Several Months Later . . .
Zechs Marquise lay in a hospital bed, dying; he was tired, exhausted, and ready to give up the fight. Truthfully, he hadn't even wanted to fight, but the thought of leaving Relena alone in the world made him fight to hold on. Now, with Relena having married Heero Yuy only a couple of days earlier, he knew that he could finally give up the fight because she wouldn't be left alone in the world. It had only been a three weeks ago that Zechs had learned that he had brain cancer and that he had a very slim chance of surviving, even with treatment. Slowly, the cancer had begun to eat away at his brain and he knew that this was it.
"R. . . Relena?" he struggled to get out.
"I'm here, Zechs," she told him, near tears. She couldn't believe that she was going to lose her older brother only a few months after she had lost Noin. It seemed unreal.
"I. . . I'll be gone soon," Zechs said, knowing that he only had a few minutes, at the most.
"You can let go if you want to, Zechs," Relena said, no longer bothering to stop the tears that threatened to fall down her face, and now letting them flow freely. "I'll understand."
"She's waiting for me," Zechs said, a slight smile on his face at the thought of his love waiting for him on the other side. When he closed his eyes he could already see Noin, standing there, waiting to take him into her loving arms.
"Go to her," Relena whispered, knowing that they had little time left. Zechs sighed and Relena took his hand, not wanting him to go, yet knowing that she could do nothing to stop him. Besides, what right did she have to stop him from going to join the person he loved? "Good-bye, brother," she said through tears. But even as she spoke, she knew that it was too late. Zechs had already left her; gone to join Noin, who was waiting for him, with her arms wide open, ready to welcome him.
THE END
Zechs Marquise lay in a hospital bed, dying; he was tired, exhausted, and ready to give up the fight. Truthfully, he hadn't even wanted to fight, but the thought of leaving Relena alone in the world made him fight to hold on. Now, with Relena having married Heero Yuy only a couple of days earlier, he knew that he could finally give up the fight because she wouldn't be left alone in the world. It had only been a three weeks ago that Zechs had learned that he had brain cancer and that he had a very slim chance of surviving, even with treatment. Slowly, the cancer had begun to eat away at his brain and he knew that this was it.
"R. . . Relena?" he struggled to get out.
"I'm here, Zechs," she told him, near tears. She couldn't believe that she was going to lose her older brother only a few months after she had lost Noin. It seemed unreal.
"I. . . I'll be gone soon," Zechs said, knowing that he only had a few minutes, at the most.
"You can let go if you want to, Zechs," Relena said, no longer bothering to stop the tears that threatened to fall down her face, and now letting them flow freely. "I'll understand."
"She's waiting for me," Zechs said, a slight smile on his face at the thought of his love waiting for him on the other side. When he closed his eyes he could already see Noin, standing there, waiting to take him into her loving arms.
"Go to her," Relena whispered, knowing that they had little time left. Zechs sighed and Relena took his hand, not wanting him to go, yet knowing that she could do nothing to stop him. Besides, what right did she have to stop him from going to join the person he loved? "Good-bye, brother," she said through tears. But even as she spoke, she knew that it was too late. Zechs had already left her; gone to join Noin, who was waiting for him, with her arms wide open, ready to welcome him.
THE END