Relena sprang up in her bed gasping; her eyes wide with fear as she stared at the wall. Moonlight poured through the windows illuminating the room revealing Relena's soaked sweaty form. Awakening from her trance with a blink, Relena quietly regarded the room to see if anyone other than herself was present; there was no one, not a soul, and that fact which she took comfort in. She started to take some deep breaths of air to try to calm her breathing. Finally able to calmly breathe, she started pushing the irritating wet strands of her blond hair that were stuck to her face away.

She finally looked down at her clothes and touched them with an exhausted sigh. They were moist, clammy and most uncomfortable, realizing that Heero probably heard her gasping; she rushed to her dresser to pull out a dry pair of clothes to wear.

While rummaging through her drawer, she wondered how Heero could have such inhuman hearing abilities. Once in the middle of the night, she had called Herro's name out softly while she was asleep. Relena had woken up feeling that she was being watched. When she opened her eyes Herro was standing over her looking down at her with his emotionless cobalt eyes. When she asked him why he was in her room -- he replied "You called me" and that was it, a simple explanation, it was so Heero-like that she could question him no further.

With a sigh of relief she pulled out a black pair of shorts, a blue T-shirt, and a pair of white sweat pants to wear over her shorts if Heero did come up to check on her. She had a feeling that he would be at her door any minute and she didn't want to be caught in her soaked clothes, which were sticking to her right now. So quickly she made her way to the bathroom as she heard light footsteps starting to coming up the stairs.

'Heero?' She wondered as her heart skipped a beat. Quickly and quietly she shut and locked the bathroom door just as someone opened the door to her room. As she leaned against the door, she held her breath as she listened; hoping that the person would leave her room soon. After a few minutes a soft knock at her door made Relena jump.

"Relena are you in there?" Came a soft but deep voice.

'Heero' Relena thought as she felt herself start to panic. "Yes" came Relena's soft but slightly uneven reply.

"Are you alright? I thought I heard something." Came Heero's monotone voice.

Relena smiled softly. "Yes I'm fine -- go back to bed" She leaned down to pick up her clothes, which she had dropped when she jumped. She put her T-shirt and her two pairs of pants on the sink and listened to see if hero had left. Hearing no sounds of movement, Relena figured Heero had left. 'He's so quite when he moves. I swear I never hear him enter or leave a room'. Smiling Relena grabbed a cloth from shelf that was next to the mirror, which hung over the sink. She turned on the cold water and held the cloth under it, shivering as the cold water ran over her hand. She turned it off and rung out the cloth so it wasn't dripping and started to undress.

After putting on her new pair of shorts, she picked up the cold but still wet cloth and ran it over her bare shoulders and back. She tried to wipe as much sweat off of her as she could. Then she proceeded to do the same for her face and neck. Once she was done, she threw the cloth into the sink and reach for a dry towel that was hanging next to her on a bar. After drying her face and back, she threw both the towels into the hamper and pulled on her new T-shirt.

Finally, she looked up into the mirror and held back a gasp at what she saw. 'I look horrible!' Staring back at her was a clearly worn out looking woman. Who had dark bags under her blood shot eyes. 'I know I wasn't getting enough sleep since it started. But I didn't realize I looked this bad.' Sighing as she thought, 'Well it can't be helped.' Turning her head from the mirror she thought it would be best to put on her sweat pant, just in case Heero was still there. Even though she didn't want put on her sweat pants because she was still hot and sweaty from her dream, she still put them on. Finally after casing one last glance at herself in the mirror, she unlocked the door and opened it slowly.

Sighing in relief after she saw no Heero, she walked over to her bed and sat down. She stared out of her glass doors that lead out to her balcony; which just happened to be next to her bed. Despite Heero's complaint that a terrorist could land on the balcony and shoot Relena as she slept. Smiling at the thought Relena shook her head.

Her smile slowly dropped into a frown as she thought back to her dream. There was so much blood, screaming and chaos.

"Relena?"

Relena almost jumped off of her bed. Grabbing the sheet with her hand, she squeezed them until her knuckles turned white. She turned towards the source of the voice…. Dreading…. Seeing… Heero standing in the light now, away from the shadow that he had been standing in. "Yes" she responded putting her political mask back on so her voice and face wouldn't give away how she felt. She didn't want Heero to think her weak.

"Are you alright?" Came his monotone voice.

"Yes I'm fine. I just got up to get some water from the bathroom."

"Hn…………. Then why did you take so long to get a glass of water?"

Smiling some what nervously but more embarrassed she replied, "I just got lost in my thoughts about the upcoming issue."

Heero excepted this answer, for him it seem reasonable. Because there was always lots of pressure being put on Relena, since she was the Vice Foreign Minster. She was young and the whole world looked towards her for guidance. But still, Heero felt that there was something else wrong. There was something else that was bothering her. He knew her well enough to be able to tell. He stood there staring at her as if he was reading her thoughts.

Innerved by his staring, Relena looked away towards the glass doors. Silence stretched out between them for what seem like an eternity, until Relena finally broke the silence. "Heero It's going to be a long and hectic day tomorrow. So I'm going back to bed. You should go back to bed to… I'm fine -- really." Relena turned back and smiled at him. Finally Heero grunted and turned to walk away. "Good night Heero."

The sound of a closing door was the only response she got from the stoic ex-gundam pilot. She listened for a few minutes to Heero's quite footsteps going down the stairs. When she thought he was far enough away, she let go of a breath she didn't know she was holding. She turned towards the bed and pulled the sheets back with a sigh. Looking down at the bed she realize it was still probably wet from her sweat. She remade the sheets and went to the other side of the bed to lay down on.

Relena had trouble trying to go back to sleep. Her thoughts kept going back to her dream. Every time she closed her eyes, all she saw was disturbing visions from her dream. She kept tossing and turning until a few hours' later sleep finally took her.

Somewhere in the house a person was moving around. Knowing that everyone was asleep, the person moved toward the stairs. Once the person got up the stairs, they headed towards Relena's room. Quickly the intruder opened the door and quietly slipped inside. After closing the door with making a sound, the intruder walked towards the bed. Stopped before the bed and look down at Relena……….