Valerie sat in her wheellchair and made Eye contact with Dominique. "Well, I guess being your godmkother doesn't entitle me to a hug." Valerie said in a mock pout. Immediately Dominique wiggled away form her mother and sown to the floor to wobble as fast as her little legs would take her to Valerie. Valerie put out her arms and Heero tried to lift the litle girl to Valerie, but Dominique instntly attached to his neck.

"I think our little girl has gone boy crazy." Nick said to Laurie. Laurie just stood there shocked. "She never does that. You gys must be really special." Laurie said. This started an all female coo-fest with poor Heero in the middle with Dominique.

Nick signaled to the make members of the grup to follow him and Heero handed off the baby and ran. Behind him were the sounds of, "Valerie he's cute, is he yours? and When are you and Duo going to tie the knot?" coming form the Anders women. Nick lead the men over to the otherside of the lab. "Well guys this where the cool stuff is. We have gadgets galore, my faves are Valerie's." He said and lead them into the separate room. The pilots looked around the room and all the contents seemed pretty normal. "I know what you're thinking everything in here looks pretty normal, but bare with me." Nick said picking up what looked like a jeweled hair clip. "This may look like a hairclip but in reality when cliped near the wearer's ear it becomes a two-way radio with changable frequencies. To change the frequencies all she has to do is nonchalantly bhrush her hand across it." This said putting the clip down and pulling down form the wall whe guys recognized as Valerie's staff. "I hear you guys have seen this little beauty." Wufei snorted. "Anyway this one's a little different. Valerie had it designed for Connie, this version of the staff is a little more lethal." He said with a grin, he then held it out to the side and the pole extended with two sword-like points. "Your sister made this and both she and Connie are rather good with it. so I suggest that no one here challenge them to a match in the training room. These things are made of Gundanium and hurt." Nick showed them a variety of other weapons including a sports watch that was actually the remote control for a car and a wide array of old fashioned-styled swords, which Wufei liked very much.

Duo let out a low whistle. "My little sis is talented. I wish I hade soe of these gadgets during my missions." "Don't worry soon you will." Valerie said from behind them with a very rumpled, but happy, looking Quatre and Connie. "Pick out what you like and Laurie will fix it up to your specs." "Cool!" Suo shouted. Laurie smiled as she and her mom walked up. "Your brother always did like new gadgets." Andie said carrying Dominique. The rest of the tour went by in a blurr and the evening soon settled in.

Dinner was uneventful. Artemis and Lady une talked quietly. Quatre and Connie were all googlely eyed and just looked at each other. Trowa and Catherine talked about working out in one of the many gyms. Sally and a reluctant Wufei were playing with Dominique while Hilde and Duo where recieving the thried degree from the rest of his new found familly. Noin and Milliardo were talking about having another press conference and Valerie and Heero were just eating in silence. that is untill Heero leaned over and said, "I'll be in your room.", so only she could hear. Valerie nodded as Heero excused himself. An hour later dinner was officially over and everybody retired to their suites. Valerie wheeled herself into her room and shut the door behind herself.

"Well you wanted to talk, talk." Valerie said shortly. Heero stepped out kof the shadows and said. "Your favorite color is Prussian Blue, your favorite food is anything Italian, and your favorite song is 'She's Like the Wind' from your favorite movie 'Dirty Dancing.'" Valerie stared at him wide eyed. "I knew all those things about you, buy you never gave me the chance to say so. Maybe I never gave myself the chance to say so. I love you, knowing those things shouldn't mean that much we've got time to learn." Heero said that then started to leave. As he was passing Valerie she grabbed hes hand. It was then that he saw tears in her eyes. Taking his hand he brushed them away before they could touch her cheeks. Then using the same hand he started tracing the outline of her mouth and kissed her forehead. Valerie whispered, "Stay the night?" "Forever, if you want me to." Heero whispered back. With that said Heero gingerly llifted Valerie out of her wheelchair and made his way with her to her bedroom.

AT THE SPACEPORT

A lone figure of a woman walked down a lonely dark ramp from her shuttle. She'd assumed her new disguise, her new llife and lonly one question ruled her thoughts as she made her way to her destination. "Who are my enemies?" She was dertermined to answeer this question before she returned to hell to lead an army or to destroy it.