Blood of a God

Chapter 2: A Dangerous Beauty part b
Pairings: Many
Disclaimer: I don’t own GW, Sailor Moon, or DBZ.
WARNING: This is about m/m relationships. If you have a problem with that then I suggest that you go elsewhere.

/ Thoughts /
:: Telepathy ::


~ Author’s POV ~

A ruthless man heads the Oz origination by the name of Treize Khushrenada. He oversees every aspect of the military with two of his most trusted soldiers, Lady Une and Colonel Zechs Marquise. Upon hearing the news of the attack of the MS troop group number eight, they decided to put a plan into action. Before they could finalize any of the preparations however, the MS troops that had been sent to the Sanc Kingdom, returned with less than half its men, and Zechs wanted to know why.

“Enter!” a low tenor voice, exclaimed.

Zech\'s rose from his seat as the captain of the MS troops entered the room. “Good! You have secured the Sanc Kingdom.”

“No. Not exactly sir” the soldier stood there looking at his superior’s boots.

“What to you mean by \'not exactly,\' Captain?”

“We. . .were, uh, we were on the attack and had the Gundams surrounded, but before we could finish them off a woman appeared out of nowhere, sir---” The young captain explained.

“What did this woman look like?” This time a woman’s voice entered the questioning as to why the nation was not taken.

“She was very beautiful with long, flowing, black hair. The body armor that she wore looked like the old classical Roman style, Sir, and she had the strangest colored eyes, a very light almost silvery blue. She said she wanted me to give you a message, Sir.” Now the captain began sweating across his brow.

“What is the message?”

“She said, ‘Tell Col. Zechs and his superiors to meet me here tomorrow at six o’clock for dinner. No substitutions.’”

“Well, Zechs, it seems that we, or rather you, have a dinner date in an hour,” the soft tenor voice replied.

“Your Excellency! You are not suggesting-“

“Oh, but I am Colonel. Don’t worry, Lady Une will be with you.”

“Your Excellency?” Lady Une questioned with a worried look in her eyes.

“We have received two threats from this woman and I want to know why. She’s being nothing more than a pain in my backside. Lady, please go as a representative of Oz. Besides, you are after all one of Zechs’ superiors. Now, go prepare, I wish to speak to Colonel Zechs in private,” Treize asked in his usual sexy, undemanding tenor.

Hearing the dismissal, Lady Une and the captain saluted the general and left the room. As the door closed behind them, all sense of military rank fell from the pair left alone in the room.

“Zechs, I know you have reasons for not wanting to go to Sanc but I need for someone to get inside of the castle and kill those Gundam pilots. At the moment you are my best option, seeing as you have been given an excuse to enter enemy territory that no one else in my command has.”

“Treize, please don’t ask such a thing of me.”

“I will not let anything happen to your sister if that’s what you are worried about.”

“Something is going on in that castle and I don’t like it. Did you see how she just left in the middle of negotiation after she received that message?”

“Yes. It did strike me as bizarre that she would do such a thing. Never the less, you must complete your mission. I want you to take at lease ten land MS-\"

“Sir, do you think that is really necessary?” Zechs broke in, slightly shocked.

“That woman who calls herself an ambassador destroyed ten of our MS and managed to put Lt. Ian into ICU. I perceive her as a threat to our cause and I want her out of the picture. Also, the Private that delivered the first messaged said that she has some type of telepathic ability. We may be able to use that to our advantage.”

“How so?” Zechs questioned not knowing if this was good or bad, but certain of the fact that he would be seeing his sister tonight; face to face for the first time in years and on opposite sides of a conflict larger than the both of them.

~ Nemesis POV ~

I slowly fluttered my eyes open trying to figure out what was going on.

/Shit! What the Hell happened?!/ that was the only thing that I could think of at the moment. My head throbbed with a migraine and I was in a very large bed with nothing on.

“So you’re awake. I’m glad that you’re okay. How do you feel?”

::FEEL! I\'LL TELL YOU HOW I FEEL! I FEELL LIKE SHIT! HOW’S THAT FOR AN ANSWER!:: I forgot my voice for a minute. The person who sat at on the side of my bed nearly jumped ten feet into the air. Her voice carried in my mind was louder than a Rock Concert.

“You—you---” the woman stuttered.

“Yeah, yeah. I’m telepathic and you Miss Po are a day late and a dollar short,” I answered shortly, not having the patience or caring for the moment of the shock I had just given her with that little revelation.

“What do you mean and how do you know my name?” She demanded, pulling herself together remarkably quickly.

“I mean that most of the people here know that I can communicate through mind telepathy, but right now what I really need is a good hot bath and something to eat.”

Sally rose from her seat and looking me over began to move towards the door. “Okay, I think that I can manage that. By the way some one is outside to see you.”

“Who?”

“Duo.” Sally said the one name that put me in this bed. Duo had no control over his telepathy and I couldn\'t help him until Quatre got a grip on his empathy while around me.

“No!”

Sally paused in surprise, one hand on the door. “What do you mean no?”

“He is the reason why I’m laying here in the first place. I want to talk with Quatre first. Then I might consider talking with Duo.”

Sally looked at me in confusion for a moment before nodding and moving out into the hallway. “I don’t get it...” It was the only thing that slipped from her mouth but she was feeling a Hell of a lot more. Outside my door I could hear her tell them the news of my condition.

“Hey guys.”

“So how is she doing, Sal?”

“Well, Duo she’s going to be okay but there’s a little problem...”

“What’s that?” Quatre asked.

“I\'m not sure...but she requested to speak to you first, Quatre, before Duo. Apparently, Duo, she claims that you had something to do with her black-out.” Duo was hurt, I could feel him trying not to show it but it did.

I also felt Heero’s presence; he wanted to kill me for hurting Duo like that and that’s when I added it together. Heero was in love with Duo. I had felt the same emotion earlier but I couldn’t figure out whom it was coming from.

The flood of emotions running rampant in a room tends to get hard to figure out sometimes, especially when a mind-link is forming. I knew that somehow I had to get them together; I knew about their past histories. I’d have to remember to explain it later.

I heard the door opening slowly and then closing shut. I knew it was the blonde Arab. I opened my eyes and watched as he took a seat on the bed and turned to look deep into my eyes.

“Sally said that you wanted to see me.”

“Quatre, I need to talk with you. About how you are feeling about my powers and about me.”

“You’re empathic as well?” a small spark of hopeful curiosity lighting his eyes.

“Yes. And the reason why you have a hard time adjusting around me is because my abilities are about hundred times greater than that of humans.”

Quatre paused for a moment, processing what I had just told him.

“What do you mean humans?”

“I’m also half god.” Quatre could only blink in response.

“When I received the Chalice I also gained the powers of the Olympian gods, thus making me immortal.” I could almost see him analyzing this and connecting the few things he knew about me together. After a moment of contemplation he answered me.

“I still feel a little weak from earlier today but I think that I can manage. Why?”

“Quatre you of all people should know why. I am telekinetic, I have heightened senses, and I have telepathic abilities not to mention the empathic abilities as well. That is just the tip of the iceberg of my power. When all of us were talking something happened,” I hesitated a moment.

“That’s why you fainted?” I could only nod in agreement.

“What happened?” His eyes turned worried, I could see why Trowa cared so much for him.

“I don’t even know how to begin to explain. You see, you fpilopilots are my ‘Charges’ and as your protector I must do everything in my power to keep all of you alive, no matter what the cost. In some cases, a special bond, usually a telepathic link, is formed between a Protector and their Charge. Earlier, while in your room this link was rather forcefully formed between Duo and I.

Because you were unable to shield yourself against any type of empathic waves given off by me, I was forced to lower my power levels and thus was unable to shield myself from Duo’s assault. If I know that you can handle the amount of power that I generate, then I can finish the linking with Duo. This only happens the first day of linking. After that it’s second nature. Duo will be able to turn it on and off like a light switch.”

Quatre gazed at me with his big soft blue eyes. I could almost fall into them. I could feel the struggle that he having about Duo and me being linked together. I think he was thinking it was a bad thing considering how Duo could go on and on and on and on…

I was startled out of my line of thought as Quatre voiced a question.

“Does this mean that Duo can read our minds as well?”

“Well that would depend.”

“On what?” He cocked his head slightly in curiosity.

“Duo at the moment can only hear my thoughts. Each and every one of you does possess some type of extrasensory perception but to what degree I don’t know.

For now, the only other person I know of that Duo could link with would be with his soul mate. Over time, as his power develops though, he should be able to hear other people thoughts just like me.”

Then I asked him again, “Quatre…I need to know before I let Duo through that door. He only affects me when we are in the same room. That door is the barrier as his power isn’t strong enough to bypass it, but you you will feel my waves through the door. I won’t chance it if it will cause you discomfort.”

“I understand.” With a short nod giving me permission to test his will against mine. But before I did this I needed to get dressed. Conducting business in bed is not cool and I do not care if I am a queen or not. I sent Quatre out for a few minutes allowing him time to talk with the others before coming back.

“Well, Quatre. What happened?” WuFei asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.

“This is going to sound strange guys, but she was sent here to protect us from dying.”

There was a loud chorus of, “Whaaat?!”

“That’s not even the strange part. The strangest part is that you, Duo, somehow managed to mind link with her.” Duo’s mouth dropped open.

“I’m sorry you must have me confused with another Duo.”

**Whack**

Duo rubbed his head where Heero had hit him, giving his friend a slightly petulant look. “Hey, Heero, what you do that for?”

“Can you be serious for once?” Cold blue eyes stared back into lively violets.

“I am being serious. Listen to what Quatre just said. I’ve got a mind link with that woman in there who is oozing with so much beauty and charm that I’m falling for her.” Duo’s blue-violet eyes where starting to get dreamy and his mind went off in swirls of lust as he contemplated the \'stunning beauty\' behind the door.

This news was not settling well for Heero. He didn’t know what this feeling was but he sure as Hell didn’t like it and he didn’t like that the center of his attention openly admitting liking that woman.

**Whack**

“Now cut that out Heero! Man!”

“Stay focused” Heero ground out, ignoring the slightly hurt expression in Duo\'s eyes.

“I am. She’s six-two. Long beautiful hair, just like mine. Long, shapely, strong, tan legs. I bet she could wrap those legs around my-”

“DUO!” They all chorus this time.

“Duo the som something else” Quatre kept his voice low with his cheeks stained red.

Duo resurfaced from his little fay any and focused on Quatre. “Yeah, what’s that Quat?”

“Nemesis also said that you wouldn’t be able to hear any body’s thoughts except hers and your soul mate\'s.”

“Run that by me again?”

“Your soul mate you baka. Listen to what Quatre is telling you!” Now it was WuFei’s turn to get upset with the half-listening god of Death.

From behind the door I could hear every thing that they were saying. I was trying my best not to laugh out loud. Struggling to regain my composure, I called Quatre back in.

I had all my sensory power on at an even level just see how he would handle it. I noticed that he stumbled a bit but not so much as to make him fall over and pass out like before.

“How are you feeling now Quatre?”

“I feel a little dizzy, but other than that I’m doing fine.”

“Good! With time my friend you will be able to handle the output and not be overloaded with the force. Now that we know you can handle this could you please send in Duo.”

Quatre left the room again then Duo appeared. He looked a bit worried. I didn’t blame him. I studied him like I would with most young men but he’s different. He’s dangerous and I love dangerous men.

I thought back for a moment to Zarbon, my husband, and Vegeta and John. They were all dangerous men and my heart welcomed the challenge.

Duo had long chestnut brown hair neatly pulled into a single braid that went down to his knees. His clothes were similar to a priest\'s uniform with flared-out pants, and a gold cross dangled at his neck. He was much shorter than I. I assume, however, that when he gets older that he would be taller than me. It probably was the same for the others as well.

His eyes were the most fascinating features on him as well as his heart shaped face, half-hidden behind loose bangs. Those lovely violets sparkled with a love for life but were flavored with a hint of the sadness that hid behind them. His heart was indeed heavy for someone so young to bare the burden of so many.

He stood in front of the bed; I already sensed what was going on with him. He wanted to know why and he wanted to know now.

“Quatre tells me that we have some type of mind link. What is that?”

“You have an open communication line with me and only me through your telepathy.”

“What about this soul mate business?”

“Your other half, Duo. Two bodies who share the share the same soul. Once you find him or her, you will start a chain of events that has been written long before the dawn of time.”

“How will I know if the person is \'the one\'?”

“It will be when the two of you are joined as one, bringing your souls together.”

He remained silent as he contemplated this. I decided to try and help him along.

“Right now how do you feel about your life?” I saw him carefully thinking before answering.

“I, uh, feel like I’m missing something. Why?” He quietly said.

“This feeling that you’re missing…is it something that eats at you every day and you try to place what is but still you come up with nothing?”

He didn’t say a word.

I couldn’t believe it. Duo ‘Non Stop Talking’ Maxwell was speechless. This is going to be fun. I sauntered up to him draped my arms around him and did what I do best: Flirt and Seduce. As well as change the subject.

“I heard that you like strong, tall, and beautiful things.”

“Well, something like that.” He took the swift change in stride and wasn’t shy at all with his feelings. I sensed that he wasn’t all that innocent, either.

“How about you come back here later tonight, and I can show you how strong my legs are being wrapped around your waist.”

“You’re joking right? I mean what would the others say?” He slowly started wrapping his arms around my waist as I slowly bent down to kiss him on the lips. We connected. His lips were soft and sweet tasting I could feel his heart racing out of control.

I slipped my tongue into his mouth. As a reward I heard him moan softly. I could feel his hardness against my leg. Time to break off the kiss. His hand reached up and grabbed my braid; eyes were glazed over with excitement and lust.

Just outside of the door I could hear Heero pacing. He didn’t like me and I didn’t care. I had made the first move now it was up to him to make the second.

“I’ll see you tonight then?” I gave him a playful wink.

“Yeah, tonight!” That was the only thing that Duo said before leaving.

/That went rather well. Now for Zechs, he should be here any minute.../

~ Author’s POV ~

Duo went back to his room that he shared with Heero. Heero wasn’t too far behind him either. He didn’t like the look in Duo’s eyes after leaving the room with that woman, or the fact that he walked right past him without so much as a look in his direction.

Duo plopped down on his bed not noticing Heero’s presence. This was the first time the he didn’t say anything that bugged Heero and Heero didn’t like that either. He knew that Nemesis was having some type of effect on Duo but didn’t know what, yet. He also knew that she was a very dangerous woman and she was not to be trusted.

If he wasn\'t careful he could lose Duo to her, and his objectives were clear: eliminate all obstacles. While he struggled with his feelings about Duo there was a gentle knock at their door.

“Hey, Quatre! What’s goin’ on?” Duo said, almost singing the greeting, and that bugged Heero even more.

“I’ve just been informed that we have visitors.” Heero and Duo both noticed the worried look on Quatre\'s face but decided to wait before inquiring about it.

“Who?” Heero asked.

“Well, believe it or not... it\'s Zechs Marquise.”

“You’re kidding, right?” Duo mused.

“No, I’m not kidding. Somehow, Nemesis managed to get him to come here with the understanding that she wants to talk about ending this war. But something is not right about this whole situation.” Quatre knew his heart and it was telling that Zechs was planning something to get rid of all of them.

“Zechs also showed up with Lady Une and about ten MS in addition to soldiers.”

“Looks like Zechs isn’t taking any chances with Nemesis after she destroyed the MS unit this afternoon,” Duo stated with a hint of humor flashing in his eyes.

“Aa.”

“Yes, but I have an uneasy feeling about this group of soldiers. I\'m not so sure that they are just here as an honor guard.” He paused, as though debating wether or not to add something else but finally decided to leave it at that.

“Just be on your toes and keep your eyes peeled.” With that Quatre left. Heero turned his attention back to Duo, who was already checking his weapons.

“Duo,” He began but wasn’t sure just where the conversation would lead.

“Yeah, Heero I know be on my guard-\" Duo suddenly stopped speaking as his thoughts were interrupted.

::Duo, I need for you and Heero to get down to the dining hall ASAP! We have a problem::

Heero’s face turn that of concern for a brief moment, something Duo had never seen before.

/Better file that look away for future reference/

“Listen Heero,\" he shook himself out of his slight reverie, \"Nemesis just informed me that we need to get to the dining hall quick.”

“Why?” he questioned, but at the same time was getting up and preparing to leave the room.

“Some thing about a problem.”

Heero paused and turned to Duo, “Duo, if she can communicate to you, can you communicate to her?”

“Umm, probably? Yeah, I guess I should be able to if I thought about it hard enough. Why?” Duo eyed his friend with caution.

“We may be able to use it to our advantage one day. Just remember that!”

“Umm, okay.”

Duo left the room first allowing Heero some time to check his gun then Heero quickly left, catching up to Duo. In the dining hall they were all greeted by an onslaught of soldiers. Nemesis was seated at the head of the table, while the others were seated to each side of her.

Relena sat on Nemesis’s left and across from her was Lt. Noin, Zechs right-hand officer. Directly across from Nemesis was Lady Une and to her right sat the stoic Col. Zechs Marquise, he reminded Nemesis of Heero with that look on his face.

“Good! Everyone is here!” Relena pointed to Duo and Heero, who promptly took their seats next to and across from Trowa and Quatre.

Relena stood, ready to make the introductions, “Lady Une and Col. Zechs this is-” but was cut off by Une.

“We already know who she is Princess Relena. Why don\'t we just skip the formalities and get down to it. First of all, we want to know why she claims that she is an Ambassador?!”

“Lady Une! Please-” Again Relena was cut off again, but this time it was by Nemesis.

“That’s okay Relena. Please be seated.” Nemesis then turned her attention to the woman soldier and slowly stood, walking towards her and Zechs.

“Lady Une, my position here is of no great importance. But, if you must know, I say that I am an Ambassador because it sounds less forceful than queen. Wouldn’t you agree?” She stood in front of them.

“What do you mean ‘queen’?” a low demanding voice asked. Nemesis looked up and stared directly into the eyes of Zechs Merquise.

“I mean that your superior, Lady Une, whom I did not ask to be here, has just insulted me, Nemesis, High Council of the Amazon Nation, Queen of the Planet Amazonia!”

A low ‘Kuso’ could be heard from both Zechs and Lady Une.

“You mean an entire planet?” the low demanding voice asked.

“Oh, yes my dear sweet Zechs.” He stiffened a bit at the endearment.

“How were we supposed to know that you-”

“You weren I a I am here by request. My authority reaches this planet and the surrounding solar system. I was here before you were a thought in your parents\' heads.”

“What is that supposed to mean?! You can’t be any older than myself or Col. Zechs!” This time it was Lady Une, who spoke out. It was clear that she was quickly losing patience with the entire situation.

/It looks like the telepathic soldiers are not having any type of effect on her/ Une thought, the news just adding to her growing rage and confusion.

“That’s not important at the moment. Right now I would like to propose a little game. If you win you can have the Sanc Kingdom-”

“Now just a goddamn minute!” Heero snarled, nearly scaring all of them with his outburst.

::Keep your spandex on Heero and run with it okay!::

Heero quietly sat in his chair while watching Nemesis closely, ignoring all the eyes focused on him. Nemesis smiled at him. The look on her face was that ‘I’m about to do something so pay attention’ smile that he was becoming familiar with.

“As I was saying, if you win you can have the Sanc Kingdom. And if I win---” She paused, quietly walking back to her chair, and sat down.

“And if you win, what?” Lady Une asked, not liking the undertone left in the hanging statement.

“And if I win I will own you all lock, stock and barrel.” Her face was totally serious but there was an amused and confident cast to her eye.

“You can’t possibly think that we would agree to such terms!” Lady Une was now in a huff. She didn’t like being backed into a corner.

“You will agree to the terms.”

“And if we don’t?” Zechs now began to rise out of his chair, not liking where the talks were going as well.

“Then, I will declare war on Oz for breaking our agreement for peace talks by having spies infiltrate this castle.” Nemesis was smooth; everyone had to give her credit on that. Even Heero was impressed. Her face revealed nothing of a bluff.

“How dare you accuse us of such a thing!” Lady Une rose out of her chair as well, getting ready to leave. At that moment they all heard crashes in the balconies, then bodies of soldiers falling over the sides as though they had silmultaneously decided to end their lives.

However, it became apparent that they were not falling to their deaths, but were gliding down to the bottom floor. Once there, all of them fell unconscious. Everyone sitting in the room turned their eyes to the one person who could have done such a thing.

“I want you to listen very carefully Lady Une. Those soldiers were strategically placed around this dining hall in order to - how shall I put this - ‘force me’ to surrender.” She eyed them carefully.

“Who are they?” Heero demanded.

“They are Oz soldiers but they are a ‘special’ type of soldier.”

“How so?” Heero asked again looking at Zechs and Une with murderous .
.

“They are all telepaths.” Everyone gasped. They couldn’t believe it. How could OZ have been able to secretly place soldiers with that type of power right under their noses?

“That doesn’t prove a thing.” Lady Une was starting to put up of her defense.

“You’re right. It doesn’t prove a thing. How about if I do this to make my point?” Une was suddenly knocked backed into her chair unable to move. She started to feel her throat closing. Her eyes slowly tracked to Nemesis who smiled.

“Zechs, you have only a few short minutes to get Treize over here or I will kill her.” Nemesis threatened without breaking her gaze from Une\'s.

Zechs stood, a slightly disbelieving and frightened look on his hardened face. “You wouldn’t.”

“Yes, I would. Then I will kill you. Time is ticking away Colonel.”

Zechs pulled out his cell phone and speed dialed Treize’s private line. After a few short minutes he turned around and said, “His Excellency is on his way right now.” Nemesis let go of the hold on Lady Une, gasping for air she stared at Nemesis.

“What the Hell are you?”

“I am your worse nightmare.\" the sinister flicker in her eye lending credence to that claim. \"Let me know when Treize arrives.” With that she rose and left everyone staring after her in disbelief.

They could not believe that she has managed, once again, to get the leader of OZ to come to the Sanc Kingdom. A goal that Relena and her aids had been working for for weeks and with no success, this woman had accomplished in a few moments.

The soldiers on the floor began to wake, only to be met by castle guards. Lady Une retreated to a room at her request, not wanting to be anywhere near Nemesis or the Gundam pilots.

Zechs and Lt. Noin stayed in the dining hall. Quatre and Trowa went to their room and WuFei went to the gym. Heero and Duo followed Nemesis. They soon found her in the section of the palace where the prisoners were being taken. Nemesis wanted answers as to why the soldiers were trying to get into her head. She didn’t like mind games that only made the other player weak, and she didn’t like weakness.

At the first sign of that type of control she usually just put them out of their misery. Nemesis came to a halt in front of a young girl of about eighteen years with long blonde hair. Sad blue eyes stared defiantly at her, showing her that she was scared but would do any thing to protect Treize, even if it meant dying.

“Okay, I’m going to ask you a few questions” Nemesis began, pacing back and forth in the tiny cell.

The girl said nothing.

“If you answer correctly, you get to live longer,” silver-blue eyes warning of the danger the girl was in.

“And if I don’t? You’ll what, kill me?” the blonde asked.

“Nope.” Nemesis stopped and looked directly into the girl\'s eyes, sliding her arms around the girl as a lover would to their mate.

“Have you ever felt the hand of Death?\" Nemesis whispered. \"Have you ever been in so such pain that you asked Death to come and take you?” The girl shook her head. Duo was held captive by the sound of Nemesis’s voice and Heero could only stare in wonder at the effect she had not only on this girl but Duo as well

Heero noticed that the girl seemed to be falling for Nemesis just like Duo had.

Nemesis leaned in closer to the girl. “Okay, my dear, we are going to play a little truth or dare. More truth than dare. You answer me truthfully and you will not feel the pain of dying. The dare is whether or not you tell the truth. It’s simple. First, I’m going to ask you your name.”

The girl debated if whether or not giving a different name would hurt or help her at the moment.

“De La Rivas. Juliet De La Rivas.”

“Now, telling the truth was not so bad, was it?” The girl again nodded her head.

“What were you and your friends doing in the balconies during the meeting?”

“Nothing.”

“Aank. Wrong answer.” Nemesis quickly jabbed Juliet in a pressure point. Duo and Heero noticed how violently the girl\'s leg twitched from the jab. She cried out in pain, her wails ringing throughout the prison cell.

“I would like the correct answer, if not you will get another jab, and I will continue until you drop dead. Tell me the truth, and I will relieve the pressure.” Juliet’s eyes widened in shock from the warm sensation radiating from her thigh.

“We-we were carrying out His Excellency’s orders.” Nemesis reached down and gently squeezed Juliet’s thigh to release the pressure point jab.

“Please, continue.”

“He wanted us to take over your telepathic abilities. He wanted it to look as if you had a heart attack or something stressful.”

Shock registered on Duo’s face first with anger soon taking it\'s place, but Heero remained impassive as he leaned against the stone wall with his arms crossed and head lowered, one leg bent against the wall.

“That Bastard! He wanted to knock you out of the picture. He sees you as a threat,” Duo growled.

“He’s a clever man. He set-up telepathic soldiers in order to subdue me. However, the level of their ability is nowhere near mine. I sensed them as soon as they had arrived. I knew Treize would try something like this.”

“So, now what do we do?” Duo asked.

“You and the others will do nothing. I will deal with Treize-” Duo was about to protest but Nemesis silenced him. “Listen to me Duo! Treize want you, Heero, and the others dead. He wants to take over this nation and he’s not going to stop here. He wants to wipe out the Royal family for his ideas of peace, and as soon as that happens this world and every thing that we know of will be obliterated.”

Heero looked-up, “Explain?”

“I didn’t want to mention this but the Outer Solar Systems are joining together. If the Queen and King of Crystal Tokyo are defeated as well as the Sanc Kingdom then there will be no one left to maintain the peace and keep outside invaders from either taking over or destroying the Earth and Moon Kingdoms, including the colonies.”

They heard footsteps approaching them. Heero pulled out his gun as well as Duo. The guard reached the cell and informed them that Treize had finally arrived.

Nemesis turned to the two pilots with a grin on her face, “Well, boys, it’s show time.” “Wa “Wait a minute! You can’t be serious about all of this Nemesis?” Duo demanded incredulously.

“Yes I am. I will defeat Treize at his own game and I will kill him if necessary.” making her point understood.

Duo turned wide-eyed to his companion. “Man, Heero. She’s starting to sound like you.”

“Aa.” was all Heero ground out.

She left them alone in the cell to go meet with the leader of Oz. Duo was about to leave as well when he was suddenly stopped. Heero had grabbed hold of his arm pulling him back towards him.

“Duo...”

Heero was struggling with the words to let Duo know about how he felt. Duo noticed that something was bothering the perfect soldier.

“Hey, whatever you want to tell me just spit it out. I mean, it can’t be all that bad.” Both knew from the moment that they met on the battleship that there was something special between them.

Duo turned on that grin of his and amethyst eyes twinkled with mischief. Heero caught the meaning behind those violets and turned his feelings of frustration on that woman.

“I want you stay away from Nemesis!” The threat was low but the meaning was perfectly clear.

Duo was stunned at the outburst. “Fuck you man! Who do you think you are? I see whomever the Hell I want! You are not my boyfriend and even if you were, you still wouldn’t have the right tell me who I can and can’t see you cold heartless bastard. I’m outta of here.” He stormed out of the cell, following in the direction that Nemesis had taken.

Heero couldn’t believe it. Duo, his sweet calm and good-natured Duo had just snapped his head off. Then again he had to remember that Duo wasn’t his and Duo had made that point very clear.

/Shit! That didn’t go well at all. Now, what?/

Duo was already gone and he wasn’t sure if he should follow him. If he wanted Duo than he was going to have to work harder on his inter-personal skills when it came to the self proclaimed ‘god of Death’.

~ Nemesis’ POV ~

I walked back to the throne room to meet Treize and heard the entire conversation between the Deathscythe and Wing Zero pilots. I knew that Heero would never get Duo if he continued at the rate he was going.

I stood now in front of the double oak leaf doors. The servants opened them and announced my presence. Treize was standing before Relena and turned to greet me with a charming smile.

/No wonder L. Une was hot for him. He’s a cutie/

“Introducing, Her Majesty, Queen Nemesis from the Planet Amazonia!”

I calmly approached him and slightly bowed. He nodded as well. Then he took hold of my hand, gently caressing it, and placed a sweet feathery kiss on it.

“My word, Mr. Khushrenada, you do have a way with yourself,” I cooed sweetly.

“Please, call me Treize. I did not know that I would be meeting with some one of your stature. I was under the impression that I was to meet an Ambassador, not royalty.”

/He’s good. Real good, god I’m going to hate hurting him/

“I am the Ambassador.”

He was quiet.

“I am the one who summoned you here, Treize. I was about to kill your Lady, but-” I leaned in a little closer to him and whispered, “But I don’t think it would have been fair to your unborn child now, would it?”

All expression dropped from his face and his eyes narrowed. He knew I had him over a barrel and the fact that Une didn’t tell him about the child was pretty evident in his face.

“Where is she now?” He demanded.

“Don’t worry about her. You need to worry about yourself. The terms to my agreement are simple: you give-up plans for world domination and I let you live.”

“What type of a deal is that?”

“I have already discussed this with Zechs and Une. If you win you can have the Sanc Kingdom and if I win I own you all.”

“What do you mean by \'win\'?” I could hear his anger in that last statement.

“We’re going to have a little duel. Tomorrow afternoon, just you and me. If I sense another set-up Une and Zechs die first...then you.”

“Are you referring to that little misunderstanding about the Special Forces unit?”

“I want you to know that it didn’t work.” I slowly turned away from him walking back towards the door then I heard, for the second time today, the diffinitive **Click** from the hammer being pulled on a gun.

“You know, pilot 01 tried that same move earlier.” I still had my back toward him.

“Really, so what happened?”

I turned around and raised my hand giving a forceful tug on his gun. It flew from his finger to my hand. I now held the revolver with the ivory handle. Turning around again, I left the room.

“I see.” I heard Treize say as he stared after my retreating form.

~TBC~

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Nemesis