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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Many thanks to Dulin for her work as beta. Pairing: Quatre Notes: Challenge 33. Baby Series 2 #62. Takes
place at the same time as To Survive At This Game.
Watching The Show //A delightfully shocking beginning to the evening.// Quatre was careful to hold his amusement in check. He wished Trowa was seated beside him but that would have disturbed the table seating arrangements of male to female and Trowa was seated half the table away. It was not really a problem as Trowa was working for Hunter as a special favour. The request had been received weeks ago and Trowa did not mind this stint in the Intelligence service. As the Winner heir, he was invited, especially as it had been by his direct intervention Sanc now had a King. He was the Parliament's golden boy at the moment and he wondered how long it would be before his standing with them suffered a tumble. //Not long if they get wind of my plans. I’ve laid the ground work, set events in motion and it’s just a matter of sitting back and watching the show.// He had to admit Dorothy looked beautiful in the black gown, such a marked colour in this field of pastels. She knew how to make an entrance without even trying to. The German Ambassador seemed oblivious to the stir her presence caused and Quatre knew he was a cousin of Dorothy’s. He no doubt enjoyed the scene as much as Dorothy had. //Ah, we are ready. They should have reduced the guest list and made this affair more manageable. Still, it is not so large as the Christmas Gala but that will not be a sit down dinner.// At the head table Milliardo sat, Relena and the guests taking their seats after the King settled. Protocol was everything at these affairs, though Quatre found it stifling. //He will probably never forgive me for placing him on the throne but it had to be done and I will make it up to him.// His attention wandered over to Trowa who looked the picture of polite interest, paying attention to the woman on his left. Duo was entertaining the young ladies flanking him and Heero was engaged in conversation with the man and woman to his left while Chang exchanged words with L3’s ambassador. The four were strategically placed, their seating assignments having been arranged by Hunter and Quatre wondered what it was he was hoping to learn. Hunter had fingers in so many pies it was frightening. The intelligence network formed during the war as a resistance movement had undergone sweeping changes under Milliardo’s guiding hand. The kind of changes that would worry the ESUN should they learn the details. His eyes flicked to the upper table where Milliardo engaged in polite conversation with the first of the women Parliament considered worthy of note. The King was too accepting of this entire fiasco in his view. The deal was Parliament would stay out of the marriage game and here they were blatantly dangling candidates under his nose. Where was the Lightning Count? Why did he so quietly accept this breach of agreement? End |
