ONLY HUMAN
CHAPTER 9
"So you're saying that the person who attacked Noin wants the Peacecraft's dead?" Sally said into the phone, making sure she had her facts stragiht. "So, then its logical to assume the killer isn't Relena as we had originally thought. Thanks Quatre, you've been very helpful."
Sally hung up the phone and sat back in her chair, thinking. The voice was strong, Quatre said. A woman's voice. And she wanted the Peacecraft's dead. But then, why hadn't Heero seen this person entering the Mansion? Then again, maybe he had....
The agent stood up suddenly and strood into Lady Anne's office. "Lady Anne, I think I have a lead on this case-"
She was waved silent as the comander in chief of the Preventers finished a phone call.
"Yes, just make sure its taken care of. Tonight, no later than that, we have to stop them." She hung up the phone and turned to Sally then and smiled warmly. "Now, you said something about having a lead on the murder case?"
"Yes," she repleid. "I just got a call from Quatre up on L4. He said that Noin was attacked last night by a tall woman with a very strong voice. She said that she wanted the Peacecraft line dead, thats what Trieze wishes."
"I see," Lady Anne answered, obviously distressed. "I want you to put up a twenty four hour guard around Noin."
The commader stood up and gathered some papers from her desk. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a meeting with the diplomats of the South Chinese Government."
Sally also rose and saluted. "Yes ma'am. Noin is at Quatre's Mansion and has the proper security. But what about Relena? Shouldn't we try to find her and protect her?"
Lady Anne stiffened feo a moment and turned around. "If you've forgoten, Leiut. Com., Miss Peacecraft is still missing. For all we know, she was the one who attacked Noin. I want the search parties and bounty hunters we hired out looking for her 24/7, got it?"
"Yes ma'am," Sally saluted again, and followed her out of the office. Something in her gut was telling her that this was wrong. That Relena wasn't the killer. But orders were orders, she thought dejectedly as she called the commader of the search parties.
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"So, Heero. You got anything yet?" Duo asked for the millionth time that evening. Heero cast his Death Glare at him, and he shut up.
"Geeze, I was just wonderin'."
A beep sounded from his computer and he looked up with a slight grin on his face. "I've got the case file here."
Both Duo and Hilde crowded around to see the information.
"It says that Relena still the prime suspect. They have people looking for her. Also, it states that there were remnants of some sort of drug in Millardo's system at the time of the autopsy."
"Look at that!" Duo excitedly pointed to a section on the computer screen, and Heero smacked his hand away. Duo glared at him, and stuck his tongue out. "It says that Noin was attacked yesterday by some woman. That wasn't Relena, I'm betting."
"It also says," Hilde stated, reading further, "that the woman who attacked her wants the PEacecraft's dead. If she found Noin at the base, then they could probably find Relena."
"And how do you think they're going to do that?" Duo asked confidently. "Our buddy Heero here hid her so well, I bet HE doesn't even know where."
Suddenly, Heero realized what Hilde was getting at. "The killer probably counted on the Peacecraft's gettting help from us Gundam Pilots. So they have been spying on us all this time! Damn!"
"So, what's the problem?" Duo wondered. "She's not with any of us, is she?" Heero gave him a look, and Duo shouted, "You idiot! YOu are the taco supreme of all idiots! I can't beleive you, Yui! Whose she with?"
"Wufei."
"You stuck her with Wufei?" Duo screeched, well into his ranting. "That's inhuman, even for you!"
"Enough with the fighting, boys," Hilde interjected. "We have to go after Relena."
There was a unanimous vote, then they tore out of the house and to the space port.
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