Disclaimers: Gundam Wing and all its characters are not owned by me, but by the awesome

creators and Sotsu. Please don't sue.

Authors Notes: Gomen ne for taking so long with this chapter, I HAD intended for it to

be out a week or so after the last one but for some reason one part just didn't sound

right no matter what I did. You have NO idea how many times I wrote, rewrote, and

re-rewrote the dumb thing. Hopefully now it sounds okay. Thank you to everyone that

has reviewed this story, it means so much to me!! Nothing much else to say but I have

gotten a few confused emails regarding Duo and Hilde having 3 kids with one in the

toaster (expression compliments of my teacher). I know I MEANT to say it but when I look back I saw I didn't explain. The oldest is about 4, and two of the kids (1 girl, 1 boy) are twins. They are about 2 years old. Does that help any? I apologize for not

explaining sooner, but I could've sworn I had! ::shrug:: Oh well, hope this chapter is

good and hope you enjoy!

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Never Let Go: Chapter 5

By Jadet

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"Come on Heero!"

"No."

"She really needs it Heero."

"I said no."

Relena sighed and watched her husband and Duo debate over whether or not to let her go

shopping. Usually Relena would be agreeing with Heero since she didn't particularly like shopping for clothes and such. It was such a boring task, and most of the time it took too long for her liking. But then again usually she HAD clothes to wear, and therefore she didn't need any new clothes.

Relena sighed again and looked behind her into Heero and hers closet and winced. It was

true that Heero hadn't touched herself since the day she had supposedly "died", but

then again he hadn't tried to defend her stuff against moths and such either. Her

wardrobe now consisted of a new style. The holey one.

Taking pity on Duo, since she knew how stubborn Heero could be when he was worried, she

suppressed a laugh. Reaching into the closet, Relena brought out what used to be Heero's favorite dress on her. Turning back around to both men who were now arguing red faced, she stepped between them and faced Heero. Both men stopped arguing and looked down at her startled.

Without offering an explanation, she leaned down a bit and placed her finger in one hole

and her eye to the other. Wiggling her finger that was right above where her breasts

would have been, she giggled at Heero's resigned expression.

"All right,” Heero turned to glare at Relena. He wanted her to get it straight that he

wasn't about to let her out of his sight. He would never take that chance again. "But I'm going with you."

Duo grinned at Relena who was struggling to contain her giggles. Slapping a hand on

Heero's shoulder, he turned and walked out the door calling over his shoulder.

"Thanks Heero! Hilde, Sally, and Dorothy will be ready in about ten minutes!"

The door closed on Duo's laughter and Heero's growl.

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Watching from the bushes, the little boy located his target among the people around the

house. Shivers raced up and down his spine as he knelt in the snow observing the group.

Silently he identified each person milling around one large gray van, surprised at all

the high-ranking Preventor officials in contact with his target.

Frowning, the boy rubbed a small hand over his tattered blue jacket, trying to put some

heat back into his body. There shouldn't have been so many people. His data only

informed him that his target lived here alone and stayed in on weekends. He had been

prepared for that. Not for this though, there were at least 15 other people here besides his target.

The little boy shrugged. No matter, he would still get this done as quickly as possible

so he could get back to his mommy. There was no doubt in his mind the master would turn

his anger to her while he waited for him to get back.

Again a little thought nagged at the back of his mind as he slinked through the bushes

towards the back of the house. Something was familiar about his target, like he had

seen him somewhere before. Of course his master had shown him a picture of his target

so that he would recognize him, but the picture had been taken from the back and far

away. It was his clothes that gave him away, not his face.

Yet his face stuck a chord in the young boy. If he didn't know better, he would have

sworn that his mommy had once shown him a picture of his daddy. And that man kinda

looked like his daddy. But that was impossible. His daddy was living far away like the

master said, and would only come back when he defeated this man 'cause he was scared of

him. The little boy didn't really believe that of course, his daddy wouldn't be scared

of anyone. But just the same, the master wouldn't lie too much... would he? The boy

shook his dead in denialment, sneezing softly into a gloved hand. And anyways, his mommy

wouldn't have given up the picture so easily to the bad men if that was his daddy's

picture. His mommy loved his daddy.

The little boy finally reached the back of the house, and with a deft flick of his

wrist, brought out a screwdriver from a small leather bag on his waist. His data

showed that this was the easiest way to get in undetected. After a few minutes of

fiddling with the screws and lock, the boy undid the latch on the ventilation shaft

outside. It was lucky for him that most of the people were leaving. It would make it

a lot easier to check out the place before his target got home.

Pulling himself up, he quickly turned and pulled the vent door closed behind him.

Shrugging off the concern that he knew that man, he turned back around and began to

familiarize himself with the layout of the house.

He was going to get his mission done fast, then get back to his mommy.

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The steady click of her heels on the metal floor were the only sounds in the hallway as the young woman hurried to her office, clutching a folder. Looking down to reassure herself she did in fact have the small folder in her hand with all the documents, the young lab worker raised her head just in time to stop herself from running into her boss. Fear clutched at her heart but she forced herself to smile at the man in front of her. She hid the folder in her jacket. She couldn't let him know she had it. He would know then and her promise would be for naught.

"Good evening sir," the woman stuttered, trying to ignore the piercing glare the man in front of her was analyzing her with.

"Have you located the boy yet?"

"No... no sir, but we're looking. Sam said that he may just be hiding somewhere within

the compound again like last time, so we're looking in all his favorite places...."

A slap to the face stopped the nervous young woman. She hit the floor hard and skidded

a few feet before stopping. Whimpering slightly, the woman placed a hand to her cheek.

Peering out from beneath limp blond hair, the young woman noticed the doctors green eyes

narrow furiously, and cringed outwardly.

"You idiot, don't you think I haven't already checked those places? I know him better

than all of you half wits combined!" The doctor sighed and ran a hand through straggly

white blond hair, a deep frown marring his handsome face. He hated incompetents.

Glaring at the cowering young woman in front of him, he wondered idly if his father

would allow him to kill this one too. The pleasure of slowly ebbing the light glowing

in her would please him considerably. Especially since that bitch decided to escape.

He hadn't had fun for almost a week now.

Sneering at the woman slowly pulling herself up off the floor, he straightened his white

jacket. "Have you found out any more information on the location of the woman then?"

The young woman shook her head timidly, keeping her gaze on the floor and therefore

missed the look of rage cross the young man's expression. Turning on his heel, the

doctor left the woman shaking in her lab coat and walked angrily down the hall. Along

the way he basked in the screams and cries of the experiment subjects his father and him

had gathered. Placing the stupid woman out of his mind for the moment, he entered a

room to the far left and began to prepare for his daily workout.

The woman held her breath until the doctor was out of sight before letting it out in a

rush. Holding a hand against her chest, she tried to calm her racing heart. Tears

filled her eyes in relief when she reminded herself that he still hadn't found them.

Miss Relena and her son were still safe.

Using the back of her hand to wipe away the tears, she made the sign of the cross and

prayed.

'Please lord, keep Miss Relena and Kevin safe.'

Patting her pocket, she made sure she had the folder still and hurried down the hall again, intent on fulfilling her promise and burning the contents.

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Her scream echoed throughout the store.

At first when everyone heard it, they thought it was just a child screaming when her

Mother denied her a pink teddy bear in the window of a toy store. When no following

screams issued, the listeners considered it maybe a sound from a neighboring store.

Maybe a television or a radio. But when nothing else followed the sound but silence the

listeners began to get worried. Who would scream like that? Should they be worried

that they too would be screaming in such horror in a few moments?

Heero was the first one to put two and two together.

Everyone followed suit when they saw Heero jerk out of his seat near the changing room

and run inside calling Relena's name. Also calling out Relena's name, they followed Heero inside the ladies changing room, ignoring the calls of outrage from the women changing as Heero raced through. When they arrived at the very last stall they found Heero holding a terrified Relena in his arms, a confused look on his face.

Those that knew Heero would immediately wonder what would make him look confused, and

more of those who knew Relena would wonder why she would throw aside all decorum and

scream bloody murder.

They were answered as soon as they heard Relena's sob as she cried into her husbands

chest.

"Her baby is gone?" They all echoed, looking at each other.

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The little boy sneezed again and curled into a tighter ball, trying to warm up. Even

with an old blanket he had found in what he had concluded was his target's room, he

couldn't get warm. Burrowing his head deeper into the crook of his arm, he willed the

pain in his head go away. It didn't comply and the boy let out a small sob.

Sniveling, the little boy brought out a small watch and glanced at the time. They had

been gone two hours all ready and it was all ready eight o'clock at night. How much

more time would they be gone? He wanted to get this done so he could go to his mommy.

Something was wrong with him, he felt funny.

Putting back the watch, he pulled the blanket closer around him and closed his eyes. He

wondered absentmindedly if his target was as mean as he looked or if he was just like

his mommy said his daddy was. Scary only on the outside but soft and gooey on the

inside.

He fell asleep a minute later, dreaming of his mommy's sweet voice singing to him.

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End of Chapter Five

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