Sorry I made all of you wait all weekend for this.  My computer's on the fritz and won't load the Fanfiction.net page.  Figutes, eh?  well, anywho, here is the next installment of "Orphans of the War".


Notes:  < blahblahblah > indicate thoughts.

Disclaimers: I own none of these charecters 'cept for the ones that come out of my brain. (Scary, huh?)  Please don't sue me, 'cause all you'll get is a really angry lawer and outstanding court costs.


An now, onto the fic!

Scene 5

As Heero and Kaitlyn traveled to the conference room, security teams were sweeping the building.  The conference room was emptied, and a mob of people were being ushered into a small waiting room.

"What is going on here?"  Heero demanded of a guard, while pushing his way through the crowd.  Recongnizing him as Relena's husband, the century bowed on respect.

"I'm sorry, Heero-sama, but everyone must stay here until we find Relena-sama."

"What?  Where's Relena?"  Kaitlyn asked, coming to her brother's side. 

"That's the mystery," the guard replied, "No one knows.  She left the meeting at about 6:30, claiming she had to check on someone, and that's the last time anyone saw her."

Kaitlyn leaned heavily on the wall behind her.  < If they hurt her, it will be all my fault.  I knew I shouldn't have left the room, it was too dangerous.>  

Heero stormed out of the room. dragging his sister along by the arm.

"He...Heero, what are you doing?" the girl asked with wide eyes.  He turned to face her, his blue eyes flashing with a dangerous fire.

"We are going to find my wife," he stated, with steely determination.  They made their way to the communications center, and he transmitted a coded message on a secret frequency.

"What's going on here?" the black-haired girl asked, "Can't the police handle this?"

Heero looked at her with a small smirk.  "I am contacting some friends of mine; they will want to help search for Relena, also."

As he said this, there was a rumbling outside.  Kaitlyn ran to a window, only to see four humongous moblie suits land in the front yard.

"Oh my God..." she trailed off, as her brother once again drug her around by the arm.  They arrived in the yard, just in time to see the pilots descend from their Gundams.

< Oh, wow.> Kaitlyn thought.  <This mission is WAY to easy.  There's 03, 05, and 04.  Oh, look! Is THAT the pilot of 02? I never would have thought he would look like THAT! How dissapointing.>

She glanced around, looking for the other Gundam.  "Hey, Heero.  Isn't there supposed to be another Gundam?"

The pilot of Wing Zero grinned and pointed to himself.  

"Nuh uh! You?"

He nodded.

< I don't beleive this.  My own brother, the very pilot I have to capture.  Figures.>

"Wow, talk about your friends in high places," Kaitlyn muttered.

Heero welcomed his fellow pilots, and invited them in.  Once inside and seated at a round table, Trowa asked:

"So Heero?  What's the big emergency?"

Heero replied stonliy, "Relena's been kidnapped."

Duo, reliving a srange feeling of DeJaVu, coulnd't resist adding:

"Sounds like infatuation to me!!"

Heero passed behind the braided pilot and smacked him in the back of his head, causing him to spill the scalding coffee he was holding into his lap.  Wufei held back a snicker, then asked,

"Why do you need us to track down your woman?  Don't you have people that do that?"

"They are incompetent."

Kaitlyn sat in the chair farthest from the pilots, studying them. < I can't beleive that they just fell in my lap like this!  This is turning out to be very simple!>

Quatre glanced her way, and gave her a friendly smile, which she returned after a moment's hesitation.

'Who are you?  The blonde haired pilot asked.  Kaitlyn opened her mouth to answer, but Heero cut her off.

"The girl is a guest of Relena's and mine."

She gave Heero a whithering stare, but decided to go along with his story.  He must have a good reason for telling them that she wasn't his sister.

"At 6:30, Relena was reported missing.  There are security teams searching for her as we speak, as well as the police."  Heero filled in the pilots, then waited for a reaction.

"Wufei stood and growled, "You drug me all the way up here to search for you weak woman?  The police can handle this!"

As he stalked out of the room, Quatre called after him.  "Its our job to preserve the peace!  We have to protect the Peacecrafts!"  

"Let him go, Quatre," Duo said, rising out of his reclining position at the table.  "We all know how stubborn that jack-ass is."

They all sat in silence for a while, trying to think of a plan to find the ruler.  Suddenly, the door burst open, and and a sevant ran in, out of breath.

"They found her!  She's in a hospital not far from here!"

Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa, and Kaitlyn exchanged looks, then raced outside to the awaiting car.