"RELENA! IN MY OFFICE! NOW!" Zechs' baritone rang through the headquarters, making everyone jump and sending papers, folders, and whatnots flying through the air.
It had been unusually quiet that day, and just as everyone was about to relax, the captain had suddenly yelled for his sister, alerting them faster than a double espresso without the sugar and cream.
Duo bent down to gather the files he dropped, grumbling under his breath. "Does he gotta do that? He could've at least turned down the volume. Now I gotta alphabetize these freakin' things all over again."
Trowa grabbed a few paper towels and started wiping the fresh coffee stains on his uniform. He had dropped the hot coffee and spilled it on his uniform when Zechs yelled. It was all he could do to keep from hollering as the hot brew sizzled on his skin.
Dorothy and Quatre, who were trying to fix their busted phone lines, had dropped the telephone, shattering it. Quatre groaned at the scattered pieces and tried his best not to glare at the captain.
'I know the captain is an excellent police officer, but I just HATE it when he yells like that. It sounds like a goddamn NUCLEAR BLAST!' the blond youth griped to himself.
Wufei looked down at his lap, on which were the remains of what was once a hero sandwich. He sighed and got a broom to fix the mess, pausing now and then to pat his grumbling stomach.
'Why did I agree to be transferred here? At least in Hong Kong, they didn't disrupt the quiet like this. All they did was MEDITATE. Gosh, I'm so darn hungry!'
Relena stifled a giggle as she watched her colleagues clean up their mess. She got up and noticed that Noin seemed oblivious of what was going on. She tapped her on the shoulder. "Uh�Noin? You okay?"
Noin didn't seem to hear her and said, "What was that, detective? Oh, wait�" She took some things out of her ears and upon closer inspection, Relena sweatdropped. "EARPLUGS?"
Duo overheard and groaned. "Oh, jeez! Why didn't I think of that before?!"
Noin gave a lopsided grin at the young woman standing slack-jawed in front of her. "Honey, you know I'm totally in love with your brother, but this is one thing I don't like in him."
Everyone in the room laughed good-naturedly at the two and Relena proceeded inside Zechs' office. Once inside, she sat down and took the cup of coffee Zechs offered. Sipping the steaming brew, she closed her eyes and let her mind wander for a few moments.
Zechs looked at his sister from his desk and smiled lightly. 'Damn, she's all grown up! I can still remember being her prom date, after Tommy Johnson backed out from asking her to be his date.' He cleared his throat, bringing their awkward silence to a close.
"Relena, I have something for you�"
"HUH?"
"Here. It came in this morning." Zechs slid an envelope over to her and Relena opened it slowly, reading the contents, her eyes widening with each paragraph. "OHMIGOD! H-HOLY SHIT!"
"Relena, you're not the only one in the room, you know! What the hell does it say?"
"Zechs, I'm finally gonna live out my big dream! The FBI wants me to work with them!"
As the two siblings discussed, they were unaware that all of the NYPD elite force had stopped with their work and had pressed their ears to the door, eager to get some juicy gossip.
Hilde smiled to herself, walking back to her desk. 'Finally, Relena can live out her big dream and be an FBI agent.'
She couldn't help but feel a little envious and at the same time, a little sad. After all, Relena was one of the best they had. She was skilled at negotiating, dismantling, target-shooting�you name it...and she seemed like a great loss to the team.
"Uh�Hilde? Can we talk?" Hilde looked up to find Cathrine, Dorothy, and Sally hovering over her desk.
"Why, girls! Is something wrong?" The German girl gestured for them to sit down.
"It's just that�Relena will be leaving us soon, won't she?" Cathrine asked, her eyes misting up.
"Well�um�I really don't know, Cathrine. It is her decision to make and not ours," Hilde swallowed, at a loss for words.
Sally sniffled a bit. "We understand that it's Relena's big dream and she wants to fulfill it�though I can't help but think that she will be greatly missed by all of us�and I know that the FBI aren't exactly what we think they are."
"Oh, c'mon�Relena's a big girl�I'm sure she'll think this over," Dorothy replied, blinking back a tear. It was clear that she didn't want Relena to leave either.
Back inside Zechs' office, Relena was grinning like a cat with a huge saucer of cream. "I can hardly believe it, big brother! The FBI! Wow!"
Zechs smiled, happy for his sister and feeling a knot form in his throat. His eyes misted up and Relena stopped smiling. "Zechs? What's wrong?"
Relena looked puzzled and then it hit her. She would be an FBI agent but that would mean leaving NYPD, her family, friends�"Zechs, don't worry�I won't leave just yet�this is a big decision and I think I need some time to think�"
Then silently, she added to herself, 'I won't leave without�letting Heero know�not without arresting him�or even telling him how I feel�'
