Chapter 3 – Distractions of Depression
Relena walked slowly back to her mansion. Her legs felt weak and the tears were pouring
down her cheeks. She wondered how she would ever get back up to her room. It was about four
o'clock in the morning and Relena could barely see where she was going. Finally she stopped
and fell on the ground in bursts of sobs. She beat her hands against the ground making her hands
dirty. She didn't want to go back to her mansion. She didn't want to be in a cage like she was and
the worst thing would be, she would be all alone.
She felt a warm hand touch her shoulder and she looked around startled to see the stranger
again. He gently picked her up and started running quickly to the mansion. She felt so warm in
his arms and so relaxed.
"I don't want to go back there," mumbled Relena through sobs.
"It's for your own good. You will stay safe that way." For the first time the stranger talked
and his voice sounded so farmiliar Relena wanted to throw off his hood and see who he was but
her arms were so weak she could barely lift them.
"Please, tell me who you are," begged Relena hoping to hear his voice more.
"It's best you don't know," said the stranger grabbing onto the rope which was still hanging
from her window.
The stranger finally got up to the top and jumped onto the floor. He was greeted with about
6 guns pointing at him. Relena got out of his arms in shock.
"George no! He saved me!" screamed Relena trying to knock the gun out of the strong
man's grip. The man just pushed her away and she fell in weakness on the ground.
"Take off your hood right now and identify yourself or else we will have to shoot you right
now," said George.
Relena stared hazily at the stranger who didn't seem frightened at all. She tried to get up
again but her muscles were so weak she couldn't.
"Shoot if you must but I won't reveil myself to you. Not here at least," said the stranger.
George laughed at the man's bravery. He grabbed the stranger's arm and pulled some
handcuffs on his wrists.
"Don't worry Relena, he is in our hands now. You are safe," said George pulling the
stranger out the door.
"No, he is a friend," whispered Relena though she was sure no one had heard her.
Relena woke up on the hard floor. Her muscles ached as she got up and dragged her feet to
her bed. She had been sleeping all night on the hard floor and her stomache rumbled from lack of
sleep.
"How are you this morning?" asked a maid walking into Relena's room.
"Don't ask," mumbled Relena pressing her head into her pillow.
"Milliardo wants you down for breakfast and your body guards are going to loosen up a bit
now that they have found someone to keep themselves occupied with," said the maid walking out
of the room.
Suddenly memories from last night returned to Relena. George had taken the stranger with
him! What did the maid mean they had found someone to keep themselves OCCUPIED with.
"I need to clear up the misunderstanding," though Relena slipping on a nice summer dress
and rushing out of the room.
Milliardo silently ate his breakfast. A loud stomping assured him Relena was on her way
and soon enough she raced into the room and sat in her seet opposite to Milliardo.
"Milliardo! George has taken in the wrong person! He helped me yesterday and he saved
me twice," screamed Relena.
Milliardo calmly put his fork down and stared into Relena's eyes.
"Relena, he does not seem that innocent to us. George will check him out and if he is
innocent he will let him go. If not he…" Milliardo broke off at that sentence and quickly put
some food in his mouth.
"If not what? Milliardo where is George?" demanded Relena.
"He is on the top floor, the last room on the left," said Milliardo.
Relena jumped up from her chair and raced out the room. She didn't care that her brother
was screaming after her. She needed to make sure her saviour was alright. She needed to know
who this stranger was more than ever.
She found George standing in the room. There was a single chair in the room and the
stranger was sitting there. Suddenly she realised he didn't have a hood on. She burst through the
door in excitement to see who it was but the stranger was too quick and turned around and fell to
the floor hiding his face. His hands were tied behind his back and he had broke the chair in the
process of falling down.
"Relena what are you doing here?" asked George.
"George! He is innocent and he has saved me so many time," screamed Relena.
"So what! He is not innocent to me. There are still some questions to be answered now can
you please stand outside and wait until I have asked them."
Relena stubbournly walked outside and watched as George gave the man his robe back. As
soon as his face was covered he got up again and started answering the questions.
Relena watched the stranger answer the questions. Her face was pressed against the glass as
she tried to figure out who this person was. Something about him was so farmiliar.
Suddenly George got up and Relena's heart raced. She would find out who this person was
soon and she knew it. George changed direction and turned towards the stranger kicking him in
the stomache. Relena gasped and ran to the door to get in but it was locked. She couldn't hear
what George was saying but she could see he was screaming. He kicked the stranger again and
again. Relena thumped on the window as hard as she could. Tears poured out of her eyes again.
She had cried so many times this week.
George hit him one more time making the stranger gasp and throw his head up. The hood
flew off the strangers face reveiling his face. Relena stopped banging on the window as she
stared into the boys prussion blue eyes. His eyes stared back at her filled with sadness and grieve.
George hit him again and Heero mumbled something making George content. George smiled
evilly and opened the door quickly slamming it behind him.
Relena couldn't tear her eyes away from the boy. She stood stunned staring at him. She
hadn't seen him for so long and now she didn't want to lose him again. Her tears came again and
the boy turned away in shame.
"Relena, seems like your little knight in shining armour is not innocent as you claim and he
will be sent far away from here so he will never bother you again. Unfrotunately I cannot press
charges or anything but I will make sure that you don't see his face in this land again.
Relena suddenly grabbed George's collar. He was much taller and stronger than her but all
her fears were long gone.
"Let him go," she said angrily through gritted teeth.
"Relena, please control yourself. You should be happy now that we have solved the case
we will be leaving you since there doesn't seem to be any more danger," said George calmly
pushing Relena off him.
Relena held on tightly.
"Let him go!" she screamed fighting back the tears that were already showing in her eyes.
She didn't like the desperation in her voice. She wanted to sound strong but she couldn't.
"Let him go," pleaded Relena sliding onto her knees.
Relena's body guards rushed up to George and they entered the room again grabbing the
boy and pulling him out. He did little to get away from them and the guards pulled him further
away from Relena.
"No, come back! Don't let him go! I want to know where he is going! No… Heero!"
screamed Relena through fits of tears.
He was pulled past the corner and she lost sight of him. Again. How many times would she
finally see him and be pulled away from him before she could even say something? Her tears
poured down her cheeks as she slowly walked back to her bedroom. She didn't feel like eating
now. Now she knew she was truly going to be alone. With her last hope gone, there was no way
out. She would just have to learn to be strong and emotionless. It seemed to be the only way left.
Relena crouched on her bed facing the wall. It had been a week since she found out who the
stranger was. Relena was filled with mixed emotions and unanswered questions. Why did Heero
keep saving her? Was she possibly worth all that trouble and what did George mean there
wouldn't be any more danger once Heero was gone. He couldn't possibly mean that Heero was
the cause for the fire. It wasn't possible! Why would he save her and try and kill her at the same
time?
There was a soft knock on the door and Relena dragged herself out of the door. Milliardo
peaked in and smiled at Relena. When he didn't get a smile back he became serious and came in
gently closing the door behind him.
"Relena, I think it is time for you to move on. You have been sitting here for about a week
now and the world needs you. You are the queen and even though I take care of most of the
things you still need to be there to help your people and represent earth," began Milliardo.
Relena looked at him strangely. He didn't usually talk like this. It meant he needed to tell
her something very important.
"so I think it is time," he continued, "That, you should get a bit more you know… so I have
gotten you a girl who comes from Europe like you and I think it would be interesting for you to
meet her. It will help you get back to work you know. I'll bring her in here ok?"
Relena was barely paying attention to him and absent mindly nodded.
"Relena, I'll give you 3 minutes to clear yourself up ok?" said Milliardo.
Relena nodded again and dragged herself to the bathroom locking the door behind her.
Milliardo sighed as he got off her bed. He wondered if bringing this girl was a good idea. He
could at least give it a try. She was the same age as Relena so it should be interesting for her.
Milliardo walked out the room and out towards the corridor.
Relena walked out of her bathroom tying up her hair. Even though she was depressed she
couldn't be upset forever. Milliardo was right. She had to move on. After all she had a much
better chance of finding Heero next year.
The door slowly opened and Milliardo led a slim looking girl into the room.
"I'll leave you two by yourselves," said Milliardo leaving the room.
The girl had long brown hair up to her waist and her face was ruddy and pale. Her clothes
were torn and ragged and she had a little bag with all her belongings in it. The girl looked at
Relena and bowed.
"My name is Relena Peacecraft, but you may just call me Relena. What is your name?"
asked Relena.
"I have no name. I am just a distraction and entertainment which gets thrown out after
being used," said the girl in a sad but firm voice.
Relena blinked in confusion.
"Well what do other people call you?" asked Relena suddenly very interested in this strange
girl.
"They call me, You," answered the girl.
"Ok well why don't you put your belonging on that bed over there and then you can come
here and we can talk," said Relena.
The girl nodded and silently went to unpack what small luggage she had. Relena pitied the
girl. Although she didn't want to admit it this girl was much more unfortunate than Relena. She
wondered if she could get along with this girl well enough to be able to talk to her. Who knows,
she could ever become a best friend like in those faerie tales Relena used to read when she was
younger.
The girl was finished unpacking in almost a minute and came back and sat down on the
chair.
"Well, why don't you tell me a bit about yourself," said Relena.
"Ok. I come from Europe and I have no father or mother. They both died when the city was
bombed by the gundams. I was left alone on the streets when a man said he would pay me if I
would work for him. I would accept anything so I went with him and I became entertainment or a
houseworker or a friend. Whatever they needed they got and whatever I wanted I never got," said
the girl.
"Do you want a name?" asked Relena suddenly.
The girl nodded sadly.
"Well then, lets name you Rachel," said Relena.
The girl's face brightened up in happiness. She seemed to like the name Rachel.
"I like it very much. Thankyou, Miss Relena. So what do you want me to do?" asked
Rachel.
"I want you to tell me what it is that you want and we will do what you want but, before I
think we should go to the mall and buy you some nice cool clothes," said Relena.
Rachel jumped up in happiness clapping her hands.
Milliardo watched the girls from behind the door. As he saw them coming close to the door
he quickly quickened his pace and turned the corner just as the door was opened and the two
excited girls walked out of the room. It seemed his plan was working. If Relena was happy, he
was happy and that is how it went.
The girls returned from the mall about 3 hours later full of bags of clothing and girl needs.
Rachel kept on glancing at her bag as if she still couldn't imagine she just got new clothes. She
had decided she liked Relena and was a very nice person. She hadn't met a nice person for years.
She had almost lost hope that there were any good people in the world.
Relena reached her bed and took out everything she bought for herself. Rachel was taking
out all her things on the other side of the room. Relena sat down on the bed in exhaustion and felt
something rustly underneath her. She got up and saw a light blue little letter. She grabbed it and
ripped it open. It was a letter from Duo.
"Dear Relena,
How are you going? I hope you are alright. Well, guess what. We found a good place
where we can live now so we will keep in contact more now. Strangely enough we ended up
living really close to your mansion. It seems there is a little town full of very kind people and they
are very glad to have us live there. They say they are "protected" when we are around.
I heard your body guards left. So they found the nasty bugger who totally ruined your
party! So who was this looser eh? Well, answer back soon, the address is at the back of this
letter. See you soon!
P.S. We are having a sort of Gundam Party at Metuk Park. I was wondering if you could
come. Its on the 14th at 8:00 pm. Cya!"
Relena stared at the letter and read it over again. How could she tell Duo that they caught Heero?
Relena walked slowly back to her mansion. Her legs felt weak and the tears were pouring
down her cheeks. She wondered how she would ever get back up to her room. It was about four
o'clock in the morning and Relena could barely see where she was going. Finally she stopped
and fell on the ground in bursts of sobs. She beat her hands against the ground making her hands
dirty. She didn't want to go back to her mansion. She didn't want to be in a cage like she was and
the worst thing would be, she would be all alone.
She felt a warm hand touch her shoulder and she looked around startled to see the stranger
again. He gently picked her up and started running quickly to the mansion. She felt so warm in
his arms and so relaxed.
"I don't want to go back there," mumbled Relena through sobs.
"It's for your own good. You will stay safe that way." For the first time the stranger talked
and his voice sounded so farmiliar Relena wanted to throw off his hood and see who he was but
her arms were so weak she could barely lift them.
"Please, tell me who you are," begged Relena hoping to hear his voice more.
"It's best you don't know," said the stranger grabbing onto the rope which was still hanging
from her window.
The stranger finally got up to the top and jumped onto the floor. He was greeted with about
6 guns pointing at him. Relena got out of his arms in shock.
"George no! He saved me!" screamed Relena trying to knock the gun out of the strong
man's grip. The man just pushed her away and she fell in weakness on the ground.
"Take off your hood right now and identify yourself or else we will have to shoot you right
now," said George.
Relena stared hazily at the stranger who didn't seem frightened at all. She tried to get up
again but her muscles were so weak she couldn't.
"Shoot if you must but I won't reveil myself to you. Not here at least," said the stranger.
George laughed at the man's bravery. He grabbed the stranger's arm and pulled some
handcuffs on his wrists.
"Don't worry Relena, he is in our hands now. You are safe," said George pulling the
stranger out the door.
"No, he is a friend," whispered Relena though she was sure no one had heard her.
Relena woke up on the hard floor. Her muscles ached as she got up and dragged her feet to
her bed. She had been sleeping all night on the hard floor and her stomache rumbled from lack of
sleep.
"How are you this morning?" asked a maid walking into Relena's room.
"Don't ask," mumbled Relena pressing her head into her pillow.
"Milliardo wants you down for breakfast and your body guards are going to loosen up a bit
now that they have found someone to keep themselves occupied with," said the maid walking out
of the room.
Suddenly memories from last night returned to Relena. George had taken the stranger with
him! What did the maid mean they had found someone to keep themselves OCCUPIED with.
"I need to clear up the misunderstanding," though Relena slipping on a nice summer dress
and rushing out of the room.
Milliardo silently ate his breakfast. A loud stomping assured him Relena was on her way
and soon enough she raced into the room and sat in her seet opposite to Milliardo.
"Milliardo! George has taken in the wrong person! He helped me yesterday and he saved
me twice," screamed Relena.
Milliardo calmly put his fork down and stared into Relena's eyes.
"Relena, he does not seem that innocent to us. George will check him out and if he is
innocent he will let him go. If not he…" Milliardo broke off at that sentence and quickly put
some food in his mouth.
"If not what? Milliardo where is George?" demanded Relena.
"He is on the top floor, the last room on the left," said Milliardo.
Relena jumped up from her chair and raced out the room. She didn't care that her brother
was screaming after her. She needed to make sure her saviour was alright. She needed to know
who this stranger was more than ever.
She found George standing in the room. There was a single chair in the room and the
stranger was sitting there. Suddenly she realised he didn't have a hood on. She burst through the
door in excitement to see who it was but the stranger was too quick and turned around and fell to
the floor hiding his face. His hands were tied behind his back and he had broke the chair in the
process of falling down.
"Relena what are you doing here?" asked George.
"George! He is innocent and he has saved me so many time," screamed Relena.
"So what! He is not innocent to me. There are still some questions to be answered now can
you please stand outside and wait until I have asked them."
Relena stubbournly walked outside and watched as George gave the man his robe back. As
soon as his face was covered he got up again and started answering the questions.
Relena watched the stranger answer the questions. Her face was pressed against the glass as
she tried to figure out who this person was. Something about him was so farmiliar.
Suddenly George got up and Relena's heart raced. She would find out who this person was
soon and she knew it. George changed direction and turned towards the stranger kicking him in
the stomache. Relena gasped and ran to the door to get in but it was locked. She couldn't hear
what George was saying but she could see he was screaming. He kicked the stranger again and
again. Relena thumped on the window as hard as she could. Tears poured out of her eyes again.
She had cried so many times this week.
George hit him one more time making the stranger gasp and throw his head up. The hood
flew off the strangers face reveiling his face. Relena stopped banging on the window as she
stared into the boys prussion blue eyes. His eyes stared back at her filled with sadness and grieve.
George hit him again and Heero mumbled something making George content. George smiled
evilly and opened the door quickly slamming it behind him.
Relena couldn't tear her eyes away from the boy. She stood stunned staring at him. She
hadn't seen him for so long and now she didn't want to lose him again. Her tears came again and
the boy turned away in shame.
"Relena, seems like your little knight in shining armour is not innocent as you claim and he
will be sent far away from here so he will never bother you again. Unfrotunately I cannot press
charges or anything but I will make sure that you don't see his face in this land again.
Relena suddenly grabbed George's collar. He was much taller and stronger than her but all
her fears were long gone.
"Let him go," she said angrily through gritted teeth.
"Relena, please control yourself. You should be happy now that we have solved the case
we will be leaving you since there doesn't seem to be any more danger," said George calmly
pushing Relena off him.
Relena held on tightly.
"Let him go!" she screamed fighting back the tears that were already showing in her eyes.
She didn't like the desperation in her voice. She wanted to sound strong but she couldn't.
"Let him go," pleaded Relena sliding onto her knees.
Relena's body guards rushed up to George and they entered the room again grabbing the
boy and pulling him out. He did little to get away from them and the guards pulled him further
away from Relena.
"No, come back! Don't let him go! I want to know where he is going! No… Heero!"
screamed Relena through fits of tears.
He was pulled past the corner and she lost sight of him. Again. How many times would she
finally see him and be pulled away from him before she could even say something? Her tears
poured down her cheeks as she slowly walked back to her bedroom. She didn't feel like eating
now. Now she knew she was truly going to be alone. With her last hope gone, there was no way
out. She would just have to learn to be strong and emotionless. It seemed to be the only way left.
Relena crouched on her bed facing the wall. It had been a week since she found out who the
stranger was. Relena was filled with mixed emotions and unanswered questions. Why did Heero
keep saving her? Was she possibly worth all that trouble and what did George mean there
wouldn't be any more danger once Heero was gone. He couldn't possibly mean that Heero was
the cause for the fire. It wasn't possible! Why would he save her and try and kill her at the same
time?
There was a soft knock on the door and Relena dragged herself out of the door. Milliardo
peaked in and smiled at Relena. When he didn't get a smile back he became serious and came in
gently closing the door behind him.
"Relena, I think it is time for you to move on. You have been sitting here for about a week
now and the world needs you. You are the queen and even though I take care of most of the
things you still need to be there to help your people and represent earth," began Milliardo.
Relena looked at him strangely. He didn't usually talk like this. It meant he needed to tell
her something very important.
"so I think it is time," he continued, "That, you should get a bit more you know… so I have
gotten you a girl who comes from Europe like you and I think it would be interesting for you to
meet her. It will help you get back to work you know. I'll bring her in here ok?"
Relena was barely paying attention to him and absent mindly nodded.
"Relena, I'll give you 3 minutes to clear yourself up ok?" said Milliardo.
Relena nodded again and dragged herself to the bathroom locking the door behind her.
Milliardo sighed as he got off her bed. He wondered if bringing this girl was a good idea. He
could at least give it a try. She was the same age as Relena so it should be interesting for her.
Milliardo walked out the room and out towards the corridor.
Relena walked out of her bathroom tying up her hair. Even though she was depressed she
couldn't be upset forever. Milliardo was right. She had to move on. After all she had a much
better chance of finding Heero next year.
The door slowly opened and Milliardo led a slim looking girl into the room.
"I'll leave you two by yourselves," said Milliardo leaving the room.
The girl had long brown hair up to her waist and her face was ruddy and pale. Her clothes
were torn and ragged and she had a little bag with all her belongings in it. The girl looked at
Relena and bowed.
"My name is Relena Peacecraft, but you may just call me Relena. What is your name?"
asked Relena.
"I have no name. I am just a distraction and entertainment which gets thrown out after
being used," said the girl in a sad but firm voice.
Relena blinked in confusion.
"Well what do other people call you?" asked Relena suddenly very interested in this strange
girl.
"They call me, You," answered the girl.
"Ok well why don't you put your belonging on that bed over there and then you can come
here and we can talk," said Relena.
The girl nodded and silently went to unpack what small luggage she had. Relena pitied the
girl. Although she didn't want to admit it this girl was much more unfortunate than Relena. She
wondered if she could get along with this girl well enough to be able to talk to her. Who knows,
she could ever become a best friend like in those faerie tales Relena used to read when she was
younger.
The girl was finished unpacking in almost a minute and came back and sat down on the
chair.
"Well, why don't you tell me a bit about yourself," said Relena.
"Ok. I come from Europe and I have no father or mother. They both died when the city was
bombed by the gundams. I was left alone on the streets when a man said he would pay me if I
would work for him. I would accept anything so I went with him and I became entertainment or a
houseworker or a friend. Whatever they needed they got and whatever I wanted I never got," said
the girl.
"Do you want a name?" asked Relena suddenly.
The girl nodded sadly.
"Well then, lets name you Rachel," said Relena.
The girl's face brightened up in happiness. She seemed to like the name Rachel.
"I like it very much. Thankyou, Miss Relena. So what do you want me to do?" asked
Rachel.
"I want you to tell me what it is that you want and we will do what you want but, before I
think we should go to the mall and buy you some nice cool clothes," said Relena.
Rachel jumped up in happiness clapping her hands.
Milliardo watched the girls from behind the door. As he saw them coming close to the door
he quickly quickened his pace and turned the corner just as the door was opened and the two
excited girls walked out of the room. It seemed his plan was working. If Relena was happy, he
was happy and that is how it went.
The girls returned from the mall about 3 hours later full of bags of clothing and girl needs.
Rachel kept on glancing at her bag as if she still couldn't imagine she just got new clothes. She
had decided she liked Relena and was a very nice person. She hadn't met a nice person for years.
She had almost lost hope that there were any good people in the world.
Relena reached her bed and took out everything she bought for herself. Rachel was taking
out all her things on the other side of the room. Relena sat down on the bed in exhaustion and felt
something rustly underneath her. She got up and saw a light blue little letter. She grabbed it and
ripped it open. It was a letter from Duo.
"Dear Relena,
How are you going? I hope you are alright. Well, guess what. We found a good place
where we can live now so we will keep in contact more now. Strangely enough we ended up
living really close to your mansion. It seems there is a little town full of very kind people and they
are very glad to have us live there. They say they are "protected" when we are around.
I heard your body guards left. So they found the nasty bugger who totally ruined your
party! So who was this looser eh? Well, answer back soon, the address is at the back of this
letter. See you soon!
P.S. We are having a sort of Gundam Party at Metuk Park. I was wondering if you could
come. Its on the 14th at 8:00 pm. Cya!"
Relena stared at the letter and read it over again. How could she tell Duo that they caught Heero?