this will be the sequel to calendar girl.......... I don't own them..........

The Proud , the Few................

Lady Une walked into the assignment room and laid her notebook with the loose papers on the podium. She glanced around, taking in the lemony-citrus smell of the wood polish. She breathed in deeply, wrinkling her nose at the sneezy feeling it left behind.

She turned and looked out the window, as the sunlight filtered though the pane, falling brightly on the shiny polished glass of her oak desk. She slid her finger tips up the glass, reaching for the warm sunlight.

She looked up, her eyes stopping on the bulletin board and couldn't stop the giggles that escaped from her.

There, pinned to it's surface was a faded and slightly yellowing clipped newspaper print of everyone's favorite god of Death, clutching his girlfriend ( now wife) in an unmistakable grip of death. Underneath it was printed in neat block letters:

DO YOU KNOW THIS PERSON....... AND WHY DOES HE HAVE THIS GIRL IN A DEATH LOCK?

She shook her head, knowing Duo had not seen this latest jab at him. Ever sense the 'calendar girl' incident, he had been the butt of many jokes.

Just as the last tick of the second hand hit the 7, the door burst open and several Preventers of all sizes, shapes and colors, rushed in. The room was filled with noisy voices as chairs scraped the floor and bodies started to sit down.

She sighed. The gundam pilots were always late. One of these days she was going to reprimand them.

Just as she was going to get the attention of the group in the room, the door flew open. Chang WuFei walked though it , followed closely by Quatre Raberba Winner.
Wu Fei seated himself with out a word.

Quatre smiled at Lady Une and said "Good Morning."
He found his seat next to Wu Fei.

Sally Po rushed in, breathless, muttering apologies for being late.

Trowa Barton seemed like he ghosted in. Une looked up, one minute he wasn't there ,then he was.

Une wasn't sure she'd ever get use to these guys.

Three left to go. She looked expectantly at the door.

She looked around the room, making sure she didn't miss them. The door opened once more.

Une looked at it.

Relena Dorlin entered followed closely by her bodyguard, Heero Yuy. She stopped in front of Miss Une and said," I'm sorry to intrude..."
"Not at all. You are always welcome, Miss Dorlin."

Heero lead her to a seat and sat beside her.

Une leaned back. The Maxwell's were all that were left. She closed her eyes and counted the seconds in her head. One.... two.... three. There were cat-calls, whistles as the pair entered the room.

Une heard Duo yell, "HEY! THAT"S MY WIFE! SO KNOCK IT OFF!"
Une opened her eyes just in time to see Hilde shake off Duo's death grip and walk over to sit by Relena. She heard him whine, "AW, babe, what did I do?" She watched as he glared at the other Preventers. and sat next to Hilde.

"Baka." WU Fei muttered.

Une shuffled her papers and looked out at all of them. She cleared her throat and said, " As you see, Each one of you have been assigned a new partner., With the exception of the Maxwells, Trowa and Quatre. As you 4 are temp. help you will keep your partner you have now." She shuffled the papers again and looked up.

"As you know it's time for recruitment pictures. I have arranged for a couple of photoghapers to be here tomorrow morning. I WANT EVERYONE HERE IN FULL DRESS UNIFORM, INCLUDING PART TIME PEOPLE!"
Duo groused, "Why everybody?"

Hilde nudged him, and whispered in his ear" It's cus you so damn good looking!"

"Ha ha, Hilde!"
Une looked around at everyone again. "I need a couple of volunteers to do some physical fitness demonstrations at the local schools. It was be a three to four week mission. Any volunteers?"

She saw Duo slide down further in his chair. She made a mental note of his reaction.
Une looked around and saw Sally stand up.

"Sally?"
"I'll volunteer, Lady."
Une glanced over at WuFei. "What about your partner?"
"He can make up his own mind."
Wu Fei stood and asked," What does this assignment entail?" He crossed his arms over his chest.

Une sighed. She didn't know how Sally could put up with him. " I would like to give some tips on fitness and maybe a small demonstrations. Spar with a couple of the kids and give them a taste of what the Preventers would be like."

Wu Fei never took his eyes from Sally as he said, "I'll do it."

"Excellent! Tomorrow 7 am sharp.. dress uniforms! Dismissed!"

Sally approached Une at the podium and asked . "When do we start?"
"Come to my office later, and I'll get you started."

Une gathered her papers and started to walk out the door, when she heard someone yelling at Duo.
"Hey, Maxwell. Nice picture! Maybe next time you two should put clothes one, eh?"
Duo walked over and pulled the picture from the board. He showed it to Hilde who laughed outloud.

"Looks like you're not the only practical joker in this place." Hilde said as she looked at the picture.

"And some one will pay...... when I figure out who it was."

Une smiled. She knew who did it and Duo had a good rival. It would be interesting to see what was going to happen.

to be continued.......

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