Chapter 5 – Don't touch me
Relena stared at the pale boy. He was not the boy she knew so long ago. His
blue eyes were dark and his brown hair dirty with dust. His face was thin and he
looked like a skeleton.
"I want to talk to him," said Relena.
"You can't mam. He has commited a serious crime," said the guard.
"And what was the crime?"
"He blew up the palace and tried ruining your party. He even admitted it
infront of George."
"NO! That is not possible, he saved me! Let me talk to him," screamed
Relena.
Rachel backed away from Relena and sat on a chair fiddling with her fingers nervously. The guard bowed and opened the door slowly.
Relena walked into the dark room. A chill went down her spine as a cool
breeze surrounded her. It was so cold in his room. He couldn't survive much
longer.
"Heero! What are you doing? Why are you here? You were supposed to be
coming back after 2 weeks," exclaimed Relena grabbing his hand.
He pulled it away flinching. Suddenly she realised there were no 2 weeks
and George had lied to her. Heero turned to face the wall shaking heavily.
"Heero, please come back with me," said Relena.
Heero's red puffy eyes stared into Relena's. He tried to lift his arms but they failed and fell to the ground.
"No," he whispered turning around again.
"Heero, I am going to get you out of here," said Relena trying to touch him again. He jumped up flinging her hand back pressing himself into a corner as far away as he could from Relena.
"Get away from me, I don't deserve life. Go away!" screamed Heero trembling with panic.
The guard rushed in quickly pushing Relena away.
"Don't try and hurt her again Heero!" he screamed punching him in the
cheek.
Relena's shrill scream filled the room as she ran to Heero side. Heero lay on the ground unconscious.
She walked up to the guard and slapped him hard on the cheek making him
stumble back in shock.
"I am taking him back! Got it? How much?" she asked.
"Relena, to take him out would be a very bad danger to you," said the
soldier.
"I don't care. How much?"
"Go to the front room and pay. I'll take him out soon but I will need some other people to help me"
Relena nodded and walked across the hallway with Rachel close at her heels. Rachel wondered who this boy was and why Relena wanted him so much. If the rumours were true he tried killing her. Why would she want to take him out of the jail and help him?
Relena sat impatiently in a chair while the secretary worked through some
papers and computer files. After about 5 minutes the secretary finally looked up
and sighed.
"That will be 5600 dollars Relena. Are you really prepared to pay that much on someone who tried killing you?" asked the secretary.
Relena ignored her remark and wrote up a check placing it firmly in the
secretary wrinkled hand.
The secretary placed it in her cash register and turned to see 5 guards
shoving Heero and pushing him into the room. His head was down and he was not paying attention to anything. His arms were tied with strong metal and were weighing him down.
"What is that?" questioned Relena angrily.
"We thought it would be safer. Here is the key for the handcuffs," said the guard throwing some keys to Relena.
The guards let go of him and shoved him over to Relena. Rachel nervously
stood behind Relena looking at the phsychomaniac Relena was about to take home
with them.
"Come on Heero," said Relena.
Heero didn't move an inch and Relena was getting embarassed. The secretary lifted her head and watched as Relena tried to get him to come with her with no success. Relena blinking back the tears slapped Heero on the face. He quickly looked up shocked at what she had just done.
"Heero, I want you to come with me. Please," said Relena with a little
desperation in her voice.
Heero moved his leg and started walking with her. The key was dangling
around Relena's neck and she was wondering whether she should take the handcuffs
off or not.
They walked across the streets and people were raising their heads
remembering the boy they had seen just a few days ago arrive at this colony. The
shook their heads in sadness wondering when they could leave this horrid colony
too.
Relena saw how each time she tried going close to Heero he would flinch
away. She tried taking his hand to make him go a bit faster but he jumped back
shaking and trembling.
"Relena, please let me go. I like it much more in that cell. Please let me go," begged Heero falling to the ground.
Relena watched the boy plead. He looked no better than any of the other
people in the colony. Suddenly a tear dropped down Heero's face. Heero had never
cried in his life and here he was crying like a little child.
Relena cupped his chin staring deeply into the frightened boy's eyes. He
slapped her hands away but she stayed looking at him.
"Heero, come with me. You know it is much better at Earth than here. What
has happened to you?" asked Relena.
Heero stood up and kept his distance away from her. He made quivering
noises as he walked slowly behind them. The shuttle airport was not far away and
they didn't have to walk much longer.
Relena almost jumped up in happiness when she saw the airport in view. She was so stressed from trying to get Heero to follow her. It was almost like
telling a cat to follow you even though it doesn't understand.
Relena walked through the door trying to avoid the strange stares being
thrown at her from every side of the room. She had already planned her return
trip and walked on board the shuttle. Heero finally sat down at a seat and
relaxed closing his eyes and falling asleep.
"Poor guy, he must have not had enough sleep for weeks," said Rachel giving quick glances at Heero.
Relena gazed outside the window into the dark space infront of her. What
had happened to Heero while she was gone? She felt a huge amount of pain and
suffering coming from Heero but what was it? Heero, the prefect soldier,
couldn't have anything wrong with him. How could he have changed so much in the
last few weeks? Was this the boy who was holding her in his arms protecting her
from danger just weeks ago? Relena felt a tear drop down her cheek and she
quickly wiped it off glancing at Rachel to see if she had seen.
Rachel smiled encouragingly and turned away afraid to show the worry on her face. She didn't want Relena worrying any more than she already was.
The shuttle arrived at its destination and the passengers fled out of the shuttle like mad as if they were extremely thankful of getting to Earth. Duo and Quatre watched as the passengers ran out of the shuttle screaming and hugging eachother.
As soon as Quatre and Duo found out that Relena had run off to Colony X0000 they started research on it straight away realising its other name was Colony Jail.
Duo suddenly spotted Relena and pointed at her. Quatre waved and screamed her name loudly making her spin around and look at them. A girl next to her presumably Rachel was smiling happily. Relena suddenly looked full of worry as she spotted Quatre and Duo. Her face turned pale and she was looking at them in shock.
Duo ran up to her followed by Quatre. They hugged her and picked up her bags.
"Relena, what did you do run off to a colony," asked Duo.
"I, I… went to get… Rachel," Relena said stumbling on each word.
Suddenly a figure appeared behind Relena making both Duo and Quatre jump.
"Oh my god, is that Heero?" screamed Duo pointing at the thin looking boy.
Relena nodded sadly bursting into tears before she could restrain herself. Quatre and Duo watched Relena cry wondering why she was so upset when the love of her life was back with her best friend.
The teenagers walked across the hallway as fast as they could. Relena had unbound Heero's arms and he was still watching the ground as he walked not caring who he bumped into.
"So old buddy. How did you get on Colony X0000 and come out looking like this?" asked Duo slapping his hand on Heero's shoulder.
Heero winced and flung back pressing agains the wall in terror. Duo stared at him shocked as the boy slid down to the ground crouching and whimpering like a little child.
"Heero," whispered Duo. "What happened to you man?"
"Get away from me. I don't deserve to live. My life has no meaning any more. Please let me go!" cried Heero on his knees.
Quatre watched Heero slowly get up and start walking behind them again. What had happened to the boy he had known so well before? Where was the Heero he knew and what had happened to him to make him be like this. Was he tortured? What was it?
Relena stared at the pale boy. He was not the boy she knew so long ago. His
blue eyes were dark and his brown hair dirty with dust. His face was thin and he
looked like a skeleton.
"I want to talk to him," said Relena.
"You can't mam. He has commited a serious crime," said the guard.
"And what was the crime?"
"He blew up the palace and tried ruining your party. He even admitted it
infront of George."
"NO! That is not possible, he saved me! Let me talk to him," screamed
Relena.
Rachel backed away from Relena and sat on a chair fiddling with her fingers nervously. The guard bowed and opened the door slowly.
Relena walked into the dark room. A chill went down her spine as a cool
breeze surrounded her. It was so cold in his room. He couldn't survive much
longer.
"Heero! What are you doing? Why are you here? You were supposed to be
coming back after 2 weeks," exclaimed Relena grabbing his hand.
He pulled it away flinching. Suddenly she realised there were no 2 weeks
and George had lied to her. Heero turned to face the wall shaking heavily.
"Heero, please come back with me," said Relena.
Heero's red puffy eyes stared into Relena's. He tried to lift his arms but they failed and fell to the ground.
"No," he whispered turning around again.
"Heero, I am going to get you out of here," said Relena trying to touch him again. He jumped up flinging her hand back pressing himself into a corner as far away as he could from Relena.
"Get away from me, I don't deserve life. Go away!" screamed Heero trembling with panic.
The guard rushed in quickly pushing Relena away.
"Don't try and hurt her again Heero!" he screamed punching him in the
cheek.
Relena's shrill scream filled the room as she ran to Heero side. Heero lay on the ground unconscious.
She walked up to the guard and slapped him hard on the cheek making him
stumble back in shock.
"I am taking him back! Got it? How much?" she asked.
"Relena, to take him out would be a very bad danger to you," said the
soldier.
"I don't care. How much?"
"Go to the front room and pay. I'll take him out soon but I will need some other people to help me"
Relena nodded and walked across the hallway with Rachel close at her heels. Rachel wondered who this boy was and why Relena wanted him so much. If the rumours were true he tried killing her. Why would she want to take him out of the jail and help him?
Relena sat impatiently in a chair while the secretary worked through some
papers and computer files. After about 5 minutes the secretary finally looked up
and sighed.
"That will be 5600 dollars Relena. Are you really prepared to pay that much on someone who tried killing you?" asked the secretary.
Relena ignored her remark and wrote up a check placing it firmly in the
secretary wrinkled hand.
The secretary placed it in her cash register and turned to see 5 guards
shoving Heero and pushing him into the room. His head was down and he was not paying attention to anything. His arms were tied with strong metal and were weighing him down.
"What is that?" questioned Relena angrily.
"We thought it would be safer. Here is the key for the handcuffs," said the guard throwing some keys to Relena.
The guards let go of him and shoved him over to Relena. Rachel nervously
stood behind Relena looking at the phsychomaniac Relena was about to take home
with them.
"Come on Heero," said Relena.
Heero didn't move an inch and Relena was getting embarassed. The secretary lifted her head and watched as Relena tried to get him to come with her with no success. Relena blinking back the tears slapped Heero on the face. He quickly looked up shocked at what she had just done.
"Heero, I want you to come with me. Please," said Relena with a little
desperation in her voice.
Heero moved his leg and started walking with her. The key was dangling
around Relena's neck and she was wondering whether she should take the handcuffs
off or not.
They walked across the streets and people were raising their heads
remembering the boy they had seen just a few days ago arrive at this colony. The
shook their heads in sadness wondering when they could leave this horrid colony
too.
Relena saw how each time she tried going close to Heero he would flinch
away. She tried taking his hand to make him go a bit faster but he jumped back
shaking and trembling.
"Relena, please let me go. I like it much more in that cell. Please let me go," begged Heero falling to the ground.
Relena watched the boy plead. He looked no better than any of the other
people in the colony. Suddenly a tear dropped down Heero's face. Heero had never
cried in his life and here he was crying like a little child.
Relena cupped his chin staring deeply into the frightened boy's eyes. He
slapped her hands away but she stayed looking at him.
"Heero, come with me. You know it is much better at Earth than here. What
has happened to you?" asked Relena.
Heero stood up and kept his distance away from her. He made quivering
noises as he walked slowly behind them. The shuttle airport was not far away and
they didn't have to walk much longer.
Relena almost jumped up in happiness when she saw the airport in view. She was so stressed from trying to get Heero to follow her. It was almost like
telling a cat to follow you even though it doesn't understand.
Relena walked through the door trying to avoid the strange stares being
thrown at her from every side of the room. She had already planned her return
trip and walked on board the shuttle. Heero finally sat down at a seat and
relaxed closing his eyes and falling asleep.
"Poor guy, he must have not had enough sleep for weeks," said Rachel giving quick glances at Heero.
Relena gazed outside the window into the dark space infront of her. What
had happened to Heero while she was gone? She felt a huge amount of pain and
suffering coming from Heero but what was it? Heero, the prefect soldier,
couldn't have anything wrong with him. How could he have changed so much in the
last few weeks? Was this the boy who was holding her in his arms protecting her
from danger just weeks ago? Relena felt a tear drop down her cheek and she
quickly wiped it off glancing at Rachel to see if she had seen.
Rachel smiled encouragingly and turned away afraid to show the worry on her face. She didn't want Relena worrying any more than she already was.
The shuttle arrived at its destination and the passengers fled out of the shuttle like mad as if they were extremely thankful of getting to Earth. Duo and Quatre watched as the passengers ran out of the shuttle screaming and hugging eachother.
As soon as Quatre and Duo found out that Relena had run off to Colony X0000 they started research on it straight away realising its other name was Colony Jail.
Duo suddenly spotted Relena and pointed at her. Quatre waved and screamed her name loudly making her spin around and look at them. A girl next to her presumably Rachel was smiling happily. Relena suddenly looked full of worry as she spotted Quatre and Duo. Her face turned pale and she was looking at them in shock.
Duo ran up to her followed by Quatre. They hugged her and picked up her bags.
"Relena, what did you do run off to a colony," asked Duo.
"I, I… went to get… Rachel," Relena said stumbling on each word.
Suddenly a figure appeared behind Relena making both Duo and Quatre jump.
"Oh my god, is that Heero?" screamed Duo pointing at the thin looking boy.
Relena nodded sadly bursting into tears before she could restrain herself. Quatre and Duo watched Relena cry wondering why she was so upset when the love of her life was back with her best friend.
The teenagers walked across the hallway as fast as they could. Relena had unbound Heero's arms and he was still watching the ground as he walked not caring who he bumped into.
"So old buddy. How did you get on Colony X0000 and come out looking like this?" asked Duo slapping his hand on Heero's shoulder.
Heero winced and flung back pressing agains the wall in terror. Duo stared at him shocked as the boy slid down to the ground crouching and whimpering like a little child.
"Heero," whispered Duo. "What happened to you man?"
"Get away from me. I don't deserve to live. My life has no meaning any more. Please let me go!" cried Heero on his knees.
Quatre watched Heero slowly get up and start walking behind them again. What had happened to the boy he had known so well before? Where was the Heero he knew and what had happened to him to make him be like this. Was he tortured? What was it?