01 May AC199 Preventer agent Hilde Shiebecker drove up to the underground parking garage in the building she’d been ordered to go to in the unmarked pick- up that had been left at her place the night before by two undercover Preventer agents, rookies straight out of the academy she thought, the night before. They came with the truck and orders singed by Preventer Commander Une herself, saying that she had to arrive at said building, which she knew was used as a safe house from time to time, that morning. ‘God I hate this cloak and dagger crap’, she thought to herself. She knew it was part of the territory, but it was also the kind of thing that got people killed. It was also this very same *crap* that got her the job of Releena Peacecraft’s bodyguard when the man Releena loved died protecting her. Just as suddenly as he disappeared from Releena’s life after the Barton Foundation was put down, Heero Yuy reappeared on Valentine’s Day, AC 197 just in time to confess his love for her. He explained that having never known love in his life, he didn’t know how to love others or to be loved, but would be willing to try if Releena would have him back. It was this night that Releena Peacecraft gave Heero Yuy her heart, as well as her maidenhood. At Releena’s insistence, Commander Une allowed him to join Preventer and assigned him the job of being her bodyguard. This job would include leading the investigations into death threats and assignation attempts against her. One of these was discovered just in the nick of time before the assassins could deploy out to kill Releena. Unfortunately the platoon, out numbered 10 to 1, sent out to take down these terrorists was slaughtered to a man. Heero was the platoon leader. Heero Yuy may have been the ‘Perfect Soldier’ but he wasn’t immortal. He died on 30 Dec AC197, two weeks after he’d proposed to Releena. As she got out of the truck, she proceeded up the stairs to the apartment that was used as the safe house. After passing a few people she recognized as undercover Preventers, probably standing guard, she later proceeded to the correct apartment. It was here after getting the nod from some other undercover guards in the apartment itself; she entered the room occupied by the newly elected President of the E.S.U.N. and former Queen of the World, Releena Peacecraft. "I’ve got a potentially difficult new mission for you?" Releena offered. Hilde looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Commander Une will give you a full briefing on it, but here's the gist: I've been targeted by a group of former OZ soldiers and White Fang guerrillas who say they want me dead. To make matters worse, they have got a technology that can take out a Gundam." "How did they manage to do that?" Hilde said, honestly surprised. Their new suits were state of the art, if not a bit better. "A new solution: a very nasty little computer virus." Releena said and shook her head at the idea. Hilde looked at the young woman who stood there and realized that Releena was a little afraid. 'Of course, with Heero gone, I can't blame her. I forget, sometimes, how alone she is,' Hilde thought. "Well, let's see what details Commander Une has for us," Hilde answered.
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