Relena had long finished her meal and was having an animated conversation with Josh. He had been raised on the streets all his life, but he had finished schooling by doing odd jobs and lots of overtime.
His parents had died early, leaving him to feed his sickly brother and himself. Unfortunately, his brother had died before he had finished high school.
'Hmm�Josh seems pretty nice�and he's got a great personality,' Relena thought to herself.
'Don't forget that he's absolutely, drop-dead gorgeous!' A voice added.
"Annie, I was wondering if it would be fine if I could see you again," Josh broke her away from her train of thoughts and Relena immediately nodded.
"Alright. Let's do this some other time. I had fun," she replied, not tearing her gaze from Josh and his soul-searching eyes.
"Then it's dinner tomorrow night? I know a really incredible place."
She grinned. "Joshua Mayfield! Are you asking me out?"
He blushed and returned her smile. "Well, yeah�That is, if you're available."
"Of course. I'll see you tomorrow. Pick me up at seven. Room number 15, Apartment 152, Main Street. Got that?"
"Yeah. Okay, I'll see you then�" Heero watched her walk out of the shop.
He had a hard time not staring at her. No woman had smitten him like Annie. She was breathtaking and at the same time, gentle. A dark look suddenly crossed his face. 'No, she won't have to find out about me until the right moment,' he thought.
He had been a terrorist for five years now, and had gained the reputation of "Most Wanted Criminal". What would Annie think if she found out?
Little did he know that "Annie" was currently heading to the NYPD station, and he would be found out sooner than he thought.
BACK AT NYPD HEADQUARTERS�
"I knew it was him!" Relena crowed. "I'm so glad I saw the surveillance photos. Now we can catch him, I can get out of this stupid charade, and everyone can rest easy!"
"I wouldn't be too sure, detective," Trowa frowned. "He's one sly fox, I can tell you that."
"Yeah, most bombers fall in love with one bomb and they're very monogamous. This guy uses C-4; C-12, dynamite, different trigger every time. He's a psycho," Officer Hilde stated.
"Hey, don't worry about me. I can handle this," Relena scoffed. "Besides, from the way he looked at me awhile ago, I'm sure he's putty in my hands."
"From the looks of it, I'd say you're both putty," Duo snorted.
Relena glared. "DUO! Were you SPYING on me? Who gave you the authorization?"
"I did." Everyone whirled around to see Zechs sitting on his desk, sipping some coffee.
Relena rolled her eyes and grabbed another cup of coffee. "It's no wonder I have vices. If I didn't have any, you'd force me to develop one, Zechs."
"Well, I was just concerned about you. This guy has looks a woman would kill for."
"And who told you that?" Relena asked, bewildered.
"Dorothy. And in case you didn't notice, Relena, that's your FOURTH cup. Careful on the caffeine," came the muffled reply.
"Heh�figures. Man, that girl is nuts. She says that about every man," she laughed, ignoring her brother's 'caffeine comment' and continued to sip her coffee.
"Well, this time, I really MEAN it. I mean, he's got the most intense eyes."
Relena rolled her eyes heavenward as Dorothy continued.'There is no justice.'
"Honey, I'd give anything for a man like that," she exclaimed, making doe eyes and wiggling her�eyebrows.
"Gimme a break. You already have Quatre. And besides, you'd hurt his feelings," Duo laughed.
Quatre sniffed. "Oh yeah, I've been wounded."
"Come now, Quatre, honey. I was just kidding," Dorothy smiled.
"Well, you're forgiven. I can't refuse a woman like you, you know," he replied, kissing her cheek.
Relena nearly choked on her coffee and stifled a laugh. 'Jeez!WHAT does he find inHER? Love can really make you do crazy things,' she thought.
"Relena, what name did he give you?" Noin asked.
"It was Joshua Mayfield. And thankfully, he knows me as 'Annie Whitman'. He asked me out."
"Good. Then we can find out more about him and we can catch him easy. Good work, sis," Zechs patted her on the back.
"Thanks, bro. And now, if you people don't mind, I'm gonna go home and soak in the tub," Relena swatted away her brother's hand and picked up her duffel bag.
MEANWHILE�
"Heero, where have you been?"
"Nowhere, Dr. I just went out to eat," Heero replied.
A wizened old man stepped out. At that moment, anyone would have thought of him as terrifying. He wasn't completely human, having what looked like half a cyborg body.
"I hope you don't forget about the mission, young man. We must find a way to get those disks from CyberBiotics."
