Assailant: Part 12 Author: Reboo Email: rlw1985@hotmail.com or lngwp@oz.zzn.com A/N: Hi there, I know this part is even more short then the last, but I typed it at home, that was a mistake. My parents don't approve of me writing, let alone fanfiction. So I have to find a place to type since the lady in Guidance kicked me out, because I was there too often. Well I hope you enjoy, unfortunately no humor in this part I cut it to short. It was definately nice to see that people liked my attempt to lighten the mood a little, however small. So thank-you for the reviews, I appreciate them, it what keeps me going so late in this story. So now that I'm done ranting on with the fic. "You lost them?" the woman screamed incredulously, and the men quivered. "Well yes Ms. Garibaldi." They answered. "Why, and how?" she added staring them down. "The stair well, ma'am, and the killed a guard." one of the men laughed tugging on the collar of his shirt. "Not a good answer Senor, now leave." she barked. "Yes, ma'am." The men turned and left slamming the door behind them. Ms. Garibaldi cringed in response. 'They really need to sharpen up,' she thought taking a seat. 'One of them would have had to come up with a quick plan, maybe even done it before, whether they knew or not.' She tapped her pencil lightly on her desk, making a dull thudding noise. Ms. Garibaldi was racking her head. It did not seem likely that it was Zechs Merquise. He appeared to be very unlikely of that behavior. He seemed to well reserved and bred. After all he was Treize's right hand man, being the beauracrat and all Treize was, he would not have allowed an informal, rude, man at his side. 'It must be this Karin Gespucci.' She kept her thoughts in her head and got up and sat on her table. This mysterious woman seemed very familiar. Her tactics and techniques common. 'Maybe she has ties with Lucrezia Noin or,' it struck her, 'maybe she is Ms. Noin.' 'If it is our Ms. Noin, and her Italian heritage is as strong as it seems, then I do believe she'll be back.' She turned her wrist and looked at her watch. It was 3:30 a.m.. To her it did not seem to be a preferable time for her little nemesis to be coming back, so she stood up and decided to leave. She would catch her sleep and be back in the morning. Noin sped up and stopped around the corner from the building. The colonies were always bright with all the artificial light, and most of their shops were open 24 hours. It seemed an inconvenience, but on some occasions it was nice, this was not one of them however. Fire leaned her head back against the seat. She needed a plan. Barge in, or sneak in. Go straight for the old lady, and not worry about anyone else, or take others out on the way as well and risk being caught before reaching the destination if a guard or someone else stumbled upon something they shouldn't. She sighed, the best way to go was probably to sneak in and go straight for the old lady. It would require a bit more thinking, but it shouldn't be a problem. She did not know the floor plans or anything though, that could be a problem. 'Wait a second,' she thought, and delved into the back, yes, they were there. The floorprints for the office building were shoved in a remote back corner of the van. Noin took one last look at the inside of the van, sighed, opened the door and flung her feet out. She shut the door hard and continued down the street. Hopefully the old lady was still there, if not she'd have to wait for her. Fire ducked behind the bushes as she heard footsteps approaching, and watched as a man came around towards the door. She tapped the small button on the right arm of her glasses, and zoomed in on the man, and followed him around to the door still staying behind the bushes. The man paused, and watched him enter the access code, 2h6l1r5s, and enter. She waited until she heard and saw the door click shut and looked around better. There was a vid cam above the keypad. Keeping the black light blinding the camera she stepped up and entered the access code, and preceded to slip in the door. 'Here comes the hard part,' Noin thought and surveyed the hallway for a suitable route. Zechs bolted upright in bed, and put his head in his hands and shook it. The earlier events of that evening were replaying through his mind, but twisted in an ironic way. He got up and looked out the window towards space. It was calming in an eerie way, soothing, and void of sound. 'Maybe that's what gives her peace,' he thought. 'Maybe that's the entire reason she isn't boged down with guilt. Do the stars forgive you of your trespasses, would they forgive mine? Who are you Noin, I thought I knew you but I know now how wrong I was. What have you been through? I know so little about you it's scary. I never bothered to ask you what you felt, only what you thought. I used to think I could read the expressions in your eyes, but now?' Zechs shook his head again, and lowered his gaze. He stopped his line of thinking and went back to bed, tommorrow morning he planned on making up for his misunderstandings of his best friend. A/N: Told you it was small. eh?