Warnings: angst, 1xR, ?xR,
Rx?, light het lime in later chapters, 4+3/3+4 implied.
Disclaimers: The song is Fiona's, the boys
belong to some production company somewhere, not making any money from
this,
you know the routine.
Spoilers: Soft of... it's more of a variation
than a spoiler, based on the end of episode 2 (but nothing major).
Feedback: Pretty please? With little chibis
on top? (You pick which ones ~_^) Post here, or you can e-mail
me at
quelirain@yahoo.com.
Never Let You Go
Chapter 2
by quelirain
Don't you tell me to deny it
I've done wrong and I want to suffer for my
sins
I've come to you 'cause I need guidance to
be true
And I just don't know where I can begin
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Relena dreamed.
// She was standing on the pier where she'd
finally caught up with the strange boy she'd found lying unconscious in
the waves. He was strange... so strange. But she had to stop him. She heard
herself plead with him, trying to reach him... then found herself staring
into the barrel of a gun.
She heard a shot and closed her eyes, expecting
her world to turn black and fade away, but when it didn't she opened her
eyes again. "Heero!"
She turned and saw glittering purple eyes shadowed
by a black cap, holding a gun and aiming it at Heero. But instead of going
to help Heero, she stood and watched calmly.
"Obviously you are the bad guy here, aren't
you?" the boy said before addressing Relena. "Are you all right, miss?"
Relena looked at Heero's cold blue eyes and shivered, then moved to stand
behind the boy dressed in black.
Heero lunged for his gun, but the aim of the
other boy was true. Three shots took Heero down—one in the chest, one in
the neck, and one in the middle of his forehead.
Relena looked down at her hands. A warm stickness
coated them.
Blood.//
"Miss?" Relena's eyes snapped open, not hiding
the terror in them. "Are you all right?"
Relena smiled shakily at the concerned flight
attendant. "Fine, thank you."
"We're going to be landing shortly. Please put
on your seat belt."
Relena nodded, glad that the woman hadn't commented
on her uncanny resemblance to Relena Peacecraft. After nearly ten years
of peace, the "other" names of those who obtained and maintained the peace
had slipped from the public view. Zechs Marquis and Relena Darlian had
been among those casualties. She always used Peacecraft now, except among
friends from the war. Of those who did remember, few recognized her without
her makeup and trademark suit.
Shortly after landing, she hailed another cab
to take her to the heart of the city. She hadn't dared call first. She
was amazed she'd gotten as far as she had.
//A little longer,// she thought as the cab flew
through the streets of the main colony of the L-2 cluster. It dropped her
off a shopping area, several blocks from her final destination. She'd learned
from her earlier mistake. Going directly to Quatre's from her home had
made her extremely easy to find, but she hadn't known what else to do.
And, after a few hours of sleep, he'd found her.
She slipped into a small store near the end of
the block and asked directions to the Maxwell school. It was a calculated
risk. Heero would dismantle the colony piece by piece if necessary
to find her, but Relena knew she wouldn't be able to hide from him long
enough to justify his doing so. Not so much as a dust particle escaped
Heero's notice when it came to her safety, and here she was, wandering
one of the more dangerous colonies, alone. Heero would find her; it was
his mission, and he would complete it or die trying.
Following the directions, she turned at the corner.
It was midday on the colony, so Duo would be at the school he'd built here.
Normally she'd wait at his home, but she'd left so quickly that there hadn't
been time to take anything with her, including his key.
// Milliardo was waiting on Relena's bed when
she came out of the shower in her towel. His posture was relaxed, but his
eyes radiated tension.
"Milliardo? What's going on?"
He motioned for her to be silent. "Heero started
interrogating your security detail. He knows about the trips."
"H-how did he find out?" Relena stammered.
Milliardo grimaced. "I'm not sure, but it won't
take him long to put everything together once he extracts the details from
the team."
Relena rushed to the closet and pulled on a
pair of jeans and shirt. Stuffing her feet into her sneakers, she strode
toward the door.
"Where are you going?"
"You know my security team. Heero will have
to make them talk, and he'll use any means necessary." Relena reached for
the door, but Milliardo grabbed her. "Let me go! I'll talk to him,
tell him I needed some space, explain things—"
Gently, he pressed a hand over his sister's
mouth. "Relena." Milliardo looked at his sister with pity in his eyes.
"I don't mean he'll find out how many trips you took for meetings that
never happened. He knows *why* you kept going to L-2." Relena's eyes widened
at the emphasis. "I never agreed with what you were doing; you know that.
But I'm not going to let Heero hurt you—or anyone else—over it. You need
to leave."
"But the guards—"
"I'll handle it, but I need to know you're
out of harm's way. You have to leave, now, until Heero calms down."//
She'd been out of the house within ten minutes,
taken through back doors and secret passages she hadn't imagined existed.
He'd shoved her into a waiting cab. And she'd gone to the closest safe
place she could think of—to Quatre's—waiting for him to cool off.
//Milliardo... Heero, if you hurt him—//
Relena cut off the thought, feeling tears rise in her eyes. If Heero chose
to execute her brother and every member of the security detail that had
helped her escape her fiancé, there was nothing she could do. She
wasn't a fighter.
Relena bit her lip. She would not cry. There wasn't
time to cry now.
She knew Duo couldn't save her, and she didn't
want him to; but he could protect her from Heero's wrath.
Maybe.
~owari chapter 2~
(::chants quietly:: r&r! r&r!)
