Hi again
Hi
again! I have really appreciated all the kind comments and thoughts regarding
the previous two chapters. I humbly bow before you. J
Standard stuff: Gundam Wing is not
mine, but I do enjoy playing around with it some. My intent is purely for
entertainment purposes only and no money is being made on this work. Read,
enjoy, hate, whatever! Now with
that out of the way, enjoy!
Small note: Heero and Relena are lovers
and not married. Sorry for any confusion that may have caused.
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Believe in Me Chapter 3 -And they all fell down
Time seemed to slow down around her then utter shock ran through her body as she
spun around to meet Campbell's eyes. So cold, then he spoke.
"Minister,
don't make the same mistakes your father did."
She did
the only thing she could do. The only thing her natural defenses told her to do.
Her free hand raised and smacked John Campbell across the face with unmeasured
force. His head reeled back and he
let Relena go. The left side of his face turned several shades of red and
Relena's hand stung like fire, but it was a pain she barely felt.
Relena
took several steps back and tried to get a hold of what had just happened.
Shockingly, Campbell turned his red face toward her and smiled broadly. By now
even the private table they had was public; most of the restaurant had their
eyes locked on the two. She turned and left the restaurant keeping a cool and
collective pace. Campbell's smile faded as he rubbed the side of his face
where Relena made her blow. He picked his glass of wine up and sipped it slowly.
She
grabbed the first taxi she could find and started to replay everything that had
just happened in mind over again. But kept coming back to the last thing
Campbell said to her. Her father was killed five years ago, and she had done
nothing but try to live up to the examples he set when he was the Foreign
Minister. "'Heero" she whispered, suddenly doubly thankful he was here
now.
~~
"That
went well." Katrina Grace,
Campbell's most trusted advisor, took Relena's now empty seat. She wore her
dark brown hair shoulder length and her brown eyes studied the man she had
worked for since the end of the war in 195. She had taken this position from her
father after he was killed in the final assault against Libra. Now she was all
of twenty-five years of age. A young but skilled advisor, she studied all
objectives brought toward ex General John Campbell with diligence.
Campbell
gave her a small facial expression showing his annoyance at her comment and then
spoke. "Since she's going to be uncooperative, we will have to just move
ahead with our other plans."
"General
I must caution you, two Preventer agents are here on the colony and have taken a
keen interest in your activities. They are two former Gundam pilots, Duo Maxwell
and Heero Yuy. These two men also are the one's who fished out Jamerson."
She paused looking for a reaction from the General and then continued. "Also
Mr. Yuy, who if I am not mistaken, has a very close relationship with Minister
Darlian?"
Campbell
scrunched his face slightly. "I'm well aware of who Mr. Yuy is and his
connections to Darlian. Move ahead with what we discussed."
"Sir, is
that prudent at this juncture?" She spoke hesitantly, it wasn't often she
questioned the man.
"Yes…
I've played my first hand with Darlian. If she's as smart as I think she is,
she'll waste no time now gathering Mars support. The quicker the better before
the door closes on me all together."
"What of
the Preventer agents?"
"They
are of no consequence, I'm sure I'll be meeting with them soon enough.
Continue with our plans." He retorted sharply.
"Yes
sir, arrangements will be set under way immediately."
"And
make sure Jamerson receives his reward for a job well done."
"I'll
make sure it's taken care of."
The lights on her hotel door blinked red again; carefully she swiped the card
through the reader and was frustrated to see another set of red lights. Relena
knocked on the door forcefully; making sure that if Heero were in the room he
would hear her. No answer, she tried her key card again with the same
disappointing results. "Now what else could go wrong?" Mentally exhausted
she asked herself moving down the hallway back toward the elevator so she could
get a new key made. The button indented and lit up to her touch. She raised her
head slowly and stared at the doors surprisingly they slid open and she was
shocked to find Heero standing before her. "Heero?" He stepped out and she
fell into his arms.
~~
"He threatened my life." His face fell and his heart skipped a beat. Relena
sat with her back against the headboard of their bed as she proceeded to tell
Heero the entire conversation from her brief dinner with Campbell. Heero sat
stoic as she spoke on the other end of the bed, maintaining some composure.
She slid down the large bed and moved closer to him and looked directly into his
eyes. The room grew eerily quiet.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there to…" She cut him off shaking her head
faintly. "I know." She pulled her back to his chest, he responded by
wrapping his arms around her. "I dread tomorrow, he accomplished what he
wanted tonight, he scared me." Heero's eyes narrowed and he almost said it
but refrained keeping this thought to himself, 'Now it's my turn to scare
him.'
Instead he leaned to his side slightly and took his hand turning her head toward
him gently until their eyes met. "No, he's scared of you."
She smiled, "Really think so?"
"Yes, he knows you can stop him in the Congress."
Her smile faded "He can stop me as
well. So it's a standoff."
Heero's communicator started buzzing. He looked away from Relena and proceeded
to answer the incoming call.
"Yuy here."
"Heero, it's Duo. We have a real problem."
"Roger that, on my way." Heero
switched off the device and turned his attention back to Relena. "I have to
go."
"Problem?" Heero knew there was no getting out of this; she held hard
determination in her voice.
"You're going after him aren't you?"
"Who?" He tried his best to act surprised as he stood before her.
"I'm not a fool Heero, I know why
he wants on that committee." Heero's eyes narrowed again and his mind began
to spin several different possibilities. He turned to walk out of the room but
stopped keeping his back to her. "There is a mole in the Preventers,
originating out of L2 that's all I can tell you."
"There is that solider mode of yours creeping back in."
"We're both good at using it when we need too."
"The difference is Heero, I don't use mine with you." Her words stung at
him. He turned around slowly and took in her full form. Her long golden hair
playfully danced about her face and her eyes pleaded with him to say something
anything before he left.
"What do you want me to say?" He asked her.
"What do you want to tell me?" She retorted.
Heero walked back to her and kissed her
forehead lightly. "You already know."
Their room phone started to ring. She starred back up at Heero and watched him
leave their room. Finally she reached for the phone."
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Heero met Duo in the lobby of the hotel. "What's our problem?"
"There's been an accident on Mars."
"What?"
"Two members of Congress were killed as they were preparing to leave Mars
after a tour of the colony."
"How?"
"Seems a mining freighter lost lateral controls and rammed the docking bay
where their shuttle sat awaiting clearance to debark… Heero, these two members
of Congress we're on the Defense Committee."
"Relena." His voice was shallow.
Heero took off running back to the elevator.
Blind luck had the elevator doors slide open before Heero. He didn't bother to
wait for the few people on to step off. He slammed the button for the twentieth
floor and Duo barely jumped in before the doors slid closed. Heero removed his
weapon first and Duo followed suit. The other people in the elevator stepped
back against the car wall the best they could, visibly shaken and confused.
"Sorry folks don't mind us." Duo said as the car stopped on the twentieth
floor.
The two men bolted down the hallway stopping outside Relena's suite.
Heero opened the door and moved to the
bedroom to find, Relena sitting on the bed her face was pale.
"Is it true, are they dead?"
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End Chapter 3 –
Whew, well this tale is turning out to be far longer than I originally
anticipated. I hope you haven't lost interest in this story. Chapter four
promises to be packed full of goodies. I thank you for your time in reading this
and hope you enjoyed.