Relena and the others gaped in awe at the enormous laboratory they were standing in. It was hidden deep in the earth and it could house at least five fighter jets. The lab was spacious and Relena caught sight of the various high-tech computers beeping.
She looked around and saw other various forms of exercise machines scattered throughout the lab. 'No doubt they belong to Heero�No, Aiden�' She smiled to herself. 'Aiden is an extremely beautiful name, as if it belongs to one of royal blood. It sounds mysterious, proud� It suits Heero,' she thought, staring at the young man with his hard cobalt-blue eyes and muscular frame.
All her other colleagues just gaped at the lab in wonder and even loudmouth Duo was silent. He could only whisper in astonishment at the numerous computers and miscellaneous gadgets scattered throughout the lab's vicinity.
"OH MY SHIT�A guy like me would definitely KILL to have this much equipment," Duo quipped, running his hands across a sleek processor.
Hilde whacked him on the head. "Careful! You could trip on a wire and BREAK something!"
Duo smirked. "Speak for yourself! Who had a klutz attack and fell on her face getting out of a patrol car?"
Relena grinned, watching as they argued. 'Leave it to those two to break the ice.'
Dr. J clanked his way towards the young woman and gestured to her with his cyborg hand. "Young lassie, I want to you and your comrades to gather around and listen. The mission begins tonight in exactly thirty minutes. Just enough time for the debriefing."
He opened a secret access panel that opened a section of the wall, leading to another room. As the others followed, Heero grabbed Relena by her wrist and pulled her into a hug. She melted into his embrace, not wanting to spoil the moment with any words.
They stayed that way for what seemed like an eternity before he murmured, "Thank you for everything�you don't know how much I love you�how much ~"
"Hush now�I know what you mean�I love you, too," she breathed into the hollow of his throat, hearing his low chuckle. "We better get going or they'll start having doubts as to what we're up to."
He looked at her, mock innocence written plainly all over his handsome face.
"UP TO? We're certainly not doing anything. I know I'm not thinking of ANYTHING. But you must understand that you create a crazy chemistry reaction to my biology. You're burning me up! And my biology is being incinerated. I'm a reasonably young man, besides. At this rate, there won't be anything left of me by the year ~ "
Her hand clamped over his mouth. "Let's just follow them, Heero," Relena replied, somewhat hastily to distract him from his 'burning'. He took unfair advantage of the situation by kissing her palm in a way that made her insides melt.
"You have broken my heart, sweet lady�but your wish is my command," he grinned.
As they walked through the hall, Relena decided to pop up a question that had been nagging her ever since they had done IT.
"Heero?"
"Hmmm?"
She giggled at the tinge of annoyance in his relaxed timbre. "How long can you survive without sex?"
He was momentarily taken aback and then shrugged. "I don't know�"
"How about a year?"
Heero was aghast. "Relena�a year is a VERY, VERY, VERY long time."
"Six months, then?"
The color had not yet returned to his face and he shook his head, emphasizing his point. "I don't think I could SURVIVE six months."
"A month?"
"I would try," he replied wryly, already confused by where she was leading the conversation.
She sighed. "A week?" 'Grrr�if he's going to say no, I'll hit him with my bat!' she grumbled to herself.
"Oi, oi�Relena�Is this your way of testing me?" he smirked, kissing her fingers.
"Heh�maybe. After this is over and done with, we'll run a procedural check on how long you can last without sex," she laughed, smoothing his bangs away from his face.
"Relena, I don't know if I can even LAST through a week�just give or take a few DAYS and I'll die if I can't have you in bed again."
She punched him playfully. "You seduced me, Yuy!"
"We seduced each other, Peacecraft. It's what all people know as FATE. Predestined. Written in the stars."
She laughed again and kissed him before they entered the room, holding his hand firmly. 'I think I'm gonna be a believer soon�'
~*~*~
"Alright. Now, this is the entire map of CyberBiotics Laboratories. The areas marked in red and blue are our primary targets. This is the entrance to the boiler room, and this is the entrance to their reference room�they keep all secret files here."
Trowa raised a hand. " What are we supposed to do, exactly?" Someone had to be levelheaded about all of this.
"All you have to do is destroy my diskettes and my documents. I have many secret formulas in the south room and these arrows mark how far the air vents go. There's a secret access panel under the Mainframe Computer in the west wing."
"The halls are guarded by laser beams that trigger the alarm system and ~"
"S'cuse me�uh, what if CyberBiotics finds out that something's missing?" Duo asked.
"Then that's where you come in handy, young people," Dr. J smiled, making his face even more grotesque than usual. "Heero, will you please explain?"
Heero stood up. "This is where the back-up plan comes in, Duo."
"We'll divide ourselves into groups. Four of you will go into the boiler room and destroy the heating and cooling system. The others will disarm the alarm systems and the others will set up the bombs, while the remaining ones will be the lookout. Relena and I will try to disable the mainframes system."
"We'll have to work this out pretty fast if we all want to get out alive," the Japanese youth finished, grimly.
"You make it sound dangerous, Yuy," Wufei remarked dryly.
