good mood and slamming a car door helped to calm him, if only a little. Living with his sister Catherine in the circus for nearly three years since the end of the war had helped him become more human than he had thought possible. He no longer felt empty, like a shell with no purpose. Catherine had changed that for him and when the war had ended he had been more than willing to stop fighting and live a peaceful life.

 

As he neared the large building that served as Preventor Headquarters Trowa let his face slip back into his old emotionless mask. He might be comfortable enough around Cathy to show his emotions, but in places like this he found it better to appear distant and cold, it got things done quickly. Which was exactly what he wanted, to get this over with. He wasn't thrilled to have to get back into this. He could have refused, of course, but Trowa never allowed that to be an option when his friends needed his help. He had been on missions here before so he wasted no time in getting to the meeting room he knew everyone would be in.

 

"Trowa!" a joyful voice cried out as soon as he opened the door. Quatre's smile was nearly blinding as he rushed up to greet him and Trowa couldn't help the small smile that slipped through his mask. His best friend had a way of doing that to a person. He'd even seen Wufei and Heero fall prey to that charm. Following Quatre into the room he nodded a greeting at Wufei who was seated at the long table in the middle of the room. Wufei nodded back and turned his attention to the chessboard set up in front of him. Quatre took a seat across from him and moved one of his pieces forward. Taking a seat next to him, Trowa glanced at the only other occupant of the room. Heero was seated towards the head of the table, an open file in front of him. From the look on his face, the contents seemed to be troubling him greatly.

 

With a loud bang, the door suddenly flew open and four heads swiftly turned in that direction. "Yo!" Duo's voice rang out from behind the pile of snacks in his arms. Heero rolled his eyes and went back to looking at the file, while Quatre smiled and went over to help him unload his arms. Wufei, however, took on a look of aggravation and glared at Duo in disgust.

 

"Maxwell, can't you ever be quiet when you do something?" he snapped at him.

His arms finally empty, Duo looked over at Wufei and noticing the chessboard he grinned impishly. "What's the matter, Wuffie?" he teased. "Did I break your concetration?" Laughing when Wufei bristled at the nick-name, he bounced over to Heero's side and peered over his shoulder at the file in front of him. "Is that part of the mission?" he asked.

 

With a quick flick of his wrist, Heero slammed the folder shut and stood up so fast he nearly clipped Duo's nose with his shoulder. "It's none of your business!" he said sharply. His tone caused his comrades to look at him with concern. Something was definitely up, but he ignored them by taking the folder and moving to the door. He was halfway there when Sally appeared in the doorway and he froze. His eyes darted past her as if he was expecting someone else, but when she came in alone and shut the door behind her, he seemed to visibly relax. Trowa cast a glance at Quatre who shrugged helplessly.

 

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Heero was having a hard time controlling his emotions right now. Sally looked at him with some compassion. The same way she had looked at him when she had handed him the file earlier and he resisted the urge to throw it at her. Compassion wasn't going to change what the file said or the fact that blood tests had proved it all true.

 

For most of his life, Heero had been alone. Raised by an assassin and then taken in by Dr. J and trained to be a gundam pilot, his first and only experience at having a family being the four ex-pilots who had all sort of adopted each other during and after the war. He was sure knowing this information wouldn't change his so-called life, but having it suddenly thrown in his face was a little hard to deal with. Especially now that it was going to be a permanent change in his working life. Damnit! Now that he thought about it, his working life was practically the only life he had. Things had definitely gotten screwed up. Why couldn't Sally have just let this new recruit skip the blood test?

 

Heero repressed a sigh and looked at Sally, who had been waiting patiently for any sign that he wanted her to speak up. Darting a glance at his friends, who were looking more than a little concerned by now, Heero nodded. They were working here too, they deserved to know. He wasn't, however, looking forward to their reactions.

 

Clearing her throat, Sally began explaining the situation to others. "You're probably wondering what that file Heero has is about," she stated calmly. At their nods she continued. "We recently hired about dozen more people to become agents for us since we're a little short-handed. They had to pass a mental exam and complete several various physical tests as well. These tests were designed to evaluate their ability and experience in combat and survival. Of the ones we hired, several were former soldiers from OZ or the Alliance. A few were civilians. Their final reports showed that they needed to take the required training before becoming full agents."

 

The guys nodded again and Wufei smirked, Heero would have done the same if the next part wasn't so disturbing. Of course they needed to take the training classes, Heero had helped design the tests. The only ones who had ranked perfect scores on their evaluations were Wufei and himself. Trowa and Duo were right behind them and Quatre, though he had scored slightly lower than them physically, was an expert strategist and their unspoken leader. He was the one who had kept them all together and somewhat in touch during the last three years.

 

Sally took a deep breath and continued in a more subdued tone. "However, there is one recruit who scored above average on all the tests and exams." Heero saw the shock in their faces when they heard that. He had probably looked the same when he first found out about it. "Naturally, I had a background check performed and blood work done, but when the results came back I didn't believe them. When I met Ms. Laya Yuzai though there was no mistaking it." She paused and glanced at Heero. When he didn't say anything she looked back at the others. "Ms. Yuzai is Heero's twin sister."

 

Quatre's mouth dropped open in shock. Trowa and Wufei's eyes went wide. Duo looked like he was about to faint. If Sally hadn't already said it had been proven true Quatre might have laughed, and yet he supposed it made sense. After all, Heero's childhood was just a blur of training and even if he couldn't remember having parents that didn't mean he hadn't had them in the first place. Without parents he wouldn't exist, and who's to say how he lost them in the first place if he hadn't even known about his own twin.

 

"Why are you telling us all of this?" Wufei demanded with a hint of suspicion in his voice. Quatre sighed. Of course. If this young woman was as good as her brother then there's no doubt that she would be promoted to agent status automatically. This might cause some problems, especially if she was going to be working with them.

Sally smiled. "Because, she's the newest member of this team. Would you like to meet her?"

 

Wufei scowled and Quatre knew why. A female who could fight as well as Wufei would be considered damaging to his pride. 'Problem one,' Quatre counted mentally. By now, Duo was grinning like a chesire cat and watching Wufei with a hint of mischief in his eyes. 'Problem two,' Quatre counted again. No doubt Duo intended to torture Wufei and his sensitive 'male pride'. He glanced at Heero who still looked disturbed. 'Problem three,' he finished. Whatever Heero was thinking, his reaction to the girl was not going to be good.

 

Sally didn't wait for them to answer and knocked on the door once. It opened in an instant and as a figure glided into the room and closed the door, Quatre felt all the blood drain from his face and his knees weaken. He had never thought the sight of a woman could affect him so much. Laya Yuzai barely seemed to glance at the others as her gaze landed on Heero.

 

She barely seemed to be breathing as she stood across from Heero in silence. The similiarities were unmistakable. Identical Prussian blue eyes locked on to each other. Their hair color was the same, the shape of their face, nose, even the eyebrows, although her lips were fuller and more delicately shaped. In fact, her feminity was what marked the difference between them. Her features were softer and more delicate in appearance though her eyes proved she had seen as much hardship as her brother, if not more. She had the sort of figure most women would kill to have and the graceful way she had walked into the room spoke of carefully hidden strength. In short, she was downright beautiful.

 

The twins' stances were tense, wary as if ready to attack at the slightest provocation as they eyed each other, the 'Yuy death glare' plastered on both their faces. The air was thick with tension and Quatre gasped in surprise as a hand shot out like lightning.