Chapter 2 – The last few hours
Yeah, I know I kinda made this one a bit shorter than the others... but I needed to get a new chapter for the next part. Sozzy! Please R & R!!!!
A sudden knock on the door made the bodyguards jump and Relena threw
herself off her
bed. George opened the door cautiously with the other bodyguards aiming their
guns at the door.
A kind blone arabian appeared behind the door and stared at the bodyguards
strangely.
"Quatre!" Relena exclaimed rushing to him as fast as she could.
George grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the door making Quatre
look angry.
"Who are you? I want to know what you want with Relena," said George.
Anger boiled inside Relena's head as she saw Quatre embarassed look as he
tried
explaining he came for fun. Relena stomped on George's foot making him let go of
her.
"Get out! All of you! I am a queen after all and I order you to leave. I
trust this boy with my
life so get the hell out of here," screamd Relena trying to push a bodyguard out
the door.
"Relena, you have to be cautious. A best friend could turn into an enemy
any time," said
George.
"That's great George. Now can you get out?" said Relena in a bored voice.
George sighed and stormed out the door with the bodygaurds following him.
"We'll guard your door. You have ten minutes," said George peeking out of
the door.
"I choose when my time is up thankyou," exclaimed Relena slamming the door
on his face.
Relena stormed up to her couch and sat down angrily. Quatre silently sat
next to her with a
deep concern in his eyes. Out of all the gunam pilots, Relena felt she could
trust Quatre the most.
She couldn't possibly tell him everything, but she could express her feelings to
him much better
than any of the other pilots who could not possibly understand anything.
Quatre sighed heavily and gazed around the room not quite able to focus on
something in
particular. He felt a pang of guilt go through him each time he saw Relena. If
he had made sure
she got out safely then she wouldn't have so many bodygaurds right now.
"Relena, I am really sorry about this…" began Quatre.
"Don't worry!" said Relena gripping Quatre's hand. "None of this was your
fault," said
Relena flatly.
Quatre turned again still not satisfied with Relena's short sentences. She
looked so hurt and
sad. How could she possibly be fine?
"I feel so cooped up! As if I am in a cage or as if I am a hostage. I
cannot stand these
bodyguards," said Relena fighting back the tears which were whelming in her
eyes.
"Relena, do you want to go to the beach with us at night today?" asked
Quatre suddenly.
"Who is us?" questioned Relena.
"The former gundam pilots, girls and boys. We are all going at midnight
and its gonna be a
blast!"
"How can I? I'm locked in here all day and night."
"Come on, be adventurous. I'll be waiting for you."
Quatre stood up and walked to the door. As soon as he turned it the
bodyguards burst into
the room examining it all over again. Relena sighed but her face lightened up as
she saw Quatre
wink to her before closing the door.
Relena sat back on her bed again. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad after
all. All she had to
do was imagine she was a princess stuck inside a castle and she was always
sneaking out to go
out to the outside world! Relena laughed realising how true and realistic that
story sounded.
Relena checked her watch quickly. Only 3 more hours to go. Suddenly she realised
she needed a
swim suit and a good one and she didn't have much time to find one. She jumped
off her bed
with a thud startling the bodyguards.
She gave a nice warm smile to George making him blush and turn away. She
gracefully
walked to her walk in wardrobe and pulled out her out time drawers. Finally she
found a bunch of
swim suits and started looking carefully at each one. Finally after about 5
minutes of successfully
mucking up her whole wardrobe Relena picked out which swim suit she wanted and
headed back
to the bed trying to not attract George's attention.
"Um, George. I would really appreciate if you stayed out of my room a lot
of the time.
Especially at night," said Relena firmly surprising herself that she actually
brought herself to
saying that.
George looked a bit taken aback but agreed and gestured to the other
bodyguards to leave
the room. Relena sighed as the door was finally closed. It was much easier than
she thought and
she was glad they had left.
Relena opened her window for some fresh air and looked outside at the dark
sky. There was
a slight breeze flowing above the tree tops and she could hear the quiet
rustling of the leaves. The
moon was shining high in the silvery blue sky. Suddenly she heard some running
footsteps
nearing closer. Relena backed away from the window panicking. What would she do?
Should she
call George? She didn't want to call him at all. She didn't want him guarding
the room like a dog.
Suddenly there was a loud noise and a rope was thrown over the window.
Relena, not being
able to hold her panic any longer lunged towards the window to look out. She
heard footsteps,
and someone running away. She thought she caught a glimpe of someone but wasn't
sure who it
was. Suddenly realization dawned over her. The rope was for her to get out at
midnight and the
person who threw the rope to her was probably Duo.
Relena sat on her bed, eyes wide open. She fiddled with the strong rope
which was hidden
under her covers. Her window was still open and a cool breeze was flying into
the room blowing
her hair gently.
Relena galnced at her watch for the fiftieth time that night and finally
satisfied that there
were only 10 minutes to twelve took her rope out and threw it out the window.
She carefully tied
her rope to her door knob making sure there was no way it could slip off.
Relena stared down towards the ground. She was at least 10 metres above
the ground and
the climb down was going to be pretty scary. Relena shakily gripped onto the
rope and started
carefully lowering herself. She slowly climbed down but it seemed as if the
ground wasn't
getting any closer. Her arms felt weak from holding onto the rope so tightly and
she was right in
the middle of the rope. She had only one choice and that was to get lower.
Suddenly her finger
slipped and she let go of the rope. Relena fell down fast. She was too scared to
scream and she
knew this whole thing had been a bad idea. Suddenly she felt someone grabbing
her and placed
her gently on the ground. Relena looked around shocked that she wasn't dead. She
looked up to
see the same person who had saved her from the fire. He was still wearing his
hood. She quickly
stood up hoping to thank him but he jumped onto a tree and disappeared before
she was able to
open her mouth.
Relena silently walked past the trees holding her hand bag with her. If
Milliardo would find
out what she was doing he would probably be very mad with her but she didn't
care. She wanted
to have fun. She glanced at her watch again. There were only 3 minutes to go
before it was
midnight. Relena yawned but quickly pinched her face close to the eyes. She
wasn't going to fall
asleep until she was finished with having fun.
Happy voice grew louder as Relena came closer to the beach. She could hear
girls
squeeling and she was almost sure that Duo had said something flattering to one
of the girls.
Relena ran out onto the beach overjoyed when she saw Duo, Trowa, Quatre
and Wufei
chasing eachother around. Noin, Lady Une and Sally were sitting on the sand
chatting happily.
As soon as Noin saw Relena she jumped up in fright.
"Relena! What are you doing? How could you have come here all alone,"
exclaimed Noin.
"Give her a break will you! I invited her," said Quatre waving off the
subject.
Unlike Noin the other two seemed very happy that Relena had arrived.
"So which one of you guys threw the rope up my window and almost gave me a
heart
attack?" asked Relena.
The boys stopped suddenly looking at eachother in confusion.
"What rope?" asked Duo.
Relena clamped her mouth realising the stranger had provided her with the
rope too. But
how did he know that she needed it? Who was he?
"Don't worry," said Relena taking off her clothes reveiling her green
swimsuit.
Duo whistled loudly making Relena blush. Quatre grabbed some sand and
threw it at
Relena who jumped up quickly pushing Quatre over onto the sand. His laugh
cheered her up so
much. With Quatre around she knew she could live through bad times too. Relena
walked close
to the rolling waves of the calm water. It seemed so peaceful at the beach even
though she could
hear Duo screaming in the background. Maybe she would be happy for a change.
Suddenly someone grabbed her and threw her into the cold icy water. Relena
shrieked and
got up to see Duo hysterically laughing at her. Suddenly his face turned serious
as he saw
Relena's face. He made a fake scream and ran into the water as fast as he could
with Relena close
at his heels.
Quatre watched Relena squeel around in the water. He was glad she was
having fun and
seemed to be moving on with her life. He just wanted for her to be happy just
like every other
person around him.
"Quatre! Hello!?" screamed Noin in Quatre's face.
She shoved a glass of wine in front of his face and took it blushing
slightly. They clinked
the glasses together.
"Cheers!" said Lady Une happily.
Relena rushed back to the girls as fast as she could but Duo caught her
throwing her onto
the sand. The girls laughed and even Wufei managed a little chuckle.
Relena peeled Duo off her waist and made a run for it but Duo caught her
before she even
went 3 metres. He was such a cheerful person to be with. Relena sat on the sand
sliding her feet
across the silky sand.
"Duo, will you stay with me?" asked Relena happily brushing the sand out
of her hair.
Duo turned sadly and Relena wondered what was wrong.
"Relena, we can't stay here you know. We are not very welcome among the
pacifists. They
may respect us, but they don't like us being too close to them," said Duo sadly.
"Duo, what do you mean?" asked Relena worryingly.
"We can't stay Relena. Quatre wanted you to come here as a last goodbye.
Tomorrow, we
won't be here and it might take us at least a month before we find somewhere
permanent to stay.
Then we will keep in touch with you again."
Relena let the tears out of her eyes. She couldn't control her emotions
anymore. She didn't
want any of the gundam pilots to leave. They were her only friends and without
them she would
be utterly alone. She didn't want that to happen! She threw her arms around Duo
sobbing on his
shoulder as he gently brushed his hand through her hair. He found it strange
doing something like
this since he was a former gundam pilot but he had to cheer Relena up.
"Duo, where is Heero?" asked Relena wiping her tears.
"No one knows Relena. I don't think he wants anyone to know. Relena,
please try and
enjoy these last few hours together," said Duo sadly.
Relena nodded and forced an awkward smile on her face but she didn't feel
happy inside
anymore. Would it be better if Duo hadn't told her that they were leaving and
left without her
knowing? Relena turned to walk back to the waves. Her head was in a whirl with
confusion and
the scariest thing was she felt alone and unable to make any decisions anymore.
Yeah, I know I kinda made this one a bit shorter than the others... but I needed to get a new chapter for the next part. Sozzy! Please R & R!!!!
A sudden knock on the door made the bodyguards jump and Relena threw
herself off her
bed. George opened the door cautiously with the other bodyguards aiming their
guns at the door.
A kind blone arabian appeared behind the door and stared at the bodyguards
strangely.
"Quatre!" Relena exclaimed rushing to him as fast as she could.
George grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the door making Quatre
look angry.
"Who are you? I want to know what you want with Relena," said George.
Anger boiled inside Relena's head as she saw Quatre embarassed look as he
tried
explaining he came for fun. Relena stomped on George's foot making him let go of
her.
"Get out! All of you! I am a queen after all and I order you to leave. I
trust this boy with my
life so get the hell out of here," screamd Relena trying to push a bodyguard out
the door.
"Relena, you have to be cautious. A best friend could turn into an enemy
any time," said
George.
"That's great George. Now can you get out?" said Relena in a bored voice.
George sighed and stormed out the door with the bodygaurds following him.
"We'll guard your door. You have ten minutes," said George peeking out of
the door.
"I choose when my time is up thankyou," exclaimed Relena slamming the door
on his face.
Relena stormed up to her couch and sat down angrily. Quatre silently sat
next to her with a
deep concern in his eyes. Out of all the gunam pilots, Relena felt she could
trust Quatre the most.
She couldn't possibly tell him everything, but she could express her feelings to
him much better
than any of the other pilots who could not possibly understand anything.
Quatre sighed heavily and gazed around the room not quite able to focus on
something in
particular. He felt a pang of guilt go through him each time he saw Relena. If
he had made sure
she got out safely then she wouldn't have so many bodygaurds right now.
"Relena, I am really sorry about this…" began Quatre.
"Don't worry!" said Relena gripping Quatre's hand. "None of this was your
fault," said
Relena flatly.
Quatre turned again still not satisfied with Relena's short sentences. She
looked so hurt and
sad. How could she possibly be fine?
"I feel so cooped up! As if I am in a cage or as if I am a hostage. I
cannot stand these
bodyguards," said Relena fighting back the tears which were whelming in her
eyes.
"Relena, do you want to go to the beach with us at night today?" asked
Quatre suddenly.
"Who is us?" questioned Relena.
"The former gundam pilots, girls and boys. We are all going at midnight
and its gonna be a
blast!"
"How can I? I'm locked in here all day and night."
"Come on, be adventurous. I'll be waiting for you."
Quatre stood up and walked to the door. As soon as he turned it the
bodyguards burst into
the room examining it all over again. Relena sighed but her face lightened up as
she saw Quatre
wink to her before closing the door.
Relena sat back on her bed again. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad after
all. All she had to
do was imagine she was a princess stuck inside a castle and she was always
sneaking out to go
out to the outside world! Relena laughed realising how true and realistic that
story sounded.
Relena checked her watch quickly. Only 3 more hours to go. Suddenly she realised
she needed a
swim suit and a good one and she didn't have much time to find one. She jumped
off her bed
with a thud startling the bodyguards.
She gave a nice warm smile to George making him blush and turn away. She
gracefully
walked to her walk in wardrobe and pulled out her out time drawers. Finally she
found a bunch of
swim suits and started looking carefully at each one. Finally after about 5
minutes of successfully
mucking up her whole wardrobe Relena picked out which swim suit she wanted and
headed back
to the bed trying to not attract George's attention.
"Um, George. I would really appreciate if you stayed out of my room a lot
of the time.
Especially at night," said Relena firmly surprising herself that she actually
brought herself to
saying that.
George looked a bit taken aback but agreed and gestured to the other
bodyguards to leave
the room. Relena sighed as the door was finally closed. It was much easier than
she thought and
she was glad they had left.
Relena opened her window for some fresh air and looked outside at the dark
sky. There was
a slight breeze flowing above the tree tops and she could hear the quiet
rustling of the leaves. The
moon was shining high in the silvery blue sky. Suddenly she heard some running
footsteps
nearing closer. Relena backed away from the window panicking. What would she do?
Should she
call George? She didn't want to call him at all. She didn't want him guarding
the room like a dog.
Suddenly there was a loud noise and a rope was thrown over the window.
Relena, not being
able to hold her panic any longer lunged towards the window to look out. She
heard footsteps,
and someone running away. She thought she caught a glimpe of someone but wasn't
sure who it
was. Suddenly realization dawned over her. The rope was for her to get out at
midnight and the
person who threw the rope to her was probably Duo.
Relena sat on her bed, eyes wide open. She fiddled with the strong rope
which was hidden
under her covers. Her window was still open and a cool breeze was flying into
the room blowing
her hair gently.
Relena galnced at her watch for the fiftieth time that night and finally
satisfied that there
were only 10 minutes to twelve took her rope out and threw it out the window.
She carefully tied
her rope to her door knob making sure there was no way it could slip off.
Relena stared down towards the ground. She was at least 10 metres above
the ground and
the climb down was going to be pretty scary. Relena shakily gripped onto the
rope and started
carefully lowering herself. She slowly climbed down but it seemed as if the
ground wasn't
getting any closer. Her arms felt weak from holding onto the rope so tightly and
she was right in
the middle of the rope. She had only one choice and that was to get lower.
Suddenly her finger
slipped and she let go of the rope. Relena fell down fast. She was too scared to
scream and she
knew this whole thing had been a bad idea. Suddenly she felt someone grabbing
her and placed
her gently on the ground. Relena looked around shocked that she wasn't dead. She
looked up to
see the same person who had saved her from the fire. He was still wearing his
hood. She quickly
stood up hoping to thank him but he jumped onto a tree and disappeared before
she was able to
open her mouth.
Relena silently walked past the trees holding her hand bag with her. If
Milliardo would find
out what she was doing he would probably be very mad with her but she didn't
care. She wanted
to have fun. She glanced at her watch again. There were only 3 minutes to go
before it was
midnight. Relena yawned but quickly pinched her face close to the eyes. She
wasn't going to fall
asleep until she was finished with having fun.
Happy voice grew louder as Relena came closer to the beach. She could hear
girls
squeeling and she was almost sure that Duo had said something flattering to one
of the girls.
Relena ran out onto the beach overjoyed when she saw Duo, Trowa, Quatre
and Wufei
chasing eachother around. Noin, Lady Une and Sally were sitting on the sand
chatting happily.
As soon as Noin saw Relena she jumped up in fright.
"Relena! What are you doing? How could you have come here all alone,"
exclaimed Noin.
"Give her a break will you! I invited her," said Quatre waving off the
subject.
Unlike Noin the other two seemed very happy that Relena had arrived.
"So which one of you guys threw the rope up my window and almost gave me a
heart
attack?" asked Relena.
The boys stopped suddenly looking at eachother in confusion.
"What rope?" asked Duo.
Relena clamped her mouth realising the stranger had provided her with the
rope too. But
how did he know that she needed it? Who was he?
"Don't worry," said Relena taking off her clothes reveiling her green
swimsuit.
Duo whistled loudly making Relena blush. Quatre grabbed some sand and
threw it at
Relena who jumped up quickly pushing Quatre over onto the sand. His laugh
cheered her up so
much. With Quatre around she knew she could live through bad times too. Relena
walked close
to the rolling waves of the calm water. It seemed so peaceful at the beach even
though she could
hear Duo screaming in the background. Maybe she would be happy for a change.
Suddenly someone grabbed her and threw her into the cold icy water. Relena
shrieked and
got up to see Duo hysterically laughing at her. Suddenly his face turned serious
as he saw
Relena's face. He made a fake scream and ran into the water as fast as he could
with Relena close
at his heels.
Quatre watched Relena squeel around in the water. He was glad she was
having fun and
seemed to be moving on with her life. He just wanted for her to be happy just
like every other
person around him.
"Quatre! Hello!?" screamed Noin in Quatre's face.
She shoved a glass of wine in front of his face and took it blushing
slightly. They clinked
the glasses together.
"Cheers!" said Lady Une happily.
Relena rushed back to the girls as fast as she could but Duo caught her
throwing her onto
the sand. The girls laughed and even Wufei managed a little chuckle.
Relena peeled Duo off her waist and made a run for it but Duo caught her
before she even
went 3 metres. He was such a cheerful person to be with. Relena sat on the sand
sliding her feet
across the silky sand.
"Duo, will you stay with me?" asked Relena happily brushing the sand out
of her hair.
Duo turned sadly and Relena wondered what was wrong.
"Relena, we can't stay here you know. We are not very welcome among the
pacifists. They
may respect us, but they don't like us being too close to them," said Duo sadly.
"Duo, what do you mean?" asked Relena worryingly.
"We can't stay Relena. Quatre wanted you to come here as a last goodbye.
Tomorrow, we
won't be here and it might take us at least a month before we find somewhere
permanent to stay.
Then we will keep in touch with you again."
Relena let the tears out of her eyes. She couldn't control her emotions
anymore. She didn't
want any of the gundam pilots to leave. They were her only friends and without
them she would
be utterly alone. She didn't want that to happen! She threw her arms around Duo
sobbing on his
shoulder as he gently brushed his hand through her hair. He found it strange
doing something like
this since he was a former gundam pilot but he had to cheer Relena up.
"Duo, where is Heero?" asked Relena wiping her tears.
"No one knows Relena. I don't think he wants anyone to know. Relena,
please try and
enjoy these last few hours together," said Duo sadly.
Relena nodded and forced an awkward smile on her face but she didn't feel
happy inside
anymore. Would it be better if Duo hadn't told her that they were leaving and
left without her
knowing? Relena turned to walk back to the waves. Her head was in a whirl with
confusion and
the scariest thing was she felt alone and unable to make any decisions anymore.