Chapter 6-Past Memories
"Do
you know anything about this man?" Heero asks. "Trowa found out a few
interesting facts about him. He is called Tuxedo Mask, but his real name is
Darien Shields." Zechs says. Heero is puzzled. "He is the OZ spy.
Serena has some sort of connection with him. Perhaps you could ask her about
him." Zechs says "Ask Trowa about the details." Heero responds in his
usual monotone voice, "Mission Accepted.".
Heero
finds Trowa at the mobile suit hangar, making a few adjustments to the hangar's
doors. "Hey Trowa. Zechs told me about the caped man, Darien
Shields/Tuxedo Mask." Heero says. "Yeah, I've found some revealing
items about him. What do you want to know?" Trowa says. "How does
Serena know him?" Heero asks. "Have you heard of the Silver
Millennium?" Trowa returns "And its subsequent downfall?".
"I heard that some monster named Queen Beryl attacked the Moon
Kingdom." says Heero. OK. Here's the gist of it, Trowa says.
"It
turns out that Darien was Beryl's spy. He infiltrated the security and found
the most vulnerable time to attack-1:35AM on Sunday, January 23rd, 999AD.
Evidently, you, or your former self was Princess Serena's bodyguard. The rest
of us were the guardians of the other princesses. Judging from the way you are,
this apparent protectiveness has carried over from then to now. The princess
was seriously infatuated with Darien. On the eve of the kingdom's collapse,
Darien, the so-called prince from Earth came by. You personally arrested him on
charges of espionage. Princess Serena came to his defense, but would not listen
to the facts. It was too late, though. You tried to hold off the evil queen,
but failed and ended up dying in Princess Serena's arms. The kingdom was
destroyed. Queen Beryl made OZ out of her minions. Today's OZ are their
descendents."
Heero is
enraged and swears revenge, but Trowa tries to calm him down. "Heero, you
can't raise her suspicions." Trowa says "If you do, this would
traumatize her, possibly kill her.". Heero realizes this and regains
control. "You're right. Thanks Trowa." Heero says. Trowa is baffled
that Heero actually thanked him.
Heero, on his way back to Serena's room is thinking," Maybe that is why I saved her. I was her bodyguard.". Suddenly, everything makes sense. "This was before Operation Meteor. Before I was turned into the ruthless killing machine.".