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Fight of a
Lifetime
Part
14
Written
By Rae
Clank!! The
knife dropped to the cold stone floor and so did a sobbing Relena.
Brrriiinnngg!
Relena forced her self to get up and
answer the phone.
"Hello, Peacecraft residence."
"Hello Relena darling. Just calling to
let you know I arrived safely."
"That's good."
"I know that the servants are gone on
vacation so I've hired a body guard to protect you while I'm gone. His name is
Henry Lowell. He should be there any minute now. Love you bye!"
"Good-Bye." Relena hung up the phone
angrily.
Just what she wanted; a stupid body
guard. Now she'd have to wear her false smile and pretend that everything was
fine. She was beginning to wonder how certain gundam pilots could stand hiding
their emotions all the time. She could barely put up with it for one day! It
was no wonder she'd gotten into the habit of crying herself to sleep.
Ding, Dong!
That was
probably the bodyguard. Relena was seriously considering not answering the door
but she knew that would be rude. She went over, opened the door, and in walked
(soaking wet from the pouring rain outside) was a familiar person with unruly
dark brown hair and the most gorgeous Prussian blue eyes Relena had ever seen.
He closed the door behind him and hung up his coat. Releena just stood there
staring. Was she actually seeing what she thought she was seeing?
"Your husband is very gullible. He put
an ad in the paper for a bodyguard, I answered, told him a little of my
fighting ability and said my name was Henry Lowell. He gave me the job without
checking to see if I lying or not." He said.
"He-Heero," Relena wanted to throw her
arms around his neck but she didn't. "I can't I'm married." She thought
disappointedly. "So how have you been these past five years?" she asked her
eyes focused on the floor, a faint tone of hurt and anger in her voice.
"Fine," Heero looked at Relena more
closely than he had before. She had a content look on her face but there were
tears stains on her cheeks. "You were crying."
"I'm fine." She looked up at him to
prove that she wasn't still crying. "Yesterday Machiavellian forbade
communication with any and all of my friends and family."
"Why?"
"He was afraid they'd take messages
from me to you and vice-versa."
"…"
Not that you
would have needed to use them to get a message to me. You are the Perfect
Soldier." The hurt and anger was in her eyes and her voice.
"Relena," Heero could tell she was
struggling not to show how upset she was.
"Are you hungry? Can I get you
anything?" Relena decided to treat him the way she'd treat any visitor.
"No I'm fine."
"You're soaking wet. I'll get you some
dryer clothes." And she headed up stairs. She looked in a closet in a spare
bedroom. There, those black jeans and the hunter green turtle neck should fit
him. She gave them to Heero and he went into a bathroom and changed.
"So what's it like to live in here not
being a captive?" Heero asked.
"It's nice. The castle is so much
bigger than the mansions I'm used to. At first I got lost trying to find my way
around. Where have you been staying?"
"On L1 with Doctor J. Except when I'm
on duty. Then I'm in my gundam fighting one of your husband's wars."
"Before I was forbidden to communicate
with the others they told me they'd gotten new, updated gundams. Did you?"
"Yeah. Wing 00. It has an updated form
of the zero system in it too. I have trouble mastering it sometimes." Relena
took a deep breath before asking the next question,
"Do you still see that little girl?"
"I didn't know you knew about her."
"I over heard Duo and Wufei talking
about it. Do you?"
"No."
"Have you been busy these past five
years?"
"When there's a war."
"Do you still self destruct all the
time?"
"No."
"Heard from Lara recently?"
"No. Have you?"
"He knows about Lara's song." Relena
thought. "No." she answered.
"…"
"It's getting late. I'm going to go to
bed now. Good night."
"Night Relena."
Relena changed into a long, spaghetti
strap, white silk nightgown and brushed her hair. Then she lay down on her bed
and cried into the pillow until she fell asleep.
*******begin
dream*******
A lady with
honey blonde hair ran down a long hallway. A little boy with platinum blonde
hair accompanied her. She pulled the
boy into a narrow passage way and knelt down in front of him.
"Mommy what's going on?" he asked.
"Millardo listen to me. There are some
very bad men here who want to kill us. I need you to go to your sister's room.
Make her wake up and get her and yourself away from here. You have to save your
self and your sister, understand?"
"But Mommy what about you and Daddy?"
"Don't worry about us. You have a job
to do. Now at the end of this hallway is a secret passage to your sister's
room. Use it to get to and from her room safely. You and Relena have to escape.
Now hurry Mil hurry and get to Lena!" she kissed her son on the forehead and
hurried back the way she'd come.
Mil took one last look around smoke
was spreading through the palace. His home was on fire! Now he'd have to hurry
and make sure little Leena got out safely. He ran down through the passageway
to his sister's room.
"Lena, Lena! Wake up please you have
to wake!"
Little Relena woke up and looked out
the window. Never once in the whole two years she'd been alive could she
remember anyone waking her up when it was still dark outside.
"Why do I hafta waky up Mil?"
"Lena, come on."
"What, What's wrong?" Relena was
scared.
"The palace is on fire. We have to
escape."
"Where are mommy and daddy?" she asked
bewildered.
"Never mind," he grabbed his little
sister's hand and ran out the door. "Okay you go that way I'll go this way. Be
safe now run! Don't worry about me."
"But I wanna go wif you!"
"No Lena. Run down that hallway. It'll
take you outside to the garden."
Little Relena ran as fast as she could
until she was outside. She looked at the stars and the pretty flowers in the
garden. Then she passed out from exhaustion and from inhaling so much smoke.
But before she did she heard screams coming from the palace. The terrified
pleas for mercy of men, women, and children rang in her ears until she went
unconscious.
*******end
dream*******
Heero woke up to
the sound of Relena tossing, turning, and crying. He got out of bed and entered
her room. Her face was tear stained and her skin was ice cold. He sat down on
the edge of the bed and brushed the tears off her face. Then her stroked her
head like he'd done so many times before. He wanted to hold her, to kiss away
the tears instead of whisking them away with the flick of a hand but he
couldn't. She was married now and if anyone found out Relena would be disgraced
beyond belief and he didn't want to do that to her. No he'd already caused her
enough pain. Relena was still shaking, still crying and moaning, but Heero
couldn't give her the comfort that usually chased the dreams away. Then Heero's
eyes rested on Relena's closet. The door was left slightly open and lying at
the bottom, was the old teddy bear he'd given Relena. It was worn from use and
stained from Relena's tears. He walked over to the closet and picked up the
teddy bear. Then he walked back to Relena. He placed the bear next to Relena
and positioned her arms so that they were wrapped around the little bear.
Within seconds the crying stopped and Relena was sleeping peacefully. Heero
stood there and looked at the Angel of Peace for just a few minutes more before
he returned to his room. The next morning at breakfast Heero found Relena in
the kitchen making pancakes.
"Morning."
"Morning Heero. Can I ask you a
question?"
"Sure."
"How did the teddy bear that I'd
hidden at the bottom of my closet so that Machiavellian wouldn't burn it get in
my arms last night?"
"You were having a nightmare so I gave
you the bear and it stopped."
"Well you might not want to sneak into
my room anymore. If someone caught you there'd be trouble. Hungry?"
"Sure."
After breakfast Heero sat down at the
computer and Relena made herself comfortable on the couch with a good book. But
she couldn't concentrate on the story. She looked over at Heero. What was he up
to?
"Heero? What are you doing?"
"Emailing Duo."
"Oh."
=====Begin email
to Duo=====
Hey this Heero.
I'm at Relena's place. We're still going through with Quatre's plan. Tonight at
10:00. Tell the others what time to show up. See ya then. Be careful.
=====End email
to Duo=====
Author's Note:
Hello! Sorry it took so long to get this part out. It's not the best chapter of
the series but it set's up for the chapters to come. He's Back! Heero's back.
What are Heero,
Duo, and the "others" up to?
Will Relena
forgive Heero?
Will Relena
attempt suicide again?
Will Heero
FINALLY admit his feelings for Relena?
Will "Quatre's
Plan" work?
Well the story
is coming to an end. There will probably be about 2 to 3 more parts to this
story. Fear not! I plan to write a sequel. I await feedback. Comments,
Suggestions, Flames, Questions.
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Thanks!
-Brittany Rae