Chapter 6
Finding Heero
"So Sally, are you feeling okay?" Asked Relena.
"Yea Relena I'm fine." 'One more reason for me to kill you Gabe.' She thought still feeling the after affects of the migraine she woke up with.
"So how have you been since I last saw you?"
"I've been alright nothing really important that I can think of that happened. You?"
"Everything was pretty normal routine until Gabriel showed up."
"Oh." Sally moaned at the sound of his name.
"Sorry."
"Its all right. Bad scar, that's all."
"Why would he do something like that?"
"Told ya huh? Well he though it was funny; he's a lot like Dou except Gabe's a lot looser."
"Sally have you seen Heero?" Relena asked hopefully. 'Sally's my last shot if she doesn't know I'll let him go.'
"Sorry Relena I don't think anyone has seen Heero since the war."
Relena turned passive she looked like she was about to cry and loose herself at the same time.
"Although. I know someone who could help you find him if you want."
"Who?"
"Gabe. If he can't find Heero then the boy is probably," She paused. "No that's not true Gabe can find anyone living or dead." Sally softened her tone with the last word.
"Really?" Relena asked not believing the man she was traveling with could find a person that seemed to become a ghost whenever he wanted.
"Really," Sally said with the most serious tone she had. "Gabe has a knack for finding anything that's been lost."
"Thank you Sally."
"Good luck Relena." Sally said as the young woman left.
'Has that why he's been asking he wants to help me find Heero?' Relena thought as she ran to talk to Gabriel. 'He said he'd be in his room when I was done. I just hope he's still there.' She knocks on his door.
"Five more minutes mommy!" Gabriel grumbled through the door.
'What?' She thought as she opened his door. Then she saw Gabriel lying in bed tossing slightly in his sleep.
"Gabriel?" She asked as she shook him to wake. "Please wake up."
"But it's Saturday!" Gabriel whined half awake.
"Some bodyguard you are."
"What?" He questions sitting up still half asleep
"You heard me."
"Relena? What are you doing in house?"
"You're misplaced this isn't your home." Now he was awake.
"That it is. Still doesn't explain you though."
"Well," She looked down at the bed ashamed of what she was going to say. "Sally told me you could help me Find Heero."
"She did; did she well that depends on you." He stood up and got dressed.
"What do you mean?" Relena asked lost.
"Well are you willing to except whatever will happen when you see him?"
"You seem awfully sure of finding him."
"You're going off topic. Are you?"
"Yes I am."
"Well let's go then." He said picking up the packed suitcases.
"What?" Relena asked lost.
"Let's go see Heero."
"You already know where he is?"
"Of course, come on we'll be late for the flight."
"To where?"
"Where Heero is of course."
On the plane…
"How did you find him?"
"It was easy really, but I won't get into it. What's your plan?"
"Plan?"
"Yea when you meet him what are you going to say?"
"I don't know I hadn't really thought I'd find him."
"Have you kissed him?"
"Excuse me?"
"Have. You. Kissed. Him."
"No the situation hasn't presented itself yet."
"Do you want to?"
"Of course I do. I just don't think he has feeling for me, that's all."
"What me to scout him out first see what he thinks when your not around. Then I could tell you if you should talk to him or not."
"Isn't that cheating?"
"Not if I'm not there when you talk to him. He'll never think you being there, and me talking to him were related."
"Alright." Relena agreed after five minutes of thinking over Gabriel's proposal.
"Okay you can wait in your room until I come back we'll talk and then you can decide."
"Have you planed this since I said his name?"
"No of course not I'm flying by the seat of my pants. Now I've got to make a phone call." He leaves to call Wufei in private.
~*~
Tom Jackal enters his leaders office. "Sir. All is going according to plan the base has been finished and the suits already on Earth are being moved to the new location."
"Excellent. When is the next drop?"
"Three hours. Sir."
"Dismissed."
~*~
'What the?' Gabriel thought as his phone rang when he was going to call Wufei. "They finished the base, and the next drop is in three hours. Check." 'Now to call Wufei and Heero, I can't wait until after I meet Heero.'
"Hello?"
"Wufei, I don't have time to explain but there's trouble brewing on Earth again. Another uprising is on its way."
"No." Said Wufei in a soft angry tone.
"Do you still have your gundam?"
"Yes."
"Good, get it ready. I'll contact the other pilots, and then we can discuss a rally point. For now you can call me Shadow. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
"Goodbye." Gabriel hangs up and calls Heero. The conversation goes the same. He returns to Relena.
"That was fast."
An hour passes and they arrive.
"You go to the hotel, I'll scope out Heero and come back okay?"
"Sure I'll be waiting."
Gabriel rides to where he'll find Heero. He walks past him and then doubles back.
"Excuse me do you mind if I ask you a question?"
"Depends on the question."
"Aren't you the person who like saved the world with a gundam?"
"Who's asking?"
"Just a curious stranger."
"Then yes I am that person."
"You got a name?"
"Heero Yui, no relation. Any other questions?"
"Why did you leave?"
"I don't belong in that world; I'm a soldier, that's all I know."
"Don't you think that there's someone that could help you belong?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because she suffers from delusions of love."
"Who would that be?"
"Relena Dorilan."
"Who?"
"Earth's ambassador in space."
"Is that all she is to you?"
"That's none of a strangers business."
"Okay I'll drop it sorry. What about the rest of them?"
"Not my thing."
"Sorry to bother you, bye."
~*~
"Well?" Relena asked sounding a little more hopeful then she wanted.
"Well the jury's still out it's up to you."
"I'll let you decide on your own." He leaves for his own room.
"Gabriel wait," Relena pleads. "What do you think?"
"If you really want it," he pauses and she nods. "I say go talk to him and see how things turn out. He's at The Silver Ball." He leaves.
'Well I said I would accept whatever happened no matter what happened so I'm going.' She leaves.
"I'd walk up to him from a distance not just right out in front of him if I were you; but that's just me."
'Thank you Gabe.' Relena thinks as she hops into a cab.
'Well its now or never girl; there he is just sitting there not expecting me to pop out of nowhere. Here goes.' "Hello Heero."
"Relena what? How?"
"Good to see you again Heero. You're looking well. As for your first question I came here to see you. For your second a little bird told me where you where."
"So what do you want?"
"I just want to talk to you Heero that's all."
"So talk."
"Why did you leave?"
"I don't belong in your world Relena. I'm a soldier that's all I know what to be."
"I could help you belong."
"No thanks I'm fine where I am."
"I'm not Heero do you have feelings?"
"Probably but they only get in my way of my job."
"For me Heero? For me?"
"It's time you threw away your girlish fantasies Relena. Some of them came true but the one I know you have about me will never happen."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm not that kind of person Relena."
"Or are you just afraid to admit that that person is inside of you somewhere?"
"I'm not afraid Relena." He faltered a little.
"I think you are, but you're not willing to admit it."
"The answer to your question is no."
"But."
"No Relena just leave it alone and walk away." 'Why do I have to be so heartless? I want to be with her she's the one that lets the real me out. I just can't be that to her.'
"Goodbye Heero." He didn't even acknowledge her leaving. She came into Gabriel's room on the verge of tears.
"Sorry it didn't go well."
"It's okay really I half expected what I got from him. I just wanted to see him, I shouldn't have talked to him that was my mistake."
"You want to go back home?"
"Please."
"Alright lets go home." He held her for support. Later on the plane…
"It's a long flight and you've had a tough day get some sleep."
"Goodnight Gabe." Relena mumbled as she fell into a soundless sleep.
Finding Heero
"So Sally, are you feeling okay?" Asked Relena.
"Yea Relena I'm fine." 'One more reason for me to kill you Gabe.' She thought still feeling the after affects of the migraine she woke up with.
"So how have you been since I last saw you?"
"I've been alright nothing really important that I can think of that happened. You?"
"Everything was pretty normal routine until Gabriel showed up."
"Oh." Sally moaned at the sound of his name.
"Sorry."
"Its all right. Bad scar, that's all."
"Why would he do something like that?"
"Told ya huh? Well he though it was funny; he's a lot like Dou except Gabe's a lot looser."
"Sally have you seen Heero?" Relena asked hopefully. 'Sally's my last shot if she doesn't know I'll let him go.'
"Sorry Relena I don't think anyone has seen Heero since the war."
Relena turned passive she looked like she was about to cry and loose herself at the same time.
"Although. I know someone who could help you find him if you want."
"Who?"
"Gabe. If he can't find Heero then the boy is probably," She paused. "No that's not true Gabe can find anyone living or dead." Sally softened her tone with the last word.
"Really?" Relena asked not believing the man she was traveling with could find a person that seemed to become a ghost whenever he wanted.
"Really," Sally said with the most serious tone she had. "Gabe has a knack for finding anything that's been lost."
"Thank you Sally."
"Good luck Relena." Sally said as the young woman left.
'Has that why he's been asking he wants to help me find Heero?' Relena thought as she ran to talk to Gabriel. 'He said he'd be in his room when I was done. I just hope he's still there.' She knocks on his door.
"Five more minutes mommy!" Gabriel grumbled through the door.
'What?' She thought as she opened his door. Then she saw Gabriel lying in bed tossing slightly in his sleep.
"Gabriel?" She asked as she shook him to wake. "Please wake up."
"But it's Saturday!" Gabriel whined half awake.
"Some bodyguard you are."
"What?" He questions sitting up still half asleep
"You heard me."
"Relena? What are you doing in house?"
"You're misplaced this isn't your home." Now he was awake.
"That it is. Still doesn't explain you though."
"Well," She looked down at the bed ashamed of what she was going to say. "Sally told me you could help me Find Heero."
"She did; did she well that depends on you." He stood up and got dressed.
"What do you mean?" Relena asked lost.
"Well are you willing to except whatever will happen when you see him?"
"You seem awfully sure of finding him."
"You're going off topic. Are you?"
"Yes I am."
"Well let's go then." He said picking up the packed suitcases.
"What?" Relena asked lost.
"Let's go see Heero."
"You already know where he is?"
"Of course, come on we'll be late for the flight."
"To where?"
"Where Heero is of course."
On the plane…
"How did you find him?"
"It was easy really, but I won't get into it. What's your plan?"
"Plan?"
"Yea when you meet him what are you going to say?"
"I don't know I hadn't really thought I'd find him."
"Have you kissed him?"
"Excuse me?"
"Have. You. Kissed. Him."
"No the situation hasn't presented itself yet."
"Do you want to?"
"Of course I do. I just don't think he has feeling for me, that's all."
"What me to scout him out first see what he thinks when your not around. Then I could tell you if you should talk to him or not."
"Isn't that cheating?"
"Not if I'm not there when you talk to him. He'll never think you being there, and me talking to him were related."
"Alright." Relena agreed after five minutes of thinking over Gabriel's proposal.
"Okay you can wait in your room until I come back we'll talk and then you can decide."
"Have you planed this since I said his name?"
"No of course not I'm flying by the seat of my pants. Now I've got to make a phone call." He leaves to call Wufei in private.
~*~
Tom Jackal enters his leaders office. "Sir. All is going according to plan the base has been finished and the suits already on Earth are being moved to the new location."
"Excellent. When is the next drop?"
"Three hours. Sir."
"Dismissed."
~*~
'What the?' Gabriel thought as his phone rang when he was going to call Wufei. "They finished the base, and the next drop is in three hours. Check." 'Now to call Wufei and Heero, I can't wait until after I meet Heero.'
"Hello?"
"Wufei, I don't have time to explain but there's trouble brewing on Earth again. Another uprising is on its way."
"No." Said Wufei in a soft angry tone.
"Do you still have your gundam?"
"Yes."
"Good, get it ready. I'll contact the other pilots, and then we can discuss a rally point. For now you can call me Shadow. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
"Goodbye." Gabriel hangs up and calls Heero. The conversation goes the same. He returns to Relena.
"That was fast."
An hour passes and they arrive.
"You go to the hotel, I'll scope out Heero and come back okay?"
"Sure I'll be waiting."
Gabriel rides to where he'll find Heero. He walks past him and then doubles back.
"Excuse me do you mind if I ask you a question?"
"Depends on the question."
"Aren't you the person who like saved the world with a gundam?"
"Who's asking?"
"Just a curious stranger."
"Then yes I am that person."
"You got a name?"
"Heero Yui, no relation. Any other questions?"
"Why did you leave?"
"I don't belong in that world; I'm a soldier, that's all I know."
"Don't you think that there's someone that could help you belong?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because she suffers from delusions of love."
"Who would that be?"
"Relena Dorilan."
"Who?"
"Earth's ambassador in space."
"Is that all she is to you?"
"That's none of a strangers business."
"Okay I'll drop it sorry. What about the rest of them?"
"Not my thing."
"Sorry to bother you, bye."
~*~
"Well?" Relena asked sounding a little more hopeful then she wanted.
"Well the jury's still out it's up to you."
"I'll let you decide on your own." He leaves for his own room.
"Gabriel wait," Relena pleads. "What do you think?"
"If you really want it," he pauses and she nods. "I say go talk to him and see how things turn out. He's at The Silver Ball." He leaves.
'Well I said I would accept whatever happened no matter what happened so I'm going.' She leaves.
"I'd walk up to him from a distance not just right out in front of him if I were you; but that's just me."
'Thank you Gabe.' Relena thinks as she hops into a cab.
'Well its now or never girl; there he is just sitting there not expecting me to pop out of nowhere. Here goes.' "Hello Heero."
"Relena what? How?"
"Good to see you again Heero. You're looking well. As for your first question I came here to see you. For your second a little bird told me where you where."
"So what do you want?"
"I just want to talk to you Heero that's all."
"So talk."
"Why did you leave?"
"I don't belong in your world Relena. I'm a soldier that's all I know what to be."
"I could help you belong."
"No thanks I'm fine where I am."
"I'm not Heero do you have feelings?"
"Probably but they only get in my way of my job."
"For me Heero? For me?"
"It's time you threw away your girlish fantasies Relena. Some of them came true but the one I know you have about me will never happen."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm not that kind of person Relena."
"Or are you just afraid to admit that that person is inside of you somewhere?"
"I'm not afraid Relena." He faltered a little.
"I think you are, but you're not willing to admit it."
"The answer to your question is no."
"But."
"No Relena just leave it alone and walk away." 'Why do I have to be so heartless? I want to be with her she's the one that lets the real me out. I just can't be that to her.'
"Goodbye Heero." He didn't even acknowledge her leaving. She came into Gabriel's room on the verge of tears.
"Sorry it didn't go well."
"It's okay really I half expected what I got from him. I just wanted to see him, I shouldn't have talked to him that was my mistake."
"You want to go back home?"
"Please."
"Alright lets go home." He held her for support. Later on the plane…
"It's a long flight and you've had a tough day get some sleep."
"Goodnight Gabe." Relena mumbled as she fell into a soundless sleep.