GUNDAM W

OVA SERIES 2

Episode 5 THE TRUTH

Whatever Heero was expecting her to say it definitely wasn't that. He just stood there, looking at her, taking in all of her features. She must have been no more than forty-years old. She had his dark-brown hair, his deep Prussian blue eyes.  He face was composed and calm, she knew things, like Heero did, but her expressionless composure kept them hidden. The look her eyes gave him burned deep in his mind, like he had done to so many people.

Heero stopped his thoughts. "What are you doing here?" he asked. Evidently, she was taking in his features as well. "You've grown into a healthy young man since last time I saw you Odin" she said, obviously avoiding the question. "You look just like your father did at this age."

"Why did you come back?" Heero continued his questioning. She looked at him for a moment, then smiled. But not a kind smile, a cold hearted one, much like Heero used. "When I heard you were, I knew I had to come see you. I had been tracking you down ever since you left Dr. J one year ago." "But I was distraught when I heard that the Gundams were destroyed in the battle against the White Fang." She continued, "My grief drove me insane, to the edge of reality. Until one day three months ago, a woman named Lady Une approached me." "She told me she would be able to tell me where my son was, but on one condition. She wanted Lady Relena dead. And I would have done anything to have gotten you back."

Heero let all of it sink in, taking in the moment. Last time he saw his mother, she was at Dr. J's training center on colony L1. He was 7 years old when she left him there with the Dr. she had supervised the beginning of his training for the first few years before she disappeared. He never saw he again after that.

"So" she continued on, "I gladly took the job. The Lady provided me with the proper equipment, and she paid me a healthy sum of money." "Besides, Lady Relelna's ideals are ridiculous. She doesn't know how the world works. She has never experienced grief like I have. She doesn't know what's good for the world and the colonies!"

Heero let his mind wander. He was thinking about how many different ways he could kill her. "…how could this woman be my mother?…" he thought. "…how could she think like this? …this isn't the woman I remember…" He just stared at her; thinking about what she just said. "Odin" she went on, "come with me. I have more than enough money to live off of. With your Gundam and Lady Une's military resources and political stature, we could eliminate Queen Relena and restore the world and the colonies back to the way they used to be."

Her hand reached out before Heero. Heero thought for a moment, eyes switching from his mother's hand back to her face. He looked once more at the outstretched hand before him, then back at her face and took a step back. "No" he said, plain and simple in his monotone voice, " I fight to protect Queen Relena and her ideals. If you are against them, then you are my enemy, no matter the relation between us."

"Fine then" his mother conceded, "if you won't join me, then you will die!" she raised her arm holding her gun. She quickly took aim at Heero, but he was faster. He rolled on the ground, dodging her bullets. He quickly stood up and pulled out his weapon, shooting back at his mother every chance he could get.

When he was out of ammo, he threw his gun aside and ran, relying on his quick feet to save him. He turned back for a moment to see if she was still on his tail. He saw her gaining on him, then she jumped up a fire escape on the side of one of the buildings. She continued to chase Heero across the rooftops, following his every attempt at losing her. Heero soon saw an abandoned warehouse up ahead. He ran inside of it, looking for anything to fight with. He saw a gun safe in the corner of the large warehouse containing guns and ammo of many sizes.

He ran into the area and picked up another pistol. He looked around, conceiving a plan. He saw some gas barrels on the other side of the room lining one of the walls. He ran over and tipped one of the over, spilling the gasoline all over the floor. He suddenly had an idea. But before he could put his plan into action, his mother caught up with him.

She was on the roof standing above the glass windows. She jumped down through one of them and cornered her son. "Now, Odin" she said, " you will die."

Heero just smiled at her, the same smile she had given him earlier.

"Good-bye mother" he said, a hint of happiness in his tone. He pulled out his gun and aimed at the trail of gasoline on the floor. He figured he would have enough time to run out of the building before it exploded. Slowly he pulled the trigger.

He ran as soon as he heard the gunshot. He found the way he came in quickly, but as he began to see the light from outside, he felt the heat coming to meet him. He knew he calculated wrong. He wasn't going to survive. And he suddenly apologized to Relena in his heart. He felt the immense heat and sound of the explosion right before he reached the door to the warehouse. He was up in the air, flying like a child's toy. He felt pain all around him him, consuming his body. He landed hard on the cement and didn't get up.

Relena was waiting for Heero where he had told her. A man-walking bye had called an ambulance for her after she told him who she was and what happened to her. She was determined to wait for Heero, despite the fact the ambulance had already come and was waiting on her. Suddenly she got up, pain shooting through her leg with every step. She saw Heero staggering through the park, blood covering half his body.

Heero was in immense pain; the only thing sustaining him was the thought of Relena. She ran to him, not caring about her leg, or the fact she would stain her new dress. She knew she just wanted to hold him, to comfort him. She was crying as she hugged him, her arms squeezing him hard, not wanting to let go. And Heero, feeling her warm touch, went unconscious.

TO BE CONTINUED…