Umm…I really don't know what to say about this fic except it may be sad
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or anything else copyrighted in this fic please do not sue this story is purely for entertainment purposes I receive no profit I reiterate please do not sue
Thanks Silver Wing, Mizu-Chan!, Crazy-gurl, Winnie, deathangel, Ley, Kmf, They Call Me Joe and last but not least Stephanie. Oh and Stephanie thanks about the Relena issue someone namely my brother had her name set on auto check to the other name I now have it correct and have deleted it out of auto check thank you. Anyway I'm already halfway through chapter 11 on this story maybe out in two days or less…someone said I'm spoiling you by getting these chapters out quickly I'm not spoiling you am I no I'm not look see I'm rambling, anyhow enjoy!!!
Chapter 10By The Pretty Penwriter
"You look just like them and I'd know those eyes anywhere Juliana I'd know them any where." She stated firmly
Relena was going through the cafeteria lunch line picking up two of everything to a total her bill was $25 Wufei pulled out a twenty and a five and handed it to the lunch lady.
"Some of that is for me right?" Wufei asked an eyebrow raised.
Relena had taken a bite of her burger swallowing half of it then shook her head she gulped down some soda and took another bite finishing the hamburger.
Wufei sat there and watched her wolf down all her food.
"You're worse than Maxwell." Wufei growled
"Maybe…I'm hungry so I'm eating." Relena said then took another gulp of her soda and shoved a handful of french fries doused in ketchup in her mouth.
Wufei shivered "How can you eat that?" he asked
She shrugged took a gulp of her soda then answered,
"I don't know but I'll have a hell of a workout losing these extra pounds."
Wufei let out a harmonious laugh
"It's good having you back Relena…even if you have changed." He said seriously as he looked at her.
Relena gently nodded in agreement as a small smile graced her lips.
"Augh she is so disagreeable why are we even looking for her it's freezing." Complained Duo as he wrapped his arms around himself.
"Duo stop your wining." Muttered Quatre he was upset why did you leave? He asked himself
'What's up with you?" he asked
"Nothing I'm sick of all your damn wining so just shut the hell up." he said vehemently
"Whoa calm down I only complained like 6 times." He said in his defense
"Forget it." Quatre mumbled and stalked off down an alley his hands shoved in the pockets of his jacket.
"What's up with him?" Duo asked
"You're an idiot Duo." Trowa said as he shook his head and continued walking.
Duo stood there staring after them.
"What!" he shouted to the world
She paced around the room a nervous wreck she couldn't believe it.
"Miss can you please calm down…I'll go make us some tea." She said and stood she walked off into the kitchen rummaging through the cabinets until she found the teakettle and put water on to boil she found the tea tray and the sugar pot, the napkins and the cups. She tried once again to calm the woman down.
"Please calm down and sit it won't help pacing." She insisted
The elder woman turned to look at her and there was an awkward silence the younger woman shifted from one foot to the other the elder woman's gaze was uncomfortable. When the kettle whistled she gladly took the interruption and hurried into the kitchen to fetch the tea, she dipped the tea bags each six times and brought the tray out into the living room the elder woman had sat down and seemed to have calmed down a little.
She took a seat in the space next to her and handed her a cup of tea she accepted it.
"Like I said I'd know those eyes any where Juliana." The woman said
"What do you mean I've never been here to the Cinq Kingdom before in my life at least not up until a few weeks ago."
"You don't remember…you don't know who you are." She said with a sad smile
She shook her head "No I'm sorry I've never had a past." She answered
Suddenly the woman embraced her in a hug.
"Oh Juliana I'm sorry I think I should tell you now."
"No first you tell me your name." Cressa said
"I am Isabelle Dumont I was your mother's friend I'm your god mother." She said in a soft tone as she let go of her.
"My…my godmother…you're the closest thing I have to family." Cressa murmured
Isabelle shook her head "No you see your mother was…" a crashing sound and then an explosion interrupted them.
The force of the explosion blew Cressa off to the side out of harms way while Isabelle's legs were trapped under a beam.
"Go and live Juliana leave me." She said
"No you are my family and I won't let you go." Cressa argued as the flames surrounded her it was like her dream all over again.
Cressa touched the metal beam already it was burning hot it was too late now to find something closing her eyes tightly she grabbed onto the beam and lifted it, tears of pain spilled out of her eyes.
"Juliana…" Isabelle murmured
"Roll out from under it." Cressa said weakly.
Isabelle did as she was told and tried to roll she swung her self from under the beam rolling over to Cressa's side when the beam dropped now they were surrounded by flames.
Cressa knelt by Isabelle and held her.
"You're a fool now neither of us will get out." Isabelle muttered
Cressa smiled "You know someone once told me that." She joked lightly
She saw a way out yes but she'd be burned and so what they'd live pain was only momentary anyway she picked Isabelle up and saw the fear in her eyes. In the corner she saw a large knit blanket it would have to do she wrapped it around both of them and ran as fast as she could out the 3rd story window landing roughly on her feet she staggered a bit but then regained her balance.
She glanced around the corners seeing a military type vehicle she scowled. They'll pay she thought with contempt she ran down the alleyways and through dark areas so as not to be seen by anyone. Cressa didn't know where the hell she was going she had to get to the hospital Isabelle was losing a lot of blood from her crumpled legs. Cressa looked down at the woman in her arms she was unconscious, she had to hurry no matter what.
Cressa passed a street sign it read Cambridge where the hell are we Cressa asked herself.
Duo and Trowa walked down the solitary street Duo in silence for once.
"He's not mad at you Duo." Trowa said out of the blue.
"What do you mean than who is he mad at…I've never known Quatre to speak that way before." Duo asked
"I think he's upset and confused at himself really so he takes it out on you let's turn here." Trowa said as they turned left on Cambridge Street
"So what is he confused about?" Duo asked
"Curious person aren't you? Well I think he's confused about his emotions." Trowa said with a shrug.
"Quatre confused by his emotions you're kidding right?" Duo asked laughing
"No it's only a theory." Trowa said
"Well I think it has to…" Being knocked over by a running woman carrying something interrupted him.
"Where's the hospital?" she asked
"Whoa calm down…Cressa you're hurt." Duo said
"Augh she's losing blood help me get her to the hospital she's my family." Cressa shouted at him
It was then Duo noticed the woman in her arms Trowa took off Cressa behind him and finally him in tow he flipped open his cell phone I bet my rates are going up he thought as he dialed Heero's number.
"Hello." Heero answered.
He nodded his head and clicked the phone shut.
Quatre was the next on the list he dialed the number.
"Hello…you found her I'll be there." He said and shut the phone
They burst through the emergency doors of the hospital Cressa placed the woman down on a stretcher and grabbed a doctor.
"Save her." She growled in his face
He nodded afraid and signaled a team to roll her into the operating room.
Cressa sat down on the floor she ignored the pain that tore through her hands and especially her back she just sat there staring at the shiny recently waxed linoleum floor.
Duo bent to pick her up when she shook him off.
"I can walk to a doctor by myself I'm not that injured." She muttered and stood she turned to the elevator pushing the 4th floor button.
"Man I bet you won't catch Wufei calling her weak." Duo said
"Yeah I guess so." Trowa murmured
They walked back up to Relena's room only to find it in shambles.
"You think she made it back before us?" Duo asked
"Yeah I think so." A voice said behind them
"Hey Relena." Duo greeted turning around to face her noticing she had on different clothes than from before she was now in clothes that may have been bought from the gift shop a dark blue long sleeve t-shirt, jeans and a pair of white sneakers her hair was neatly cut.
"Tell me you found her before she got herself hurt?" She asked
"Yeah she's getting fixed up right now." Trowa said
Relena narrowed her eyes "Fixed up from what?" she asked suspiciously
"Well we don't exactly know she brought someone in with her and she had burn scars on her hands and a few scratches." Duo answered
"At least she isn't dead…I never knew her to be that good of an actress." Relena said with a sigh
"Yeah well that woman has got some courage." Duo said
"Yes she does but along with that courage she has stupidity." Relena growled
Heero walked into the room his hands stuffed into his pockets he looked like a dark shadow only when he spotted Relena did he brighten up with a smile.
"Hey." He greeted
"Oh Heero you're back I didn't even know you'd left." Relena said coolly
Heero felt knockings of pain at his heart and mentally winced
Quatre came running down the hallway "Hey what's up?" he asked eagerly
"Nothing we just found Cressa carrying a badly injured woman and her hands having some burns." Duo said
"Only minor burns Duo I just have to keep using this lotion does anyone know how Isabelle is doing?" Cressa asked
They jumped again she had a way of sneaking up on you Relena took a look at her gloved hands.
"What did you do?" She asked suspiciously
"Oh nothing much I was just born and had no past so now everyone wants to kill me." Cressa answered back
"Cressa it's not your fault." Quatre said
"How would you know as a matter of fact how would any of you people know you don't even know me hell I don't even know me so how does anyone know?!" Cressa shouted at them
They remained silent.
"Silence doesn't answer anything but it's always two sided." Cressa said and turned to walk down the hallway back from where she came.
Relena turned and went into her room gently closing the door.
"We have Relena back but it's not really Relena." Duo sighed
"It's Relena…just a Relena that has a lot of anger." Wufei said.
Relena paced the room and stopped when she heard some type of ticking sound she looked for the source and found a black box she gently lifted up the cover and peered inside.
"Shit!" she shouted as she fully removed the cover and eyed the bomb.
"Get in here guys…Please." She shouted afraid to move.
The five men came into the room seeing her crouched on the floor in front of something eerily stiff.
"Yeah um could someone help me with this thing before the time runs out?" she asked they moved in to view what she was looking at and saw the bomb Heero moved quickly to her side.
"I'm not the expert at bombs but if one of them made it then it's gonna be pretty tricky it seems that it has a sulfate carbon base liquid about enough to destroy a city block…if we don't defuse it then every one will die and we need to hurry…can one of you go find Cressa she's better at this than I am…Quatre can you go find her." Relena asked
Quatre only nodded and ran down the hallway.
"We've got five minutes that's enough time to get a bomb squad…" Duo said
"Negative it'll take too long for them to figure it out and by then we'll all be dead besides they're probably monitoring who comes and goes from the hospital so they may blow it any way." Relena explained she was looking at every aspect of the bomb.
"Maybe if we fuse the two wires together…" started Trowa.
"Na uh won't work see here there are too many trip wires." Heero said pointing to the wires
"Yes but then this is too confusing." Relena complained
"To you it may be." A voice said from the doorway
"Yeah well we don't have your expertise." Relena muttered.
"Someone has to be my hands I can't do it like this." Cressa said as she held up her bandaged hands.
"I'll do it." Relena said
"Fine, then take the green wire and connect it to the red then connect the combine wires to the yellow one and then cut all three at the same time this will eliminate the trip and dummy wires so we can actually deal with the real bomb." Cressa instructed
"Check." Responded Relena
"Then take the blue wire and connect it to the black wire this will stop the feed from the chemical to the ignition then remove the two vials of liquid." Cressa finished
Relena did so just as the count went to 2 minutes and stopped
"What do we do with the chemicals?" Duo asked
"Give me one of those vials Relena." Cressa said and held out her hand
Relena looked at her suspiciously but handed her the vial Cressa accepted it and dropped it on the floor it cracked open.
"Cressa!" they exclaimed
"Individually this chemical is harmless unless added with the other vile and lit with a fuse this can be destroyed by simple soap and water nothing more." She said
"Cressa the bomb it looked like Mike's work." Relena said silently
Cressa nodded slowly.
"Yes I know…we cannot trust any of them and we can't stay here we need to be moved to a safe house but I don't want to leave Isabelle behind they are trying to kill her too." Cressa said silently
"We could wait…" Insisted Trowa
"No you all should get Relena to a safe house her life is the most important I'm going to stay here and wait either for Isabelle's condition to be stabilized or until the end." Cressa said in a soft voice and smiled sadly.
"Like I said it won't make a difference Relena." Cressa added then turned to leave.
"You're still a fool Cressa and you always will be a fool." Relena muttered.
"Yeah but I'll never be a fool in love." She said and slipped out the room.
Relena mentally winced at that but didn't show any outside signs that what Cressa said had meant anything or that it applied to a certain Ex Gundam pilot in the room.
"What should we do with this bomb?" Relena asked as if Cressa hadn't said a thing
"Preventer Lock-up." Suggested Heero
"Yeah that'll work should someone take it or should we call for a team?" Asked Duo.
"We can take it when we drop off Relena." Heero said
"So your just dropping me off come on you guys I've been gone for 2 years we have catching up to do." Relena said with a smirk
"Yeah I'll stay and talk with you Relena but I think Milliardo wants to talk to you alone after all he is your brother." Quatre pointed out
"Yeah I guess so…can one of you stay and make sure nothing happens to Cressa I'm afraid if Isabelle doesn't make it that she'll…" she tailed off and they all knew what she was thinking.
"I'll stay." Heero said
"Heero she'd dodge you in a second she doesn't trust you." Relena said bluntly
"The only other person she does trust is Quatre." Trowa said
"Okay I'll stay then since you need to get to the safe house." Quatre replied
"Thanks." Relena said as she passed him to go to the door she rested her hand on his shoulder and gave him a small smile and left with Duo to her left side Heero in the lead Wufei to her right and Trowa trailing behind.
"Quatre you cannot lead a happy life unless you act on your emotions." Trowa said before he left out the door.
Quatre's head snapped up quickly only to find the space that Trowa had once occupied was now empty he smiled.
He always knows exactly what someone is thinking Quatre thought as he wandered down the hallway to the room where he found Cressa before.
Relena stopped short of the black BMW the others looked at her.
"Something's not right." She said softly as she looked around and spotted the black hummer half a block away.
"And that's it." She said and turned her head slowly away as not to be conspicuous.
"They're watching us?" Trowa asked being cautious not to stare at the vehicle
Relena nodded
"Can you guys make a distraction for me?" asked Trowa
They all nodded Relena smirked
"Hey Heero?" she called he turned to her and she punched him.
"Play along." She murmured to the others.
Duo and Wufei held the woman by the waist to make it seem as if she was trying to get to Heero.
"You worthless son of a bitch." She yelled
"Stupid slut!!" he shouted back at her she had to admit he was a good actor.
She began flailing her arms about trying to get in a hit as Trowa snuck ever closer to the vehicle slipping his handkerchief into the gas tank and lighting the end of it he knocked on the window they rolled it down.
"Step out of the car your hands behind your head this is an arrest for the attempted murder of two women." He said seriously while glancing at the tank the fuse becoming ever so short. The driver slid a gun out the window and pointed at him.
"Yeah we did it but you won't be able to do a thing about it you see we have people everywhere." The driver said and clicked the hammer of the gun back Trowa knocked the gun out of his hand and ran as fast as he could behind him he heard the explosion if the vehicle.
"That's one solved Trowa but in less than a minute there will be another car we have to leave now." Relena said as Duo and Wufei let her go the five crammed into the BMW with Heero in the drivers seat and drove off towards the safe house.
TBC
"I'm crazy right…right but then that means I'm not crazy because I am aware enough to say that I am crazy so I'm not crazy at all which means…ah hell that psychological law is too damn confusing so I'll stop now."
"You should you're starting to scare me." Muttered Heero
Jumps on his back "Now I'm scaring you." Laughs
"Yes you are." He whimpered
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