"Isn’t that odd?" Wufei muttered.

"What’s odd?’ Quatre asked.

"Look," Wufei said pointing at a pair of birds in the sky. One was a large eagle and the other was a snow owl.

"Aren’t owls and eagles natural enemies." The blond Arabic and the Chinese man were walking the premises of the Preventor base. The five former Gundam Pilots have been alternating shifts since they learned about the new OZ.

"Yeah, I think they are. That’s what weird."

They continued to walk in silence. Whether they liked to admit it or not, all five young men liked the distraction from their thoughts of the girls. There had been no word of them since that letter was given to all the boys.

"Yo, guys." The pair turned to see Duo waving with Trowa silently walking by his side.

"We came to relieve you guys," Trowa filled in.

"Thanks," Quatre said. He and Wufei walked back to their own dorm room to take a shower and rest a little.

"So the two leaving are Quatre Winner and Chang Wufei?" Relena asked.

"Yes," Sergeant Steel answered. Relena, Sally, and Steel were sitting in a van parked outside the Preventor’s base. They were watching TVs that used the bird cameras to view the outside world.

"And the two who came up were Duo Maxwell and Trowa Barton?" Sally asked.

"Yes."

"Well where is this Heero person?" Sally asked.

"I don’t know. He must be inside."

"Look there are the girls," Relena said, pointing to three dark figures sneaking out of the building. "Crap they are walking towards the guys." She grabbed a walkie-talkie and said into it, "Hawk, this is Eagle, there are two ahead of you."

"Ok, thanks." Hilde, Catherine, and Dorothy walked around where the boys were standing.

"Hawk get down they are headed for you," a muffled voice said.

The three girls dropped behind bushes and waited silently.

"Trowa, you hear that?" Duo whispered so only Trowa’s good hearing hear him. He was answered by a nod of Trowa’s head. They both reached for their guns. Both guys stood still for about five minutes waiting alertly. When nothing happened they slowly walked away.

When there was a little distance between the girls and the guys, the girls crept out of their hiding spot. Trowa and Duo turned when they heard a soft sound. "Stop," Duo yelled, the guns were ready again.

The girls broke out in a run. "Damn it I hate when they run," Duo said as he and Trowa took off at a phenomenal speed. They quickly caught up with the girls. Duo tackled Dorothy. She, like Hilde and Catherine, was dressed in all black including a make that hid her face. Duo was very surprised at what he found when he struggled with the intruder, it was a female and she fought extremely well.

He turned to see Trowa was having a hard time dodging punches and kicks from the other two intruders. When he did this, Dorothy took the chance to kick Duo in the stomach causing him to double over and lose his breath. She ran over to the other two to help them out. Trowa eventually fell to the power of the three attackers.

Hilde, Dorothy, and Catherine ran towards the exit. Grabbing his side, Duo raised a gun shakily and fired twice. The second shot hit one of the three retreating figures. She screamed as she fell.

"Oh my God," Catherine muttered as she and Dorothy lifted a bleeding Hilde and ran towards the area where the van was waiting for them.

"Who were those guys?" Trowa said rubbing his jaw.

"Those guys were girls, and I have no clue."

When they walked back towards the head quarter’s building, they ran into Heero, Quatre, and Wufei.

"What happened, I thought I heard a gun?" Quatre asked.

"We got jumped by three girls," Duo filled in. He and Trowa relayed what had just occurred.

"I wonder what they wanted," Wufei said.

***

"Very good work girls," General Jackson said to Catherine and Dorothy.

"How is Hilde," Catherine asked.

"She is recovering very well. Hopefully, she will be able to work next week."

"It seems like a big price for that disk," Dorothy muttered.

"Well, this disk explains how the Preventor base is set up and what their next moves will be. It also will tell us if they know anything about us."

Later that day the girls all visited Hilde. She looked like a wreck.

"How do you feel?" Relena asked.

"Like I’ve been shot," Hilde muttered with a tired smile. "So what did the disk say?"

"It looks like the Preventors know a lot about our organization," Sally said.

"Luckily they don’t know about the Gundams or us," Relena added.

"Ain’t that the truth. How long do you think that will last?" Hilde asked.

"I have no idea," Relena said.

Hilde turned towards Catherine and Dorothy said, " Did either of you have dreams about those guys?" When both girls shook their head ‘no,’ Hilde continued, "I had a dream about one of those guys. He was upset over something. I couldn’t help but feel sorry for him."

"Which boy was he?" Dorothy asked.

"The one with the braid," Hilde said.

"I think his name was Trowa, wait no that was the one with those weird bangs. The braided one was Duo," Sally said.

"That was one strange dream," Catherine said.

"Yeah."