When the Waltz Ends: Part 5
Heero and Relena
"I can explain."
"Noin?" questioned a very surprised Relena who had just came
over and saw Heero's captee. Heero also gave a look and when he saw
it was indeed Noin, let her go.
"I'm sorry to follow you, but I wanted to make sure you were
all right. The leader of the PFF is after you Heero."
"You know the leader of the PFF?" questioned Heero. He got a
stern look.
"I thought I did," answered Noin, and said nothing more.
"Well, we better get back to the hotel, the others will want to
hear everything."
They quickly made their way back to the hotel.
At the Hotel
"I wonder when Heero and Relena are going to be getting back?"
thought Wufei aloud. All of the White Wing team was sitting there except
for them.
Suddenly the door opened and in they walked, Noin close behind
them.
"Hey Noin, long time no see," shouted Sally and went over and
hugged the older woman.
"Yea Sally, too long." She went and sat down on one of the
chairs.
"Noin has some information for us," stated Heero blandly. The
rest looked surprised at his sharpness.
"I suppose you all have been wondering who was piloting Epyon.
I have. I knew you would need help against the new mobile suits that
the Peace Futile Foundation has been using. I don't know if you know
it but Zechs and I designed those plans that were stolen away."
"You designed those suits? No wonder you can destroy them so
easily. You know all their weak points," voiced Trowa quietly. Noin
nodded.
"Why didn't you want us to know it was you?" asked Katherine.
"I knew you would ask a lot of questions."
"Speaking of questions, where is Zechs?" asked Sally. Noin
looked at her knees and a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Zechs is dead. He was murdered." Everyone gasped in surprise.
"Who murdered him," asked Relena, tears beginning to form in
her eyes as well.
"Milliardo Peacecraft," answered Noin simply.
"What do you mean? They are the same person," asked Relena who
was confused, as were the rest of them.
"Zechs is no more. While they may have been the same person, it
was kind of like Lady Une and her split personalities. He betrayed the
person he was for most of his life and now has become one of the most
hated people around."
"Hated, I haven't even heard him mentioned," commented
Hilde.
"Well, the leader of the Peace Futile Foundation wouldn't want
to have his name known." Everyone gasped. Milliardo was the leader
they were trying so hard to find?!
"Well, I guess the wanting to lead the world had never got out
of his system after joining White Fang," commented Wufei coldly.
Everyone else just nodded numbly.
"Milliardo how could you go against the Peacecraft legacy,"
whispered Relena. Heero put his arms around her and held her tight.
She wouldn't cry now, but he wanted her to know that he would be with
her when she finally did.
"Noin, do you know where the base is?" asked Quatre.
"Sadly no, the last thing he told me before he left, was to
watch out for the Peace Futile Foundation." Noin suddenly looked very
tired.
"Noin, this has been a lot for you. You can take my bed in the
our room. I can sleep on the couch."
"Thank-you Relena." The White Wing team made their way up to
their rooms and soon all were slumbering peacefully except Heero and
Relena. She was cuddled in his arms and her tears stained his shirt.
He held her until she finally fell asleep. Then sleep overcame him also
and he was soon sleeping himself.
The Next Morning
"BEEP BEEP BEEP," went Heero's computer. He groggily woke up
and went to see who was sending him a message.
He clicked on the flashing box and Lady Une appeared.
"Heero, I'm sorry but you all are going to have to cut your
vacation short. We have another attack from the PFF."
"Mission acknowledged. I have information for you."
"No time for that now, you will have to tell me after the
mission is complete. I'm downloading the coordinates to you right now."
"Alright." Heero preceded to wake everyone up and in minutes
they were blasting off towards a supposedly hidden Preventer base in
Brazil.
When they finally arrived, the base was almost destroyed. Many
Preventer suits had been destroyed and those that were still fighting
were in very bad shape.
"Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," shouted Relena and blasted off. She began
attacking the suits with a vengence. By the time the others joined in
the fight she had already destroyed four of the mobile suits.
The battle went quickly with Epyon's help. But the real fighter
was Relena. She destroyed the most suits out of everyone else.
After the battle they returned home. The next day they were
eating lunch when Hilde suddenly slammed her tray down. Food went all
over and a piece of lettuce landed on Wufei's head.
"Woman, what is wrong with you," he shouted. She just ignored
him and stompped off. A worried Duo got up and followed her.
He found her in her room slamming things around.
"Hilde, whats wrong?" he asked, a worried look etched upon his
face. She didn't answer him, but she stopped what she was doing and
began to sob. Duo came up behind her and held her. She turned around
and pounded on his chest. Not to make him stop, but to take some
frustration out. He didn't stop her.
"Oh, Duo, why must there be war," she sobbed.
"Hilde, wars are a part of human nature. Since the beginning
of mankind people have fought and others have tried to create peace.
Without war, people wouldn't know what peace was."
"I know, but why must we fight."
"We fight because we are seen as strong. People look up to us
with hope for a peaceful future. We have to fight because we pilot
Gundams, the symbols of peace." Hilde didn't answer but she pushed
away and began to dry her tears.
"Thanks Duo. I guess we should go eat, providing my lunch isn't
all over Wufei," she weakly joked. Duo smiled and followed her to the
cafeteria.
Meanwhile Relena was on her way to the drugstore to get some
medicine for her headache. As she went in she spied the liquor section.
"Hmm, I heard alcohol can make you forget things. I suppose it
wouldn't hurt to look," she thought. She wandered down the aisle and
spied some Jack Russel whiskey. "I think I'll get some, its supposed to
be strong," she told herself. Moments later she was paying for it and
the medicine.
Relena went to her room and took a bottle with her out to the
porch. She sat there sipping it while listening to the crickets.
The next morning, Relena woke up to a hangover.
"Ugghh," she groaned. She took an aspirin and then looked in
the fridge to discover the whole carton of whiskey empty. Then she
spied the bottles lying around. "I had better clean this up before
Heero sees it."
When she walked back into her room later, she saw Heero waiting
by the door.
"Hey Relena, where were you last night? We were supposed to
watch a movie."
"I'm so sorry Heero, I felt really sick and went to bed as soon
as I got back from getting some medicine."
"Oh, thats no problem then, you don't look too well this morning
either, maybe you should go back to bed."
"I think your right, I'll go to bed now." With that she went
into her room and went to sleep. When she woke up she felt a lot better.
But the memories had also returned. After she had supper with her
friends, she went back to the drugstore and bought some more whiskey.
She downed a case that night.
The next morning to her relief, she didn't have a hangover.
She downed a bottle before heading out to a mission. When she got back
she finished it.
This routine continued on for more than a month. Her friends
had also started to notice a difference in her. Where Relena had always
been social before, she was now only talking to anyone during missions.
Even then she was short and rude with them. Finally they had given up
trying to talk to her.
"Give me just one night, UNA NOCHE," sang Hilde as she walked
down the hall. Hilde had just recently discovered the wonderful world
of American music and was seen nowhere without her CD player. But what
everyone but Duo didn't realize was that she just used music to escape
from the painful memories of battle. Every Gundam had found a way to
escape from the pain.
The bomb finally dropped when one day before a mission Relena
announced, "I'm not going."
"What do you mean your not going," screeched Wufei.
"Just what I said, I'm not going."
"If we have to fight, you have to fight," he said turning red
in the face.
"Leave her be, we don't have time for this," ordered Lady Une.
Everyone nodded and left. Satisfied that she didn't have to fight,
Relena turned and walked back to her room to have some whiskey.
When they got back, Heero went straight to her room. He pounded
on the door until she finally answered. Both of them had a peeved look
on their faces.
"Whats going on Relena," he demanded.
"Its none of your business Heero. You have been growing very
annoying lately so from now on, leave me alone," and with that out she
slammed the door on his face. Bewhildered, he set out for the target
practice room. As he walked, his look of bewhilderment changed to
one of fury. When he passed the rest of the White Wing team they knew
better than to ask questions.
Taking out his fury on a target, Heero tried to get rid of
his frustration. But it didn't work. Finally, having enough, he marched
back to her room to see what was wrong with her.
He passed the others in the hall again, and again they saw the
smoldering look on his face.
"Uh, oh," commented Quatre, "this doesn't look good." The others
nodded their heads in mutual agreement. Whatever was going to happen,
it wouldn't be pretty.
Slamming open the door to Relena's room, Heero looked to find
her passed out on the desk. A bottle of half drunk whiskey beside her.
He rushed over and checked her pulse. It was still there. He looked
to find what had made her pass out and found a bottle of pills in her
hand. She must have taken one and that, added on with the whiskey had
went to her head.
"Relena," he whispered. He picked her up and carried her to
the infirmiry. The rest followed behind him.
"What did you do to her Heero?" asked Sally.
"I didn't do anything. She was drinking and had taken a pill.
I think she has been drinking a lot lately."
"That would explain her actions lately. Sometimes when people
drink they can get very mean," commented Duo. "What was she drinking?"
"Jack Russel whiskey," answered Heero.
Duo whistled. "Whiskey huh, thats what it is then. Whiskey can
make people mean. Real mean."
"I never would have thought Relena would do something like
that," said Dorothy, a tear running down her cheek. Heero turned back
to Relena.
"Oh Relena, what have you done?" he whispered.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its characters.
So what did you think. I haven't wrote part 6 yet, but expect it to
come soon. Please review, I will accept any flames except for those
on my character pairings. Email me at kairosdreamer@aol.com Ja Ne!
Heero and Relena
"I can explain."
"Noin?" questioned a very surprised Relena who had just came
over and saw Heero's captee. Heero also gave a look and when he saw
it was indeed Noin, let her go.
"I'm sorry to follow you, but I wanted to make sure you were
all right. The leader of the PFF is after you Heero."
"You know the leader of the PFF?" questioned Heero. He got a
stern look.
"I thought I did," answered Noin, and said nothing more.
"Well, we better get back to the hotel, the others will want to
hear everything."
They quickly made their way back to the hotel.
At the Hotel
"I wonder when Heero and Relena are going to be getting back?"
thought Wufei aloud. All of the White Wing team was sitting there except
for them.
Suddenly the door opened and in they walked, Noin close behind
them.
"Hey Noin, long time no see," shouted Sally and went over and
hugged the older woman.
"Yea Sally, too long." She went and sat down on one of the
chairs.
"Noin has some information for us," stated Heero blandly. The
rest looked surprised at his sharpness.
"I suppose you all have been wondering who was piloting Epyon.
I have. I knew you would need help against the new mobile suits that
the Peace Futile Foundation has been using. I don't know if you know
it but Zechs and I designed those plans that were stolen away."
"You designed those suits? No wonder you can destroy them so
easily. You know all their weak points," voiced Trowa quietly. Noin
nodded.
"Why didn't you want us to know it was you?" asked Katherine.
"I knew you would ask a lot of questions."
"Speaking of questions, where is Zechs?" asked Sally. Noin
looked at her knees and a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Zechs is dead. He was murdered." Everyone gasped in surprise.
"Who murdered him," asked Relena, tears beginning to form in
her eyes as well.
"Milliardo Peacecraft," answered Noin simply.
"What do you mean? They are the same person," asked Relena who
was confused, as were the rest of them.
"Zechs is no more. While they may have been the same person, it
was kind of like Lady Une and her split personalities. He betrayed the
person he was for most of his life and now has become one of the most
hated people around."
"Hated, I haven't even heard him mentioned," commented
Hilde.
"Well, the leader of the Peace Futile Foundation wouldn't want
to have his name known." Everyone gasped. Milliardo was the leader
they were trying so hard to find?!
"Well, I guess the wanting to lead the world had never got out
of his system after joining White Fang," commented Wufei coldly.
Everyone else just nodded numbly.
"Milliardo how could you go against the Peacecraft legacy,"
whispered Relena. Heero put his arms around her and held her tight.
She wouldn't cry now, but he wanted her to know that he would be with
her when she finally did.
"Noin, do you know where the base is?" asked Quatre.
"Sadly no, the last thing he told me before he left, was to
watch out for the Peace Futile Foundation." Noin suddenly looked very
tired.
"Noin, this has been a lot for you. You can take my bed in the
our room. I can sleep on the couch."
"Thank-you Relena." The White Wing team made their way up to
their rooms and soon all were slumbering peacefully except Heero and
Relena. She was cuddled in his arms and her tears stained his shirt.
He held her until she finally fell asleep. Then sleep overcame him also
and he was soon sleeping himself.
The Next Morning
"BEEP BEEP BEEP," went Heero's computer. He groggily woke up
and went to see who was sending him a message.
He clicked on the flashing box and Lady Une appeared.
"Heero, I'm sorry but you all are going to have to cut your
vacation short. We have another attack from the PFF."
"Mission acknowledged. I have information for you."
"No time for that now, you will have to tell me after the
mission is complete. I'm downloading the coordinates to you right now."
"Alright." Heero preceded to wake everyone up and in minutes
they were blasting off towards a supposedly hidden Preventer base in
Brazil.
When they finally arrived, the base was almost destroyed. Many
Preventer suits had been destroyed and those that were still fighting
were in very bad shape.
"Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," shouted Relena and blasted off. She began
attacking the suits with a vengence. By the time the others joined in
the fight she had already destroyed four of the mobile suits.
The battle went quickly with Epyon's help. But the real fighter
was Relena. She destroyed the most suits out of everyone else.
After the battle they returned home. The next day they were
eating lunch when Hilde suddenly slammed her tray down. Food went all
over and a piece of lettuce landed on Wufei's head.
"Woman, what is wrong with you," he shouted. She just ignored
him and stompped off. A worried Duo got up and followed her.
He found her in her room slamming things around.
"Hilde, whats wrong?" he asked, a worried look etched upon his
face. She didn't answer him, but she stopped what she was doing and
began to sob. Duo came up behind her and held her. She turned around
and pounded on his chest. Not to make him stop, but to take some
frustration out. He didn't stop her.
"Oh, Duo, why must there be war," she sobbed.
"Hilde, wars are a part of human nature. Since the beginning
of mankind people have fought and others have tried to create peace.
Without war, people wouldn't know what peace was."
"I know, but why must we fight."
"We fight because we are seen as strong. People look up to us
with hope for a peaceful future. We have to fight because we pilot
Gundams, the symbols of peace." Hilde didn't answer but she pushed
away and began to dry her tears.
"Thanks Duo. I guess we should go eat, providing my lunch isn't
all over Wufei," she weakly joked. Duo smiled and followed her to the
cafeteria.
Meanwhile Relena was on her way to the drugstore to get some
medicine for her headache. As she went in she spied the liquor section.
"Hmm, I heard alcohol can make you forget things. I suppose it
wouldn't hurt to look," she thought. She wandered down the aisle and
spied some Jack Russel whiskey. "I think I'll get some, its supposed to
be strong," she told herself. Moments later she was paying for it and
the medicine.
Relena went to her room and took a bottle with her out to the
porch. She sat there sipping it while listening to the crickets.
The next morning, Relena woke up to a hangover.
"Ugghh," she groaned. She took an aspirin and then looked in
the fridge to discover the whole carton of whiskey empty. Then she
spied the bottles lying around. "I had better clean this up before
Heero sees it."
When she walked back into her room later, she saw Heero waiting
by the door.
"Hey Relena, where were you last night? We were supposed to
watch a movie."
"I'm so sorry Heero, I felt really sick and went to bed as soon
as I got back from getting some medicine."
"Oh, thats no problem then, you don't look too well this morning
either, maybe you should go back to bed."
"I think your right, I'll go to bed now." With that she went
into her room and went to sleep. When she woke up she felt a lot better.
But the memories had also returned. After she had supper with her
friends, she went back to the drugstore and bought some more whiskey.
She downed a case that night.
The next morning to her relief, she didn't have a hangover.
She downed a bottle before heading out to a mission. When she got back
she finished it.
This routine continued on for more than a month. Her friends
had also started to notice a difference in her. Where Relena had always
been social before, she was now only talking to anyone during missions.
Even then she was short and rude with them. Finally they had given up
trying to talk to her.
"Give me just one night, UNA NOCHE," sang Hilde as she walked
down the hall. Hilde had just recently discovered the wonderful world
of American music and was seen nowhere without her CD player. But what
everyone but Duo didn't realize was that she just used music to escape
from the painful memories of battle. Every Gundam had found a way to
escape from the pain.
The bomb finally dropped when one day before a mission Relena
announced, "I'm not going."
"What do you mean your not going," screeched Wufei.
"Just what I said, I'm not going."
"If we have to fight, you have to fight," he said turning red
in the face.
"Leave her be, we don't have time for this," ordered Lady Une.
Everyone nodded and left. Satisfied that she didn't have to fight,
Relena turned and walked back to her room to have some whiskey.
When they got back, Heero went straight to her room. He pounded
on the door until she finally answered. Both of them had a peeved look
on their faces.
"Whats going on Relena," he demanded.
"Its none of your business Heero. You have been growing very
annoying lately so from now on, leave me alone," and with that out she
slammed the door on his face. Bewhildered, he set out for the target
practice room. As he walked, his look of bewhilderment changed to
one of fury. When he passed the rest of the White Wing team they knew
better than to ask questions.
Taking out his fury on a target, Heero tried to get rid of
his frustration. But it didn't work. Finally, having enough, he marched
back to her room to see what was wrong with her.
He passed the others in the hall again, and again they saw the
smoldering look on his face.
"Uh, oh," commented Quatre, "this doesn't look good." The others
nodded their heads in mutual agreement. Whatever was going to happen,
it wouldn't be pretty.
Slamming open the door to Relena's room, Heero looked to find
her passed out on the desk. A bottle of half drunk whiskey beside her.
He rushed over and checked her pulse. It was still there. He looked
to find what had made her pass out and found a bottle of pills in her
hand. She must have taken one and that, added on with the whiskey had
went to her head.
"Relena," he whispered. He picked her up and carried her to
the infirmiry. The rest followed behind him.
"What did you do to her Heero?" asked Sally.
"I didn't do anything. She was drinking and had taken a pill.
I think she has been drinking a lot lately."
"That would explain her actions lately. Sometimes when people
drink they can get very mean," commented Duo. "What was she drinking?"
"Jack Russel whiskey," answered Heero.
Duo whistled. "Whiskey huh, thats what it is then. Whiskey can
make people mean. Real mean."
"I never would have thought Relena would do something like
that," said Dorothy, a tear running down her cheek. Heero turned back
to Relena.
"Oh Relena, what have you done?" he whispered.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its characters.
So what did you think. I haven't wrote part 6 yet, but expect it to
come soon. Please review, I will accept any flames except for those
on my character pairings. Email me at kairosdreamer@aol.com Ja Ne!