"It's Gonna Be Me" Part Three: Confrontation
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Relena stood on her balcony overlooking both the beautiful coasts of her kingdom and the rich forest by its shores. Where are you, Heero? What happened? What's wrong? Relena sighed, and walked back into her quarters and shut the balcony doors gently. Relena thought for a moment. Where would Heero go? He would go to his Gundam! Of course! And his Gundam would be in the forest! I have to go talk to him...See what's wrong...See what I can do... Her thoughts trailed off as she slipped on a long, thick white jacket over her thin nightgown. She quietly slipped on her shoes and then out into the silent and sleeping hall of the institution.
Relena followed the same burgundy and silver stairs down that she had when showing Quatre his room earlier in the day, right after Heero had left so abruptly. She opened one of the giant doors leading to the front steps of the institution. After she shut the massive white door, she quickly and stealthily ran down the hundred or so steps to the street level past the black iron gates to the institution. Once past those, she headed straight for the forest.
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Quatre stared out his window at the steps Relena Peacecraft had fled down. She's looking for Heero, he thought. Of course...She can't leave him alone. She can't see him hurting. Quatre smiled. I wonder what she will find? Will she find him, just sitting there, working on Zero? Will he be gone, off on a mission? Will she even find him? Will he greet her? Will he turn her away? Oh well, I'll find out in the morning. Quatre resolved to go looking for her and take Heero with him if she wasn't back by morning.
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A woman knelt over him gently singing. She sang for as long as he remained awake. When the sleepy little boy had finally slipped into dreamland, it happened. A scream, then another, as the bouncing baby boys family was cut down. Another scream, and another. Then, "Run, Carrie, run! Get our son out of here! Save him!" Then another scream. The words shouted and the last scream were that of the child's father. A crying woman ran into the baby's room. The boy had woken and was crying, scared by the screams and the carnage happening around him. The beautiful mother scooped him up in her arms and sang through her tears, locked in the nursery with no way out, "Hush little baby, don't say a word...". The door caved in, and the woman screamed as she was cut down by a man with imbedded glasses and a metal claw instead of a left hand. The baby boy howled and tears poured down his tiny little face. The sinister man picked up the baby and said, "He will do nicely. He will become the perfect soldier. Hush child, you will cry no more after this night." With that he left, and the authorities arrived to find a slaughter of all but one. The bouncing baby boy who would be bouncy no more...
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Heero was tossing and turning in his sleep when Relena found him, curled in a feeble position in the hand of Wing Zero. He tossed and turned and cried out in his sleep. The moonlight fell across his face and the path marked out by the salty tears he had shed glowed like sorrowful fallen stars on his sleeping features. Relena climbed up onto the hand of the Gundam. She looked up and saw the Gundam watching her with a silent stare saying, Hurt him not. Relena knelt down and gently brushed away a lock of hair in his face. She sighed. I wonder what he's dreaming of... Relena pushed gently on Heero's shoulder. He cried out as if in intense agony or as though being utterly terrified was all he had ever known. Could that be true? Could terror and hate and fear be all he's ever known? She pushed again, and once more he cried out as if in pain. Suddenly, Heero jerked awake.
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The baby boy was poked and prodded and put through the most intense medical examination ever. He was jabbed and stuck, and he cried the whole time. The cruel men just kept going and going, never stopping, never relenting, testing the child's limits. The child, the six-month-old baby, cried out in agony and fear...
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Heero jerked awake. He was sweating. He was shivering. He was crying. He felt a small and gentle hand on his shoulder. He looked up, startled. Relena was sitting beside him with a concerned expression on her soft features. "What...What are you doing here? How did you find me?" he asked confused and feeling vulnerable. His expression changed almost immediately. "What do you want?" he demanded. iWhat is she doing here? Why did she come here? What does she want? Those are all basically the same question...
"I...I..." He is not going to intimidate me. "I came looking for you. I wanted to know what was wrong and to see if I could help. So tell me, what is wrong?" Relena said, as sternly as she could manage with the cold, closed expression he was shooting her way.
"Nothing. It's none of your business. Just leave me alone. I don't need anyone. Go back to your posh living, Princess. I'm warrior, not a pacifist. I'm no good for you. Just stay away from me. Get lost. GO HOME!" he yelled at Relena. She was startled greatly by this and fled into the forest. She ran away from Heero, away from, his anger, and away from the killing machine that held him, his Gundam, Wing Zero.
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After Relena left, Heero sat there for a moment, recalling his dream. The screams, the pain, the fear. The people. His...Mother? His...Father? Brothers or sisters? Other...Family? I'm so confused...I'm so scared...Relena... Relena was gone, and she probably would never talk to him again. Or so he thought. I can't go after her. I owe her nothing. If she's gone then she's gone...No! More death! The images of his dream kept resurfacing. Leave me alone! Please... Heero cried himself back into a fitful slumber.
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You've got no choice babe
But to move on, you know
There ain't no time to waste, 'cause you're just
To blind to see
But in the end you know it's gonna be me
You can't deny
So just tell me why
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Relena fled, far away from everything. She thought that she was heading back towards the institution, but she was wrong. It was dark and she couldn't see anything. She was heading farther and farther away from the institution, civilization, and Heero.
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Every little thing I do
Never seems enough for you
You don't wanna lose it again
But I'm not like them
Baby, when you finally
Get to love somebody
Guess what
It's gonna be me
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Relena fled on and on into the depths of the unfamiliar forest darkness...
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Relena stood on her balcony overlooking both the beautiful coasts of her kingdom and the rich forest by its shores. Where are you, Heero? What happened? What's wrong? Relena sighed, and walked back into her quarters and shut the balcony doors gently. Relena thought for a moment. Where would Heero go? He would go to his Gundam! Of course! And his Gundam would be in the forest! I have to go talk to him...See what's wrong...See what I can do... Her thoughts trailed off as she slipped on a long, thick white jacket over her thin nightgown. She quietly slipped on her shoes and then out into the silent and sleeping hall of the institution.
Relena followed the same burgundy and silver stairs down that she had when showing Quatre his room earlier in the day, right after Heero had left so abruptly. She opened one of the giant doors leading to the front steps of the institution. After she shut the massive white door, she quickly and stealthily ran down the hundred or so steps to the street level past the black iron gates to the institution. Once past those, she headed straight for the forest.
***
Quatre stared out his window at the steps Relena Peacecraft had fled down. She's looking for Heero, he thought. Of course...She can't leave him alone. She can't see him hurting. Quatre smiled. I wonder what she will find? Will she find him, just sitting there, working on Zero? Will he be gone, off on a mission? Will she even find him? Will he greet her? Will he turn her away? Oh well, I'll find out in the morning. Quatre resolved to go looking for her and take Heero with him if she wasn't back by morning.
***
A woman knelt over him gently singing. She sang for as long as he remained awake. When the sleepy little boy had finally slipped into dreamland, it happened. A scream, then another, as the bouncing baby boys family was cut down. Another scream, and another. Then, "Run, Carrie, run! Get our son out of here! Save him!" Then another scream. The words shouted and the last scream were that of the child's father. A crying woman ran into the baby's room. The boy had woken and was crying, scared by the screams and the carnage happening around him. The beautiful mother scooped him up in her arms and sang through her tears, locked in the nursery with no way out, "Hush little baby, don't say a word...". The door caved in, and the woman screamed as she was cut down by a man with imbedded glasses and a metal claw instead of a left hand. The baby boy howled and tears poured down his tiny little face. The sinister man picked up the baby and said, "He will do nicely. He will become the perfect soldier. Hush child, you will cry no more after this night." With that he left, and the authorities arrived to find a slaughter of all but one. The bouncing baby boy who would be bouncy no more...
***
Heero was tossing and turning in his sleep when Relena found him, curled in a feeble position in the hand of Wing Zero. He tossed and turned and cried out in his sleep. The moonlight fell across his face and the path marked out by the salty tears he had shed glowed like sorrowful fallen stars on his sleeping features. Relena climbed up onto the hand of the Gundam. She looked up and saw the Gundam watching her with a silent stare saying, Hurt him not. Relena knelt down and gently brushed away a lock of hair in his face. She sighed. I wonder what he's dreaming of... Relena pushed gently on Heero's shoulder. He cried out as if in intense agony or as though being utterly terrified was all he had ever known. Could that be true? Could terror and hate and fear be all he's ever known? She pushed again, and once more he cried out as if in pain. Suddenly, Heero jerked awake.
***
The baby boy was poked and prodded and put through the most intense medical examination ever. He was jabbed and stuck, and he cried the whole time. The cruel men just kept going and going, never stopping, never relenting, testing the child's limits. The child, the six-month-old baby, cried out in agony and fear...
***
Heero jerked awake. He was sweating. He was shivering. He was crying. He felt a small and gentle hand on his shoulder. He looked up, startled. Relena was sitting beside him with a concerned expression on her soft features. "What...What are you doing here? How did you find me?" he asked confused and feeling vulnerable. His expression changed almost immediately. "What do you want?" he demanded. iWhat is she doing here? Why did she come here? What does she want? Those are all basically the same question...
"I...I..." He is not going to intimidate me. "I came looking for you. I wanted to know what was wrong and to see if I could help. So tell me, what is wrong?" Relena said, as sternly as she could manage with the cold, closed expression he was shooting her way.
"Nothing. It's none of your business. Just leave me alone. I don't need anyone. Go back to your posh living, Princess. I'm warrior, not a pacifist. I'm no good for you. Just stay away from me. Get lost. GO HOME!" he yelled at Relena. She was startled greatly by this and fled into the forest. She ran away from Heero, away from, his anger, and away from the killing machine that held him, his Gundam, Wing Zero.
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After Relena left, Heero sat there for a moment, recalling his dream. The screams, the pain, the fear. The people. His...Mother? His...Father? Brothers or sisters? Other...Family? I'm so confused...I'm so scared...Relena... Relena was gone, and she probably would never talk to him again. Or so he thought. I can't go after her. I owe her nothing. If she's gone then she's gone...No! More death! The images of his dream kept resurfacing. Leave me alone! Please... Heero cried himself back into a fitful slumber.
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You've got no choice babe
But to move on, you know
There ain't no time to waste, 'cause you're just
To blind to see
But in the end you know it's gonna be me
You can't deny
So just tell me why
***
Relena fled, far away from everything. She thought that she was heading back towards the institution, but she was wrong. It was dark and she couldn't see anything. She was heading farther and farther away from the institution, civilization, and Heero.
***
Every little thing I do
Never seems enough for you
You don't wanna lose it again
But I'm not like them
Baby, when you finally
Get to love somebody
Guess what
It's gonna be me
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Relena fled on and on into the depths of the unfamiliar forest darkness...
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