A Normal Life
By: Jade Starlight
Author's Note: I am SO Sorry it's taking so long to finish! This actually turned out to be going
A LOT longer than I originally intended. I promise I will try to wrap it up ASAP! I'm working
on the last couple of chapters as I type, so hopefully they'll be out in the next two weeks.
yeah, can some of you guys who read this please, PLEASE let me know what you think!
I'm begging you! *Gets down on knees and clasps hands together * Okay, I'm done! Now, on with
the story...
Chapter Fifteen: Fight, Fight, Fight...Again
Relena paced back and forth, trying to decide what to do. Do I stay with
Millardo, or go and fight? She desperately wanted to stay and try and help, but if she
didn't join the fight, then they might lose!
"Relena, go with them. I can see that you're trying to decide whether or not to
stay, but I insist that you go as soon as possible. Quatre and the others need you," Noin
said, smiling. Relena returned the smile, which she hadn't done in a while.
"I know Noin, but what if something happens? We hardly know anything about
these ICS guys, and what if they have some secret weapon and-"
"Whoa Relena, slow done. We will be fine. You need to go, now."
"But Noin-"
"Relena, if you don't go I'll tell Millardo all about you-know-who, and I know he
won't like it," she threatened. Relena turned ghost white.
"You wouldn't! You promised!"
"I would, Relena, only if you stay." Relena sighed, her shoulders dropping. If
Millardo knew about Heero, he'd go nuts!
"Fine, I'm going, but first, here." Relena gave her two guns. "The other's for
him when he awakens." With that, she ran out of the cave to meet the others, who were
already waiting up top on the cliff.
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Heero, Trowa, Duo, Isis, Jeremiah, Amara, and Shiri were waiting for Relena on
the cliff. They watched the battle going on out over the ocean, and at the same time
looked for any other reinforcements that may have come.
"Man, check out Cupid! Those thermal beam halos kick ass!" Duo said.
Cupid, the white, dark purple, and dark magenta colored Gundam, was battling
fifty suits at once. Some were the old Aries prototypes, but most were upgraded versions
of the Taurus's. Cupid's Halos were slicing through suits like butter. The Taurus's
would charge, but the huge, silver, bird-like wings swept her away at the last minute, and
then it swooped around and destroyed the suits with the buster rifle or halos.
Twister, on the other hand, wasn't doing as well. The silver, gray, and black
Gundam was surrounded by tons of mobile suits, all attacking at once. Twister held the
buster shield out, blocking most of the attacks, but some still got it. Then, the thrusters
were fired, and up went twister, almost out of sight. Unfortunately, the suits followed.
"It looks like Alondra's gonna give them a run for their lives!" Shiri said. Heero
observed the fight, but soon he heard footsteps, and turned to the right.
"Relena?" he asked, pulling her up. She smiled faintly.
"Are we ready to go here?" she asked. Everyone directed their attention to the
former Princess.
"Yep, just waiting for you," Isis said. Relena nodded to Jeremiah and Isis.
"Are you two gonna make it? Can you still pilot your Gundams?"
"Yep."
"Sure can. We going?" Jeremiah asked. Relena was about to answer, and then an
explosion directed her mind elsewhere. She turned, along with everyone else, to the sea,
and her jaw fell open.
"We'd better hurry, before it's too late," Heero said, as he started walking towards
the forest. The others followed, and soon they were all jogging, trying to reach their
hiding spots. Behind them they heard the sounds of about two hundred more suits
approaching the shore.
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Quatre yelled as he was blasted in the back by another suit. He spun around in
Sandrock, and fear enveloped him. The ICS had tons of back up!
"Alondra, watch it! They've got backups!" he transmitted. The light brown
haired French girl appeared on the upper part of his screen.
"Roger that Quatre, but we have to continue!" She grunted as she was hit.
"I know Alondra. We can't give up, even if it means our lives." The two
courageous teens continued, becoming more outnumbered by the second.
"Injustice! They are cowards for sending backups that outnumber us a thousand
to one!" Wufei screamed as he shot at a few suits.
"Wufei, keep trying! We can not allow them to pass us, or the Sank Kingdom
will be gone!" Jade yelled. She used her beam halos to slice through more suits. A
blasted knocked her through the air, sending her flying far away from her partner.
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Wing Zero appeared practically out of thin air, catching Cupid in time, before it
landed right in the middle of firing range for the enemy.
"Thanks Heero. I owe you one," Jade said. Heero appeared on the upper left of
her screen.
"Don't mention it. Now move!" With that, Wing Zero flew past her and into the
battle, attacking with its beam saber. Cupid followed, and spotted the others' Gundams
fighting at least twelve each.
"Hey all! Ready for a showdown?"
"You bet, Jade! Ye haw!" Duo yelled as Deathscythe Hell zoomed into the
middle of suits. Taking out the double beam scythe, Duo sliced through five suits with
no problem.
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Relena was panting hard. She was up front, at the battle lines. Ten suits were
moving in fast. She slightly panicked, but it was replaced quickly with determination.
She activated her crown disks and sent the four of them flying to the oncoming Aries and
Taureses. Then, while they were destracted by dodging those, she drew out her beam
saber and sliced through them. She whipped around to discover the other five suits were
nearly on top of her.
"This will be a synch," she said. She shot her crown disks again, and smiled
when they cut each suit in half. Hers were done, and there were only a few more left.
She watched her friends take care of them with satisfaction, and that's when she received
the message.
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Cupid, Twister, Flame, Mercury, and Moonbeam gathered together as the
remaining suits were destroyed.
"Did you see that? That move was awesome Isis! You smoked 'em with your
beams sabers and lasers!" Shiri exclaimed. Isis and the others laughed as they headed to
their leader. Relena was floating in the air in Dammi. She hadn't moved for a few
minutes now, Amara noted.
"Hey Jeremiah, can you finish these?" everyone heard Heero ask.
"No problem. I've got them." Jeremiah's Gundam, Lightening Wing, unsheathed
its beam saber and sliced through the two suits that were aimlessly fighting. Then the
orange and white Gundam met up with Heavyarms, Sandrock, Deathscythe Hell, Wing
Zero, and Altron.
"Hey Relena, are you okay?" everyone heard Amara ask.
"No." Relena's face appeared, and she looked deathly pale. She was staring off
into space, not focusing on the screen.
"What is it?" Heero asked.
"We didn't win completely."
"What do you mean?" Alondra asked. Relena tapped her keyboard. Suddenly
she was gone, and a message appeared in huge green letters: LOOK TO THE CLIFF.
"Huh?" Duo spun around, and he cursed. Everyone else did too.
"Oh no," Jade whispered. The two Gundam teams were so busy fighting that they
didn't noticed all of the suits and soldiers lined along the cliff and into the woods.
"Okay, I get the suits, but why the soldiers?" Isis asked.
"They're there to look after the hostages," Relena explained.
"Hostages? What-oh," Alondra said in understanding. "They found the shelter,
and now they have the survivors."
"Yes." Relena racked her brain for any good plans. "Huh, what we need is a
miracle," she said to herself. Of course, she forgot that everyone's lines were open.
"Relena, use the Zero system," Shiri said.
"Absolutely not. I can't handle it, and I don't think we need an insane pilot right
now," she said.
"Besides, what about Heero? He has it too," Jade said, defending her.
"That's true, but this one isn't his operation, it's Relena's," Duo shot back.
"So, that doesn't mean you should lay it on her!" Isis yelled.
"But it is her responsibility!" Wufei argued back. Before anyone knew what was
happening, a war started between the pilots. Some were defending Relena, while others
opposed her.
"STOP IT EVERYONE!" they heard a voice yell. It was Heero. Everyone's jaw
dropped in surprise.
"H-Heero?"
"Listen, it isn't for you to decide. If Relena wants to do it, fine. If not, then I can.
I understand her view, and I know how terrifying the system can be," he reasoned.
Before anyone could continue, they heard a whisper.
"Relena?" Jade asked.
"I'll do it. I'll use the Zero system under one condition."
"What is it?"
"If I can't take it and I start to lose it, anyone tries to stop me no matter what.
Even if it means destroying me."
"No Relena. We won't-"
"Don't Quatre. Promise me this or I won't use it," she growled. Quatre
whispered a 'Yes.'
"We will Relena," Heero whispered. Satisfied with that, she placed her helmet on
and sighed.
"Good luck everyone."
"Good luck, Lena," Duo said.
Relena typed in Z-E-R-O and braced herself. The system interrupted her train of
thoughts and images started flashing. The others waited patiently for her orders.
"Dammi says there's at least a hundred suits left, fifty at the cliff, fifty spread into
the woods. Heero, you, Jade, and Alondra take the back of the line in the woods. Duo,
Trowa, and Amara head to the left, attacking all suits at the cliff and in the forest. Wufei,
Isis, and Quatre head to the right, attacking all units positioned there. Jeremiah, Shiri,
and I will take the front line, directing most of the fire there."
"What about the soldiers?"
"We have no choice. They must be taken out."
"Roger that, Relena."
"Go!" All went their separate ways, heading to their assigned spots.
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Relena led Jeremiah and Shiri towards the suits and soldiers at the cliff. She flew
as lightening through the first few coming to meet her.
"I'll take the center few. You two cover the right and left."
"Roger that Lena. See ya in a few." The three Gundams swept forward, basing
their attacks. Dammi landed and swiftly brought out the beam saber, battling one-on-one
with two suits. As she fought to destroy them, the men on the ground were firing at her
with machine guns and missiles, anything that they could.
"Surrender and we will no longer continue our assault!" she radioed to all who
was around her. She heard the mocking laugh of an aged man, coming from a suit.
"Do you think we'd give up so easily pilot! Ha, we will never surrender to the
Dove of Peace!" Relena growled, and then, before she could act anymore, the system
began to take over. She clenched the arms of her seat tightly, trying to fight it. Her body
became paralyzed, and her mind raced with fear.
"No! You will not control me! Ah!" she screamed, a deafening, screeching
sound escaping her lips. She doubled over as images passed through her head. She saw
herself and Heero at the beach. Then she saw herself standing in front of Heero as Duo
threatened to kill him. Then she saw her kingdom collapse. She saw Heero blasting the
falling piece of Libra as it entered the atmosphere. His words echoed in her head. Life is
meaningless, especially mine! She saw her training sequence, the girls, fighting. She
saw the fear in the eyes of her enemies as she destroyed them. Then she saw her future.
She saw Heero die because she couldn't save him. Wouldn't save him. Then Dammi
showed her how she would die.
"NO! I will not give in!" Relena panted and huffed, feeling the sweat poring
down her face. She gasped and slowly held her head high. She saw her enemy. In front
of her was a figure of Treiz Krushrenada. Letting a battle cry escape, she slashed
forward. As soon as the saber touched him, he shaped into Heero, who was staring at her
sadly.
"No! Heero!" She turned and sliced through more suits, and began blasting
through the soldiers on the ground. "Who is my true enemy? I don't know anymore!"
The system was taking over.
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Heero, Jade, and Alondra finished off the suits, just in time to here Relena's pleas.
Everyone heard them.
"Who is my true enemy? I don't know anymore!" Relena's frantic voice came
through, and Heero felt the panic rise within him. Without a word he headed to the front
lines, or, more specifically, to Relena.
"Heero wait!" Jade joined him, unsure of how to stop her without harming her.
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"Lena, stop!" Shiri pleaded. She and Jeremiah were in front of her line of fire,
which was the shelter.
"No, I can not. My enemy is the Sank Kingdom. If you don't move, I'll kill
you!" She had her buster rifle up and ready to fire.
"Relena stop! It's the system not you!" Heero's voice broke in.
"Heero? You mean, I didn't destroy you?" Confusement was in her voice.
"No Relena. Fight the system, I know you can."
"But I'm so lost. I don't know anything any-Ah!" She doubled over in pain.
"No! I will not destroy those I love, especially not him! Get away! Make them stop!"
She clutched her head in pain. Stop this Dammi! I will no longer be your puppet! she
screamed silently to her suit. They aren't my enemy, are they? No they aren't! Relena
looked up, and her eyes became clear, no longer clouded with confusement. She lowered
her buster rifle and sighed. The nightmare of the last few minutes passed through her
as she sighed. She had won the fight with the Zero System.
"Relena?" Heero's gentle voice broke in, and she smiled.
"I'm fine now. I have mastered the system."
By: Jade Starlight
Author's Note: I am SO Sorry it's taking so long to finish! This actually turned out to be going
A LOT longer than I originally intended. I promise I will try to wrap it up ASAP! I'm working
on the last couple of chapters as I type, so hopefully they'll be out in the next two weeks.
yeah, can some of you guys who read this please, PLEASE let me know what you think!
I'm begging you! *Gets down on knees and clasps hands together * Okay, I'm done! Now, on with
the story...
Chapter Fifteen: Fight, Fight, Fight...Again
Relena paced back and forth, trying to decide what to do. Do I stay with
Millardo, or go and fight? She desperately wanted to stay and try and help, but if she
didn't join the fight, then they might lose!
"Relena, go with them. I can see that you're trying to decide whether or not to
stay, but I insist that you go as soon as possible. Quatre and the others need you," Noin
said, smiling. Relena returned the smile, which she hadn't done in a while.
"I know Noin, but what if something happens? We hardly know anything about
these ICS guys, and what if they have some secret weapon and-"
"Whoa Relena, slow done. We will be fine. You need to go, now."
"But Noin-"
"Relena, if you don't go I'll tell Millardo all about you-know-who, and I know he
won't like it," she threatened. Relena turned ghost white.
"You wouldn't! You promised!"
"I would, Relena, only if you stay." Relena sighed, her shoulders dropping. If
Millardo knew about Heero, he'd go nuts!
"Fine, I'm going, but first, here." Relena gave her two guns. "The other's for
him when he awakens." With that, she ran out of the cave to meet the others, who were
already waiting up top on the cliff.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Heero, Trowa, Duo, Isis, Jeremiah, Amara, and Shiri were waiting for Relena on
the cliff. They watched the battle going on out over the ocean, and at the same time
looked for any other reinforcements that may have come.
"Man, check out Cupid! Those thermal beam halos kick ass!" Duo said.
Cupid, the white, dark purple, and dark magenta colored Gundam, was battling
fifty suits at once. Some were the old Aries prototypes, but most were upgraded versions
of the Taurus's. Cupid's Halos were slicing through suits like butter. The Taurus's
would charge, but the huge, silver, bird-like wings swept her away at the last minute, and
then it swooped around and destroyed the suits with the buster rifle or halos.
Twister, on the other hand, wasn't doing as well. The silver, gray, and black
Gundam was surrounded by tons of mobile suits, all attacking at once. Twister held the
buster shield out, blocking most of the attacks, but some still got it. Then, the thrusters
were fired, and up went twister, almost out of sight. Unfortunately, the suits followed.
"It looks like Alondra's gonna give them a run for their lives!" Shiri said. Heero
observed the fight, but soon he heard footsteps, and turned to the right.
"Relena?" he asked, pulling her up. She smiled faintly.
"Are we ready to go here?" she asked. Everyone directed their attention to the
former Princess.
"Yep, just waiting for you," Isis said. Relena nodded to Jeremiah and Isis.
"Are you two gonna make it? Can you still pilot your Gundams?"
"Yep."
"Sure can. We going?" Jeremiah asked. Relena was about to answer, and then an
explosion directed her mind elsewhere. She turned, along with everyone else, to the sea,
and her jaw fell open.
"We'd better hurry, before it's too late," Heero said, as he started walking towards
the forest. The others followed, and soon they were all jogging, trying to reach their
hiding spots. Behind them they heard the sounds of about two hundred more suits
approaching the shore.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quatre yelled as he was blasted in the back by another suit. He spun around in
Sandrock, and fear enveloped him. The ICS had tons of back up!
"Alondra, watch it! They've got backups!" he transmitted. The light brown
haired French girl appeared on the upper part of his screen.
"Roger that Quatre, but we have to continue!" She grunted as she was hit.
"I know Alondra. We can't give up, even if it means our lives." The two
courageous teens continued, becoming more outnumbered by the second.
"Injustice! They are cowards for sending backups that outnumber us a thousand
to one!" Wufei screamed as he shot at a few suits.
"Wufei, keep trying! We can not allow them to pass us, or the Sank Kingdom
will be gone!" Jade yelled. She used her beam halos to slice through more suits. A
blasted knocked her through the air, sending her flying far away from her partner.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wing Zero appeared practically out of thin air, catching Cupid in time, before it
landed right in the middle of firing range for the enemy.
"Thanks Heero. I owe you one," Jade said. Heero appeared on the upper left of
her screen.
"Don't mention it. Now move!" With that, Wing Zero flew past her and into the
battle, attacking with its beam saber. Cupid followed, and spotted the others' Gundams
fighting at least twelve each.
"Hey all! Ready for a showdown?"
"You bet, Jade! Ye haw!" Duo yelled as Deathscythe Hell zoomed into the
middle of suits. Taking out the double beam scythe, Duo sliced through five suits with
no problem.
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Relena was panting hard. She was up front, at the battle lines. Ten suits were
moving in fast. She slightly panicked, but it was replaced quickly with determination.
She activated her crown disks and sent the four of them flying to the oncoming Aries and
Taureses. Then, while they were destracted by dodging those, she drew out her beam
saber and sliced through them. She whipped around to discover the other five suits were
nearly on top of her.
"This will be a synch," she said. She shot her crown disks again, and smiled
when they cut each suit in half. Hers were done, and there were only a few more left.
She watched her friends take care of them with satisfaction, and that's when she received
the message.
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Cupid, Twister, Flame, Mercury, and Moonbeam gathered together as the
remaining suits were destroyed.
"Did you see that? That move was awesome Isis! You smoked 'em with your
beams sabers and lasers!" Shiri exclaimed. Isis and the others laughed as they headed to
their leader. Relena was floating in the air in Dammi. She hadn't moved for a few
minutes now, Amara noted.
"Hey Jeremiah, can you finish these?" everyone heard Heero ask.
"No problem. I've got them." Jeremiah's Gundam, Lightening Wing, unsheathed
its beam saber and sliced through the two suits that were aimlessly fighting. Then the
orange and white Gundam met up with Heavyarms, Sandrock, Deathscythe Hell, Wing
Zero, and Altron.
"Hey Relena, are you okay?" everyone heard Amara ask.
"No." Relena's face appeared, and she looked deathly pale. She was staring off
into space, not focusing on the screen.
"What is it?" Heero asked.
"We didn't win completely."
"What do you mean?" Alondra asked. Relena tapped her keyboard. Suddenly
she was gone, and a message appeared in huge green letters: LOOK TO THE CLIFF.
"Huh?" Duo spun around, and he cursed. Everyone else did too.
"Oh no," Jade whispered. The two Gundam teams were so busy fighting that they
didn't noticed all of the suits and soldiers lined along the cliff and into the woods.
"Okay, I get the suits, but why the soldiers?" Isis asked.
"They're there to look after the hostages," Relena explained.
"Hostages? What-oh," Alondra said in understanding. "They found the shelter,
and now they have the survivors."
"Yes." Relena racked her brain for any good plans. "Huh, what we need is a
miracle," she said to herself. Of course, she forgot that everyone's lines were open.
"Relena, use the Zero system," Shiri said.
"Absolutely not. I can't handle it, and I don't think we need an insane pilot right
now," she said.
"Besides, what about Heero? He has it too," Jade said, defending her.
"That's true, but this one isn't his operation, it's Relena's," Duo shot back.
"So, that doesn't mean you should lay it on her!" Isis yelled.
"But it is her responsibility!" Wufei argued back. Before anyone knew what was
happening, a war started between the pilots. Some were defending Relena, while others
opposed her.
"STOP IT EVERYONE!" they heard a voice yell. It was Heero. Everyone's jaw
dropped in surprise.
"H-Heero?"
"Listen, it isn't for you to decide. If Relena wants to do it, fine. If not, then I can.
I understand her view, and I know how terrifying the system can be," he reasoned.
Before anyone could continue, they heard a whisper.
"Relena?" Jade asked.
"I'll do it. I'll use the Zero system under one condition."
"What is it?"
"If I can't take it and I start to lose it, anyone tries to stop me no matter what.
Even if it means destroying me."
"No Relena. We won't-"
"Don't Quatre. Promise me this or I won't use it," she growled. Quatre
whispered a 'Yes.'
"We will Relena," Heero whispered. Satisfied with that, she placed her helmet on
and sighed.
"Good luck everyone."
"Good luck, Lena," Duo said.
Relena typed in Z-E-R-O and braced herself. The system interrupted her train of
thoughts and images started flashing. The others waited patiently for her orders.
"Dammi says there's at least a hundred suits left, fifty at the cliff, fifty spread into
the woods. Heero, you, Jade, and Alondra take the back of the line in the woods. Duo,
Trowa, and Amara head to the left, attacking all suits at the cliff and in the forest. Wufei,
Isis, and Quatre head to the right, attacking all units positioned there. Jeremiah, Shiri,
and I will take the front line, directing most of the fire there."
"What about the soldiers?"
"We have no choice. They must be taken out."
"Roger that, Relena."
"Go!" All went their separate ways, heading to their assigned spots.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Relena led Jeremiah and Shiri towards the suits and soldiers at the cliff. She flew
as lightening through the first few coming to meet her.
"I'll take the center few. You two cover the right and left."
"Roger that Lena. See ya in a few." The three Gundams swept forward, basing
their attacks. Dammi landed and swiftly brought out the beam saber, battling one-on-one
with two suits. As she fought to destroy them, the men on the ground were firing at her
with machine guns and missiles, anything that they could.
"Surrender and we will no longer continue our assault!" she radioed to all who
was around her. She heard the mocking laugh of an aged man, coming from a suit.
"Do you think we'd give up so easily pilot! Ha, we will never surrender to the
Dove of Peace!" Relena growled, and then, before she could act anymore, the system
began to take over. She clenched the arms of her seat tightly, trying to fight it. Her body
became paralyzed, and her mind raced with fear.
"No! You will not control me! Ah!" she screamed, a deafening, screeching
sound escaping her lips. She doubled over as images passed through her head. She saw
herself and Heero at the beach. Then she saw herself standing in front of Heero as Duo
threatened to kill him. Then she saw her kingdom collapse. She saw Heero blasting the
falling piece of Libra as it entered the atmosphere. His words echoed in her head. Life is
meaningless, especially mine! She saw her training sequence, the girls, fighting. She
saw the fear in the eyes of her enemies as she destroyed them. Then she saw her future.
She saw Heero die because she couldn't save him. Wouldn't save him. Then Dammi
showed her how she would die.
"NO! I will not give in!" Relena panted and huffed, feeling the sweat poring
down her face. She gasped and slowly held her head high. She saw her enemy. In front
of her was a figure of Treiz Krushrenada. Letting a battle cry escape, she slashed
forward. As soon as the saber touched him, he shaped into Heero, who was staring at her
sadly.
"No! Heero!" She turned and sliced through more suits, and began blasting
through the soldiers on the ground. "Who is my true enemy? I don't know anymore!"
The system was taking over.
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Heero, Jade, and Alondra finished off the suits, just in time to here Relena's pleas.
Everyone heard them.
"Who is my true enemy? I don't know anymore!" Relena's frantic voice came
through, and Heero felt the panic rise within him. Without a word he headed to the front
lines, or, more specifically, to Relena.
"Heero wait!" Jade joined him, unsure of how to stop her without harming her.
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"Lena, stop!" Shiri pleaded. She and Jeremiah were in front of her line of fire,
which was the shelter.
"No, I can not. My enemy is the Sank Kingdom. If you don't move, I'll kill
you!" She had her buster rifle up and ready to fire.
"Relena stop! It's the system not you!" Heero's voice broke in.
"Heero? You mean, I didn't destroy you?" Confusement was in her voice.
"No Relena. Fight the system, I know you can."
"But I'm so lost. I don't know anything any-Ah!" She doubled over in pain.
"No! I will not destroy those I love, especially not him! Get away! Make them stop!"
She clutched her head in pain. Stop this Dammi! I will no longer be your puppet! she
screamed silently to her suit. They aren't my enemy, are they? No they aren't! Relena
looked up, and her eyes became clear, no longer clouded with confusement. She lowered
her buster rifle and sighed. The nightmare of the last few minutes passed through her
as she sighed. She had won the fight with the Zero System.
"Relena?" Heero's gentle voice broke in, and she smiled.
"I'm fine now. I have mastered the system."
