Unfinished Business
Disclaimer: Dude I don't own them, but I no good at making up my own guy characters. Plus they're so cool and I think there weren't enough episodes as it was.
When she woke up, it was late. In fact, it was much later then she remembered it being. The sun was now setting and the room was getting dark. She looked around and no one was there with her. But she remembered him being there when she drifted off to sleep. Although this wasn't the first time he had disappeared on her. She would just have to go look for him. She stood up from the couch and had to steady herself before moving. She couldn't understand why she felt so dizzy. On the coffee table, were two glasses, which helped her know what had happened earlier. She remembered that a new person on the house staff had served them in that room. She glanced over at the clock. 'But that was over three hours ago, and why did I fall asleep so quickly before.' She headed for one of the nearby guest bedrooms.
"Heero?" She called opening the door. "Are you in here?" She asked only to see that he wasn't. All of his things were still there though and by the looks of it, he had recently been on his laptop. The screen was up and there were disks lying all over the desk. He was usually more organized then that. She started to frantically search for him throughout the house. Eventually she ended up back in the room she woke up in. What had happened? He wouldn't leave like that, not at a time like this.
"Where are you Heero?" She called softly putting her arms around herself. She looked at the table again. For some reason her attention kept going back to it. What were they drinking again? One of the glasses was half full while the other was barely touched. Something just didn't seem right about that to her. Whatever happened, she was desperate to know.
***(About three hours earlier)
Relena walked into the sitting room to find Heero on one of the couches, reading. He wasn't in the clothes she had given him before, but in his regular clothes. She just shook her head and decided it was pointless mentioning it to him, again. If he didn't want to fit in there then that was his decision. She quietly sat down on the other couch nearby.
"So how'd your meeting go?" He finally asked her, not looking up from the book. He usually didn't start these conversations with her so she was surprised by the question.
"It went very well, thank you. Have you been in here the entire afternoon?" She said back. He glanced over at her. She greeted his gaze with a smile.
"Yeah, pretty much. There wasn't anything else to do." He answered. She closed her eyes and nodded in agreement. She knew he couldn't contact Preventer headquarters now since there were people after him. She didn't know why they were though, he never told her that part. All she knew was that he had been there for a couple of weeks now. With her at her meetings during most of the day, he didn't have much else to do. Although it wasn't like he was bored or anything. He probably preferred staying inside alone. If he didn't then he wouldn't be there now. One of the maids came in with two glasses on a tray and set it down infront them. It was the new maid, Relena noticed looking up at her.
"I thought that you'd like something to drink after your meeting." She explained straightening up and leaving the room.
"Thank you." Relena called after her and picked up her glass. Heero finished reading and stood up to stretch. Relena took a sip of her drink then put her glass back on the table.
"Well now that I don't have any more work for the day do you want to do something?" She asked him. He looked down at her.
"I guess, if you really want to." He remarked. "But are you sure that you have time to do anything?" He mentioned picking up his glass, also taking a sip. Relena sighed and looked down.
"I know that I have been busy since you got here and we haven't had any time together. But today I decided to take the rest of the day off. Even I need a little time for myself." She explained taking her glass again. Heero sat back down and looked at her in such a way it made her feel uncomfortable.
"I don't want you to feel that you have to neglect your responsibilities just because I'm here." He told her. She gulped down more of her drink before answering him.
"I'm not neglecting my responsibilities. I can take an afternoon off and the world will still be here tomorrow. Your not distracting me if that's what you think." Heero just leaned over and took another sip of him drink.
"I was just making sure that wasn't the case. I didn't come here for that purpose." He said back putting his glass down again.
"I know you didn't and I'm not distracted by you being here." Relena answered leaning back in her seat. She felt tired all of the sudden and wondered if it was the conversation. Were they actually arguing here? They never really argued before, at least they hadn't in a long time. But she knew why Heero was saying all these things. It was his way of showing he cared about her and her work. She went to stand up but went back down. She looked over at Heero, trying to focus. He wasn't really paying attention to her anymore. She put her hand to her head and closed her eyes. He noticed her suddenly.
"Relena?" She heard him say and saw him get up. The next thing, he was right by her but she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer. Heero grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her gently.
"Relena? What's wrong?" His voice actually revealed concern. The maid from before came in after hearing him.
"Is there a problem?" She asked him. She spoke in such an uncaring tone. He looked up at her.
"She just fell asleep. I can't wake her up." He explained showing how aggravated he was by the question.
"Oh that's it, that's nothing to worry about." She said back. He went to stand up only to feel dizzy. He sat back down, trying to focus. Just like Relena had done. He looked down at the glasses on the table, then back up at the maid.
"What did you give us?" He demanded weakly.
"Nothing that will wear off in a couple of hours. This was the only way we could get to you." She explained smiling at him. He glared at her and tried to stand up again only to fall back.
"There was more in your glass." Came another piece of information from the so-called maid. Shortly after that everything went blurry and then dark.
***
"He's missing." She said into the phone not hiding how concerned she was.
"Are you sure? I mean it's not the first time he's just taken off on you like this." Duo said over the vidphone. She let out a low sigh.
"I know that..but.. this is different. Something's not right here. Please you have to find him. He could be in trouble." She answered back. Now he let out a sigh.
"Okay, okay, we'll come down and check things out for yah." He promised. He made it sound like she was so close but it was a long trip to get to the Sanq Kingdom from space.
"Thank you. Please hurry." She remarked.
"Hey, don't worry Relena, I'm sure he's fine." He told her. Their conversation ended there. He headed for the bridge to let Sally know what was going on.
"When did this happen?" She asked him after hearing about the recent phone conversation.
"Sometime this afternoon. She's really worried though and I didn't want to add to it. I don't think Heero told her the details anyway." Duo explained.
"We shouldn't have just let this case go. It was too dangerous." She mentioned. Quatre and Trowa stood nearby.
"So what's the plan?" Trowa asked walking over.
"I think the three of you should go. Wufei and I will stay here and see if we can get any information about that guy who stole those plans for Wing Zero before. If we find him we should be able to find Heero." She instructed them. They all headed for one of the hangars.
***
"So what are we looking for anyway?" Quatre asked Trowa as they looked around Relena's sitting room.
"Anything suspicious I suppose." He answered back not looking up from what he was doing. Relena watched from the doorway telling them what she remembered as they looked. Quatre went over to the coffee table and picked up one of the glasses. It was Heero's since it was mostly filled. Trowa went over and took it from him and smelled it.
"Did Heero drink any of this?" He interrupted her. She looked over at them and nodded. He put it back on the table.
"These drinks were drugged." He stated getting both Relena's and Quatre's attention.
"But why is Relena still here then? Why didn't they take her too?" Quatre asked back. Trowa shook his head and went for the bedroom door nearby. They both followed him.
"They weren't after her, that's why." He said back opening the door. Duo was sitting at the desk, typing on the laptop. He turned around when they entered.
"Find anything?" Trowa asked him. He pointed at the screen.
"Yeah, whoever was on this last was looking through all his files. They even tried to get into the locked ones." He explained.
"Did they find what they were looking for?" Quatre asked taking a look at the screen. Duo just shook his head.
"Do you know if any disks are missing?" Trowa mentioned picking one up.
"I don't think so. Guess your hunch was right." Duo added looking over at Relena. She just lowered her gaze to the floor.
"I think I'll go see if any of the staff knows anything about this afternoon." She decided and left the room.
"So I guess we should let Sally know what's going on." Quatre said to the other two. Duo sat back in the chair with his arms crossed infront of him.
"Maybe someone should stay here with her for a couple of days." He suggested. Trowa and Quatre both looked at him, assuming he was volunteering. He finally realized they were looking his way and immediately put his hands up.
"Hey, I wasn't suggesting me here. There's nothing I would want to do more then stay." He admitted.
"Well then what's stopping you?" Trowa asked already certain he would be staying anyway.
"I'm still kissing up at home after that whole OTHER incident a couple months ago. This wasn't what I had in mind.." He added. Trowa just shrugged.
"I'll stay. It shouldn't be a problem for me." He said back.
"Are you sure, Trowa? I could stay instead if you'd like me to." Quatre offered. Trowa just shook his head.
"No, Sally will need you and besides you've got things other then this case to worry about. It'll be fine." He decided and left the room. The other two followed him out. Relena met them in the hallway.
"I asked the staff about this afternoon, but none of them know anything." She told them disappointingly.
"Whoever is responsible for this is smart so I wouldn't think anyone would know what happened." Quatre replied. Relena perked up suddenly.
"Yeah but the newest member on my staff is missing. She was the one who served us the drinks before." She added.
"Do you have a file or anything about this person?" Trowa asked quickly. She headed to her office and they followed.
"I keep all my files on my staff in here." She explained pulling out a folder and handing it to Trowa. He flipped through the pages then shut it. He handed it to Quatre.
"Give this to Sally, it should help out." He informed him. Since it was so late
now, Quatre and Duo decided to wait till the morning to head back to space. Quatre contacted Sally to let her know their plans and what they found.
"So you don't know if they got any information from his computer?" She asked once he had filled her in on everything.
"It's hard to say but it's possible. They covered it up though if they did." He said back. There was a moment of silence.
"How's Relena doing now?" She mentioned.
"She seems to be doing better now that we're here. Did you find anything about that guy on your end?" He asked. She shook her head.
"Not really, it has been awhile since we looked into this case. So it's hard to just pick up where we left off." Sally explained before sighing.
"It would seem that you pilots can't stay out of trouble." She added. Quatre nodded in agreement with that. He always seemed to be in the middle of these situations.
"Well I should let you get back to work now. I hope you find some useful information. Everything in this case isn't turning out too well. The sooner we get back there the better. Guess we'll see you tomorrow." He ended their conversation. Relena quietly walked away from the door, unnoticed.
She headed to her room and shut the door behind her. She then proceeded to the balcony, just gazing out at the quart-yard. It was really dark and quiet out there. Too dark and quiet actually. She leaned her elbows in the railing, trying to make sense of the day. But as much as she tried, nothing made sense. She wearily gazed up at the sky sadly. Was he up in space now? Or still on earth? How long would it be before they knew anything about his whereabouts? She let out a long doubtful sigh. She wished she could just stop thinking about it but it didn't seem like that was a possibility.
"Nice night." Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted. She glanced behind her to see Duo, standing in the doorway with his arms crossed infront. How long had he been there? She dropped her gaze quickly.
"I suppose it is." She smiled weakly trying to hide her sadness. Duo came out farther onto the balcony. Relena wasn't too sure why he was out there at all. He leaned against the railing as she had.
"So we're heading out tomorrow." He told her. She simply nodded back. She really wasn't in the mood for a discussion at that point.
"Trowa's going to stay with you for a couple of days though." He added. She looked over at him and noticed he was just enjoying being there. Just looking up at the sky and smiling. Despite the circumstances.
"Aren't you worried at all?" She inquired going back over to the railing. He turned to face her.
"Nope, Trowa can take care of anyone that bother's you." He said trying to make light of the conversation. Relena didn't seem to catch it though.
"Not that,..about Heero? We don't even know where to start." She mentioned. He straightened up some.
"Oh that, he'll be fine. If we don't find him, he'll find a way to escape anyway." He reminded her. She looked back down at the quart-yard.
"All I can do lately is worry. I know he can handle these people but still. I don't know what they want him for and there's just so many things that could happen. I don't know what to do." She admitted sadly almost in tears. She finally looked back up at Duo.
"He's gonna be okay. Just keep reminding yourself that. And as far as doing anything goes, your helping us out more then you think." He explained. She finally smiled confidently.
"Thank you." She said back.
"Oh now don't go thanking me. It might give me an ego." He laughed and went back to looking at the sky. She continued to smile, thinking of how odd this was. She laughed to herself, catching Duo's attention again.
"What's so funny?" He asked her.
"You are. What's so great about the sky?" She pointed up.
"Well you are spoiled aren't you. It's a nice change that's what's so great. You need to come to space more then you'll appreciate it down here." He said back.
"Maybe when this is all over I can come up. To visit." She thought outloud.
"You'd better come visit us." He told her implying Hilde and himself.
"Of course." She promised. Shortly after that, he left and she went to bed.
But despite the previous encouragement, the same doubts and worries bothered her the rest of the night.
Disclaimer: Dude I don't own them, but I no good at making up my own guy characters. Plus they're so cool and I think there weren't enough episodes as it was.
When she woke up, it was late. In fact, it was much later then she remembered it being. The sun was now setting and the room was getting dark. She looked around and no one was there with her. But she remembered him being there when she drifted off to sleep. Although this wasn't the first time he had disappeared on her. She would just have to go look for him. She stood up from the couch and had to steady herself before moving. She couldn't understand why she felt so dizzy. On the coffee table, were two glasses, which helped her know what had happened earlier. She remembered that a new person on the house staff had served them in that room. She glanced over at the clock. 'But that was over three hours ago, and why did I fall asleep so quickly before.' She headed for one of the nearby guest bedrooms.
"Heero?" She called opening the door. "Are you in here?" She asked only to see that he wasn't. All of his things were still there though and by the looks of it, he had recently been on his laptop. The screen was up and there were disks lying all over the desk. He was usually more organized then that. She started to frantically search for him throughout the house. Eventually she ended up back in the room she woke up in. What had happened? He wouldn't leave like that, not at a time like this.
"Where are you Heero?" She called softly putting her arms around herself. She looked at the table again. For some reason her attention kept going back to it. What were they drinking again? One of the glasses was half full while the other was barely touched. Something just didn't seem right about that to her. Whatever happened, she was desperate to know.
***(About three hours earlier)
Relena walked into the sitting room to find Heero on one of the couches, reading. He wasn't in the clothes she had given him before, but in his regular clothes. She just shook her head and decided it was pointless mentioning it to him, again. If he didn't want to fit in there then that was his decision. She quietly sat down on the other couch nearby.
"So how'd your meeting go?" He finally asked her, not looking up from the book. He usually didn't start these conversations with her so she was surprised by the question.
"It went very well, thank you. Have you been in here the entire afternoon?" She said back. He glanced over at her. She greeted his gaze with a smile.
"Yeah, pretty much. There wasn't anything else to do." He answered. She closed her eyes and nodded in agreement. She knew he couldn't contact Preventer headquarters now since there were people after him. She didn't know why they were though, he never told her that part. All she knew was that he had been there for a couple of weeks now. With her at her meetings during most of the day, he didn't have much else to do. Although it wasn't like he was bored or anything. He probably preferred staying inside alone. If he didn't then he wouldn't be there now. One of the maids came in with two glasses on a tray and set it down infront them. It was the new maid, Relena noticed looking up at her.
"I thought that you'd like something to drink after your meeting." She explained straightening up and leaving the room.
"Thank you." Relena called after her and picked up her glass. Heero finished reading and stood up to stretch. Relena took a sip of her drink then put her glass back on the table.
"Well now that I don't have any more work for the day do you want to do something?" She asked him. He looked down at her.
"I guess, if you really want to." He remarked. "But are you sure that you have time to do anything?" He mentioned picking up his glass, also taking a sip. Relena sighed and looked down.
"I know that I have been busy since you got here and we haven't had any time together. But today I decided to take the rest of the day off. Even I need a little time for myself." She explained taking her glass again. Heero sat back down and looked at her in such a way it made her feel uncomfortable.
"I don't want you to feel that you have to neglect your responsibilities just because I'm here." He told her. She gulped down more of her drink before answering him.
"I'm not neglecting my responsibilities. I can take an afternoon off and the world will still be here tomorrow. Your not distracting me if that's what you think." Heero just leaned over and took another sip of him drink.
"I was just making sure that wasn't the case. I didn't come here for that purpose." He said back putting his glass down again.
"I know you didn't and I'm not distracted by you being here." Relena answered leaning back in her seat. She felt tired all of the sudden and wondered if it was the conversation. Were they actually arguing here? They never really argued before, at least they hadn't in a long time. But she knew why Heero was saying all these things. It was his way of showing he cared about her and her work. She went to stand up but went back down. She looked over at Heero, trying to focus. He wasn't really paying attention to her anymore. She put her hand to her head and closed her eyes. He noticed her suddenly.
"Relena?" She heard him say and saw him get up. The next thing, he was right by her but she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer. Heero grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her gently.
"Relena? What's wrong?" His voice actually revealed concern. The maid from before came in after hearing him.
"Is there a problem?" She asked him. She spoke in such an uncaring tone. He looked up at her.
"She just fell asleep. I can't wake her up." He explained showing how aggravated he was by the question.
"Oh that's it, that's nothing to worry about." She said back. He went to stand up only to feel dizzy. He sat back down, trying to focus. Just like Relena had done. He looked down at the glasses on the table, then back up at the maid.
"What did you give us?" He demanded weakly.
"Nothing that will wear off in a couple of hours. This was the only way we could get to you." She explained smiling at him. He glared at her and tried to stand up again only to fall back.
"There was more in your glass." Came another piece of information from the so-called maid. Shortly after that everything went blurry and then dark.
***
"He's missing." She said into the phone not hiding how concerned she was.
"Are you sure? I mean it's not the first time he's just taken off on you like this." Duo said over the vidphone. She let out a low sigh.
"I know that..but.. this is different. Something's not right here. Please you have to find him. He could be in trouble." She answered back. Now he let out a sigh.
"Okay, okay, we'll come down and check things out for yah." He promised. He made it sound like she was so close but it was a long trip to get to the Sanq Kingdom from space.
"Thank you. Please hurry." She remarked.
"Hey, don't worry Relena, I'm sure he's fine." He told her. Their conversation ended there. He headed for the bridge to let Sally know what was going on.
"When did this happen?" She asked him after hearing about the recent phone conversation.
"Sometime this afternoon. She's really worried though and I didn't want to add to it. I don't think Heero told her the details anyway." Duo explained.
"We shouldn't have just let this case go. It was too dangerous." She mentioned. Quatre and Trowa stood nearby.
"So what's the plan?" Trowa asked walking over.
"I think the three of you should go. Wufei and I will stay here and see if we can get any information about that guy who stole those plans for Wing Zero before. If we find him we should be able to find Heero." She instructed them. They all headed for one of the hangars.
***
"So what are we looking for anyway?" Quatre asked Trowa as they looked around Relena's sitting room.
"Anything suspicious I suppose." He answered back not looking up from what he was doing. Relena watched from the doorway telling them what she remembered as they looked. Quatre went over to the coffee table and picked up one of the glasses. It was Heero's since it was mostly filled. Trowa went over and took it from him and smelled it.
"Did Heero drink any of this?" He interrupted her. She looked over at them and nodded. He put it back on the table.
"These drinks were drugged." He stated getting both Relena's and Quatre's attention.
"But why is Relena still here then? Why didn't they take her too?" Quatre asked back. Trowa shook his head and went for the bedroom door nearby. They both followed him.
"They weren't after her, that's why." He said back opening the door. Duo was sitting at the desk, typing on the laptop. He turned around when they entered.
"Find anything?" Trowa asked him. He pointed at the screen.
"Yeah, whoever was on this last was looking through all his files. They even tried to get into the locked ones." He explained.
"Did they find what they were looking for?" Quatre asked taking a look at the screen. Duo just shook his head.
"Do you know if any disks are missing?" Trowa mentioned picking one up.
"I don't think so. Guess your hunch was right." Duo added looking over at Relena. She just lowered her gaze to the floor.
"I think I'll go see if any of the staff knows anything about this afternoon." She decided and left the room.
"So I guess we should let Sally know what's going on." Quatre said to the other two. Duo sat back in the chair with his arms crossed infront of him.
"Maybe someone should stay here with her for a couple of days." He suggested. Trowa and Quatre both looked at him, assuming he was volunteering. He finally realized they were looking his way and immediately put his hands up.
"Hey, I wasn't suggesting me here. There's nothing I would want to do more then stay." He admitted.
"Well then what's stopping you?" Trowa asked already certain he would be staying anyway.
"I'm still kissing up at home after that whole OTHER incident a couple months ago. This wasn't what I had in mind.." He added. Trowa just shrugged.
"I'll stay. It shouldn't be a problem for me." He said back.
"Are you sure, Trowa? I could stay instead if you'd like me to." Quatre offered. Trowa just shook his head.
"No, Sally will need you and besides you've got things other then this case to worry about. It'll be fine." He decided and left the room. The other two followed him out. Relena met them in the hallway.
"I asked the staff about this afternoon, but none of them know anything." She told them disappointingly.
"Whoever is responsible for this is smart so I wouldn't think anyone would know what happened." Quatre replied. Relena perked up suddenly.
"Yeah but the newest member on my staff is missing. She was the one who served us the drinks before." She added.
"Do you have a file or anything about this person?" Trowa asked quickly. She headed to her office and they followed.
"I keep all my files on my staff in here." She explained pulling out a folder and handing it to Trowa. He flipped through the pages then shut it. He handed it to Quatre.
"Give this to Sally, it should help out." He informed him. Since it was so late
now, Quatre and Duo decided to wait till the morning to head back to space. Quatre contacted Sally to let her know their plans and what they found.
"So you don't know if they got any information from his computer?" She asked once he had filled her in on everything.
"It's hard to say but it's possible. They covered it up though if they did." He said back. There was a moment of silence.
"How's Relena doing now?" She mentioned.
"She seems to be doing better now that we're here. Did you find anything about that guy on your end?" He asked. She shook her head.
"Not really, it has been awhile since we looked into this case. So it's hard to just pick up where we left off." Sally explained before sighing.
"It would seem that you pilots can't stay out of trouble." She added. Quatre nodded in agreement with that. He always seemed to be in the middle of these situations.
"Well I should let you get back to work now. I hope you find some useful information. Everything in this case isn't turning out too well. The sooner we get back there the better. Guess we'll see you tomorrow." He ended their conversation. Relena quietly walked away from the door, unnoticed.
She headed to her room and shut the door behind her. She then proceeded to the balcony, just gazing out at the quart-yard. It was really dark and quiet out there. Too dark and quiet actually. She leaned her elbows in the railing, trying to make sense of the day. But as much as she tried, nothing made sense. She wearily gazed up at the sky sadly. Was he up in space now? Or still on earth? How long would it be before they knew anything about his whereabouts? She let out a long doubtful sigh. She wished she could just stop thinking about it but it didn't seem like that was a possibility.
"Nice night." Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted. She glanced behind her to see Duo, standing in the doorway with his arms crossed infront. How long had he been there? She dropped her gaze quickly.
"I suppose it is." She smiled weakly trying to hide her sadness. Duo came out farther onto the balcony. Relena wasn't too sure why he was out there at all. He leaned against the railing as she had.
"So we're heading out tomorrow." He told her. She simply nodded back. She really wasn't in the mood for a discussion at that point.
"Trowa's going to stay with you for a couple of days though." He added. She looked over at him and noticed he was just enjoying being there. Just looking up at the sky and smiling. Despite the circumstances.
"Aren't you worried at all?" She inquired going back over to the railing. He turned to face her.
"Nope, Trowa can take care of anyone that bother's you." He said trying to make light of the conversation. Relena didn't seem to catch it though.
"Not that,..about Heero? We don't even know where to start." She mentioned. He straightened up some.
"Oh that, he'll be fine. If we don't find him, he'll find a way to escape anyway." He reminded her. She looked back down at the quart-yard.
"All I can do lately is worry. I know he can handle these people but still. I don't know what they want him for and there's just so many things that could happen. I don't know what to do." She admitted sadly almost in tears. She finally looked back up at Duo.
"He's gonna be okay. Just keep reminding yourself that. And as far as doing anything goes, your helping us out more then you think." He explained. She finally smiled confidently.
"Thank you." She said back.
"Oh now don't go thanking me. It might give me an ego." He laughed and went back to looking at the sky. She continued to smile, thinking of how odd this was. She laughed to herself, catching Duo's attention again.
"What's so funny?" He asked her.
"You are. What's so great about the sky?" She pointed up.
"Well you are spoiled aren't you. It's a nice change that's what's so great. You need to come to space more then you'll appreciate it down here." He said back.
"Maybe when this is all over I can come up. To visit." She thought outloud.
"You'd better come visit us." He told her implying Hilde and himself.
"Of course." She promised. Shortly after that, he left and she went to bed.
But despite the previous encouragement, the same doubts and worries bothered her the rest of the night.