Title: The Children of War and Peace Chapter 9
Written By: Quality Paiges (aka Sailor Air)
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romanca/Mystry/Drama
Hey All, No I haven't died and dropped off the face of the planet. But my computer has been acting sooooo crazy and then AOL didn't send me this chapter back from my editor so it took forever to get it back and it's all craziness! So please forgive me. Oh yeah I should warn you this is the biggest cliff hanger EVER and ya know for this story that's saying a lot. So in away I guess you should be greatful this chapter came out a tad late 'cause that way you get to the next chapter faster. Anyway as always C&C are welcomed. Have a nice day and enjoy the story.
Chapter 9
Fortunately the whole group had managed to make it out of the hospital without too much hassle. Millardo had some trouble with the press but after Wufei started screaming injustice at the reporters they backed off. Not that some nutbag would have stopped them but when Wufei threatened to track them all down and show them justice by beating them senseless with his bare hands the press had enough common sense to back off and let them pass. Hilde, Relena and Sally along with little Pacafia Reina were the first to reach the van. Hilde took the opportunity to jump in the driver's seat.
"Thank God you're driving Hilde I don't know if we could stand any more of Duo's driving!" Sally exclaimed while getting into the middle seat of the car.
"Well ya know I don't want him driving with the baby in car which reminds me. What are we going to do about a baby seat for Pacafia?"
Relena climbed into the middle of the van with Sally. "Well if Duo were driving I would be a lot more concerned but we really can't fit anything else into the van as it is, I'll just hold onto her. I'd prefer it that way all the same." Relena carefully passed Pacafia over to Sally as she buckled her seatbelt carefully.
The rest of the group came gradually all within a few minutes of the past group and after a little bit of arguing from Duo, Hilde set of to the Restaurant they had planned to go to (it's Denny's if you must know). Heero had of course silenced Duo by giving him his special patented Duo- I'm-Gonna-Kill-You-If-You-Don't-Stop-this-Right-Now-Death-Glare and they were off.
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The mysterious blonde women rolled over on her couch. 'What did I do? Whatever was I thinking?' She asked herself again and again. 'Was that really the right thing? Of course I had to save him but was it right to give him to someone else other than his mother. I don't even know if he really is the father.' The VidPhone buzzed. Dragging herself up from the couch she trodded over to the phone. She was in a mood of self-wallowing pity and did not want to be disturbed but she flattened her hair and got ready to make an appearance anyway. They'd probably just keep calling back.
She flipped the monitor on. "Hello. Talk to me."
"Oh I certainly will." Came the party's reply. 'Oh SHIT!' She thought to herself. 'Damnit all!' I knew I should have done a freaking better job of making my whereabouts untraceable. It wasn't enough that she had aparently dropped off the face for the past ten years not really making contact with the outside world. NO she had to go and be a dumbass and not bother covering her tracks. She should have freaking known they would trace her back to that whole hospital incident.
"I thought I took care of you." Came the mysterious women's reply. "Just can't give up can you. Face it you lost in the hospital when the good doctor died in your arms. You don't have the babies any more, you just can't win."
"Dorothy Catalonia, I knew it was you. Your security system may not be perfection itself but you make a good job of disappearing. All I found was this phone number. So I just had to call and confirm. It may have been ten years since there was any trace of you but those double eyebrows just give it away doesn't it. I can't believe you haven't plucked them yet."
Dorothy silently fumed. Clenching her fists and giving out a cold sweat in the calmest voice she could she gave her reply. "Doesn't matter that you've found me, doesn't matter if you kill me. Your missions dead and I bet your organization has abadoned you."
"Oh Miss Dorothy do you ever learn? It doesn't take many to start a war. It takes less to hurt Miss Relena where it counts. A women's children are her most important thing and this will help me destroy her and them." She held up a red vial to the screen. "Do you know what this is Miss Dorothy?"
Dorothy brought a hand in front of her mouth to cover her open mouthed statement. "It's blood, it's blood."
"Very good Miss Dorothy. Now can you guess who's blood it is?"
Dorothy didn't say anything she was reeling from shock.
"Well since you aren't saying anything I suppose I'll have to tell you. It's Miss Relena's little boy's blood you know the one you handed over to that pilot of 05."
Dorothy's face went even larger in shock. She knew where the baby was?
Lei laughed. "Oh that' right you didn't know I'd found him did you? Well it didn't take me too many guesses. You're so predictable Miss Dorothy. But you know what this blood tells me right? It tells me Miss Relena' s big secret. The one everyone is so interested in figuring out. It tells me the father of these children."
Dorothy stood back from her VidPhone. "But... but why? Why not just kill her or the children. Why something so trivial?"
"Oh I'm sure who the father was wouldn't really matter to most people if Miss Relena had been foreward and honest and just went ahead and told everyone who it was but now she's got their interest perked. They think she must have done something wrong if she won't say. They'll be looking for excuses to say this was horrible of her. That's where my organization takes place. We won't be violent we'll come in preaching all the same pacifist crap Miss Relena spits out at us but we.... well we won't have secrets to keep from the people. They'll love us. We'll take over, peacefully at first and then. Then we'll see what happens I guess." She let out the last sentence with a school girl giggle.
"This is so pointless. The people love Miss Relena. Her popularity rate is at an all time high. Why? Why are you trying to take over now that we have peace. A peace that has been in place for over nine years and one that we surely thought would last?"
Lei smiled. "I can try to explain it to you but it's like they say. If you have to ask you'll never know. My organization AFUEA was in place long before OZ or even Romafeller, but were not a violent group by nature. We simply waited for the right time and place to enter into the political arena unscathed by competition. And when we get into office we'll silently abide out time until the Earth and the colonies will be many nations, many people but they shall all be united by AFUEA." Lei winked at Miss Dorothy. "But... I really shouldn't tell you anymore you know. The rest is classified information."
"No, no you won't. You won't even get to tell Miss Relena what you found out because I will stop you."
"My dear you don't' have nearly enough time for anything of the sort. I'm seeing Miss Relena tommorrow. Tomorrow is the day the world changes. Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of the world." With this the VidPhone clicked off into a mass of blank oblivion.
'Shit!'Dorothy thought to herself. 'I have to find where Miss Relena would be tomorrow.'
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Hilde's driving proved to be a vast improvement over Duo's. Even Wufei mumbled that women was good for something. As they approached the parking lot to Denny's however Millardo was put into his ever over protective big brother mode. He may have wanted to blow up the Earth at one point at time but NO ONE was gonna mess with his little sister. Only he had that privledge. "Do you really think this is safe? Relena may be recognized I don't want people to start harassing her."
Noin however managed to keeping him calm. "Millardo, With all of us here I'm sure if anything happens we can take care of her. As far as anyone else knows Miss Relena is still in the hospital."
"Yeah that's right Millardo." Hilde pitched in. "Besides this is Denny's, I doubt the people that come here would even recognize her or care. It's not some big high class society thing."
The rest of the group sweatdropped. That was not the way you convince Millardo of his little sister's safety. He looked unsure.
Relena patted her brother's hand. "I'm sure Noin can be trusted Millardo. She's correct with all of you here I feel very well protected."
Millardo relented to his sister. "Yes I'm sure Noin is right. I just worry."
"I know." Relena replied.
Fortunately Hilde actually knew how to park and they all got into Denny's safely. Everyone except for Duo that is who happened to slip and fall on his bum. Since Noin was now holding Pacafia, Relena bent down to give Duo a hand. "Duo were not playing Twister." She said smiling at their own private joke.
"Relena do you really think I'm the type of guy to play Twister in a Denny's parking lot?" Duo said recalling the joke.
"I don't know Duo. With you I just never know."
"Heyyyy!"
The others were throughly confused. "What's with Twister?" Catherine asked.
Feel this ended of at a wierd spot when I said there was a cliff hanger and all. Yeah you're right then cause my baka computer wouldn't let me save the whole thing so I could only upload part of it. So the next one is coming out ASAP, Okies?