Melara: Yayness!!!!!
Tsuru: What are you so happy about?
Melara: I've finished my damn summer reading project!!!!! FREE AT LAST!!!!!
Tsuru: o.O Riiiight. So, now you get to write more…
Melara: Um… yeah, but I have a problem…
Tsuru: And what might that be?
Melara: I can't figure out what to write…
Tsuru: Why don't you just go on to the mission. Duo and Trowa blow things up, and Heero just…
Melara: *clamping hand over Tsuru's mouth, which is difficult because Melara is so much shorter than Tsuru…* Shh! Don't tell them! I want what Heero does to be a surprise!!!!
Naki: *stops bouncing off the walls* So, if you know what they all do, what's the problem? *continues to bounce off walls*
Melara: *shrinks, puts hands in pockets* Well… I don't really know what Heavyarms and DeathscytheHell can do…
Tsuru: Melara!
Melara: Hey! It's not my fault! Cartoon Network took Gundam Wing off the air as soon as I got interested in it! I only got to see two whole episodes, and a few pieces of others… plus Endless Waltz… and the first two mangas… but I can only refer to the second one…
Tsuru: I get the picture! You can shut up now!!!
Melara: *pouts* But I still don't know what to write!!!
Tsuru: Just start writing the disclaimer, it will come to you…
Disclaimer: Huh? You want me to say it again? What makes you think I could suddenly become the owner of Gundam Wing in a matter of days? Things just don't work like that! (Lawyers: *frown and stare at the disclaimer*) Oh, so you want me to say it flat out… I DON'T OWN GUNDAM WING!!!!! There, are you happy? (Lawyers won't leave) What more do you want? I can't tell you who does own them, because I don't really know… Oh! *slaps forehead* I know what you want! No, I am not making any money from my fics. You can go home now… (lawyers still won't leave) WHAT IN DUO'S NAME DO YOU WANT!!!!!! Lawyers: You have white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. We want some to. Melara: NO!!! MINE!!!! GO AWAY!!!! (lawyers pout, and sulk off) Well, that takes care of that! *eats another cookie* Yummy! My favorite!!!
Tsuru: Um… Yeah. You know, you are hypoglycemic, if you eat too many of those, you won't be able to think enough to write this fic…
Melara: *mouth full of cookie* Hmm? Just do the warnings.
Warnings: You still want me to do this? I already told you what the deal is with anything that's seemingly yaoi, if you like it, good. If not, it isn't really there, so you don't have to worry about that. Um… Oh, right. There is one more warning that I need to add for this chapter, the gundam battles might be really lame, and Relena might be a little OOC. I haven't figured out how she ticks yet, so I'm not good at writing with her. (Mel: Yeah, you should use a pencil! Tsuru: o.O That was really lame. Mel: Hey, I try… Tsuru: Well stop it. Mel: *pouts*) Umm… yeah… I think that's all… I'm not sure… oh… right… this chapter should be very sad, and there may be a character death… maybe… not quite sure yet… Oh, I'm babbling, aren't I? Sorry, I'll shut up now.
Tsuru: Write the fic, Now.
Melara: But I don't know what to do!
Tsuru: Write it any way. You're a good author, you'll figure it out.
Melara: But I don't know what's going to happen next!
Tsuru: Yes you do. I know you do because you talk in your sleep. I heard the whole thing.
Melara: Then you write it!
Tsuru: Uh uh! No way! I am not going to be held responsible for what you do.
Melara: But I don't know how to word this!!!
Tsuru: You aren't getting anything done by sitting here talking to me. Start writing the fic.
Melara: But…
Tsuru: NOW!!!
Chapter three
Relena Peacecraft was lying down on a comfortable feather bed. She couldn't remember how she had gotten there, or why it hurt so much to open her eyes.
"Are you alright?" Relena groaned and turned her head toward the voice. It sounded like a little girl. Relena opened her eyes and found herself staring into a pair of bright green eyes.
"Who are you?" The little girl stepped back, and smiled at Relena. Her short blond hair bounced at her slightest movement, and her smile was radiating with the innocence of a child.
"My name is Kate. I'm really glad that you're alright. I was scared when daddy brought you in here. He wasn't treating you like he treats the other people he brings in here." Relena stared at the little girl. She still couldn't remember how she had gotten here. Relena tried to sit up, but stopped when she felt a horrible pain in her chest. Kate looked at Relena inquisitively, then frowned. "I knew daddy was hurting you, I knew it. He's supposed to help people, not hurt them…" A tear trickled down the girl's face. Relena smiled at her.
"It's alright. Don't cry." Relena winced as she pulled herself up to sit on the edge of the bed. Kate sat down next to her, and gave her a tentative hug, being careful not to hurt Relena.
"I'm sorry for what my daddy did to you. He normally isn't like this. I don't understand…" Relena picked Kate up and put the small child on her lap. Kate buried her face in Relena's chest and began to sob.
'It isn't right for such a small child to be exposed to war. No one should be forced to grow up.'
'But we've all been through the same thing. Why should this child have it any different?'
'She's just too young… We're all too young…' Relena wrapped her arms around Kate's tiny frame. She could feel every bone in her fragile body. She probably hadn't eaten in days.
'Where am I? In what place do people treat their children like this?' Kate stopped crying, and pulled away from Relena.
"Thank you." She said quietly, looking down at her feet. Relena saw a red substance on the girls arms, and then remembered the burning pain she felt in her chest. Kate looked up, then raced into another room. Relena just sat and stared at the door she had left through, wondering what the child was thinking. Relena laid back down on the bed, and crossed her arms on her chest. She felt something warm on her arms, and pulled them back. They were covered in the same red substance that was on Kate's arms. Relena was bleeding.
Kate rushed into the room, carrying a large white box. She sat down on the edge of the bed and opened it.
"Don't worry, this will sting a bit, but it will help in the long run…" Relena watched as Kate poured a white liquid onto a cloth, and then unbuttoned Relena's blouse. Kate lightly rubbed the cloth over the wound in Relena's chest, then began to bandage it tightly. "Sometimes people come for help while my daddy is out working, so he taught me how to do some of the simpler things." Relena looked at Kate and smiled.
"Thank you." Kate closed the box and slid it under the bed.
"What's your name?" Relena paused and looked at the child.
"My name is Relena." Kate looked up and smiled.
"That's a pretty name. I like it." She looked to the side and closed her eyes. "I was really worried about you. Daddy tied you to a chair, and let your head rest on your shoulder. He tied the ropes really tight, so I had to cut them off…" A tear slid down her face. "I just don't understand why he would do this to you… it just doesn't make sense…" Relena sat up and hugged the little girl.
"Lots of people do things that don't make sense. The important thing is that you do what you feel is right." Kate smiled at Relena, and pulled a necklace out of her pocket.
"This was my sister's. She died a few years ago from a fever…" Kate paused to wipe away a tear. "She told me the same thing before she died, after I asked her why a patient we had helped tried to cut daddy with a knife." Kate pushed the necklace into Relena's hands. It was a beautiful silver chain with a single piece of jade cut into the shape of a dolphin. "I want you to have this. You're the first person that could make me feel better since my sister died." Relena held the necklace in her hands, then accepted the gift.
"I'll take good care of it. Thank you." Kate looked up at Relena and smiled.
"Relena? Are we friends?"
"Of course we are." Kate looked out the window, and froze.
"Daddy, he's home. He's going to be mad at me…" A door slammed, and an angry voice filled the house.
"Kate! Get down here right now!" Kate shivered at the harshness of her father's voice.
"He's upset because I let you up, even after he told me not to…" Relena pulled the tiny child close to her. "Relena, I'm scared. Daddy never got mad at me like this before. I don't understand why he doesn't like you. You're a very nice person, so why does he want to hurt you?" Relena gave Kate an encouraging hug.
"I'll do everything I can to make sure you don't get hurt." Kate smiled and stood up.
"I'd better go to daddy. I'll bring you dinner later on." Relena looked at the child's skinny frame and wondered if she was going to have dinner. Kate put her hand on the doorknob just as it burst open, throwing her to the ground.
"Kate! What are you doing! Go to your room, now!" The man that walked into the room was tall, and even skinnier than Kate. He had tangled, greasy brown hair, and bright green eyes. He locked the door as soon as Kate left, then he sat down in a chair to face me.
"What is it you want?" Relena faced the man and treated him with more dignity than she thought he deserved.
"The others promised that you wouldn't be harmed as long as our demands were met." He clenched his fists so tightly that they went white. "Your kind never keeps the promises they make. We'll never have a decent place to live unless we take action." The man stood next to Relena now, staring her down. "You rich people never have to worry about the things we do. You don't know how hard it is to raise a child in a place like this. Some days there's no water, and others you're too scared to use it because of what might be in it…" Relena stared at the man. He had risked his life to make a point, and he had done it all for his daughter.
"But that is what I'm fighting for. That is what I'm trying to prevent from…" The man slapped Relena on the side of her face, knocking her head back with the force of the blow.
"Shut up. You always make empty promises. You can fool some people, but not me. I know that when this stupid was is over, we'll be in the same predicament that we are in now, and we always will be. You know why?" The man stared at Relena. The hate in his eyes had turned to sadness. "Because people with wealth don't want to give it up to help trash like me." The man walked out the door, and locked it behind him.
"I'm truly sorry. No one should be forced to go through this." Relena put her hand to her face, where she had been slapped. "I promise I'll fix things, even if I have to die doing it…"
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"How long does it take for this damn aspirin to kick in?" Duo's headache hadn't gone away yet, and his two hours were up. He and Heero were walking over to the place Duo had hidden DeathscytheHell. Heero was going to hitch a ride with Duo, then hop out and continue with his part of the mission. Duo's job was clear and simple, blow up anything that isn't friendly looking.
"Stop complaining. I asked you if you wanted to stay back." Duo shot Heero one of his panted grins.
"Do you honestly think I would have stayed back? I want to see the fire works! And I'm not talking about the MS I'm going to blow up either." Heero looked over at Duo, but didn't say anything. Duo didn't mind, because he had caught the glint of laughter in Heero's eyes that showed every so often. No one else managed to notice it, not even Relena. But it was there for those that were willing to look. "So, where are we going anyway?"
"Colony L2," Heero replied. Duo stopped dead.
'No, I don't want to go back there again. I can't go back there again…'
'There's no reason not to. It's probably different now anyway.' Duo closed his eyes and remembered the look on Solo's face when he had died, the cold pale look to his skin, the emptiness in his eyes. Those eyes had died before he spoke his last words.
'We'll always be together…'
"Duo?" Heero's monotone voice echoed through Duo's head. Duo ignored him and continued to walk, trying to escape the memories.
Heero watched as Duo walked ahead of him.
'What happened to him? What made him stop?'
'And why do you care?'
'Will you quit asking me that!'
'Only if you answer…'
'I don't know! I don't understand! Leave me alone!' Heero walked faster to escape his mind, but to no avail.
'You have to separate yourself from him. You'll endanger the mission.'
'All I have to do is help Relena, then we can leave.'
'You have to focus on the mission.'
'That's what I've been doing…'
'No, you've been too busy worrying about Wufei, Duo and Relena…'
"We're here!" Duo pulled a Vanna White on Heero, showing off his gundam.
"Hn…" Heero walked past Duo and waited for the cockpit to open. Duo punched in the code to open his metal friend, and the two pilots jumped in.
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Relena woke from her troubled sleep when she heard a scratching on the door to her room. It was the sound of metal scraping against metal, then a slight click. Kate walked into the room holding a small bowl of tomato soup.
"I brought you something to eat, I hope you like it." Relena smiled as the small child handed her the bowl.
"Thank you very much." She took a sip of the soup. It tasted like warm, watery katsoup, but it had a pleasant sweetness to it. "Have you eaten yet?" The small child shook her head, and sat down on the bed next to Relena.
"Don't worry about me. You lost a lot of blood, and you need food to help regain your strength." Kate pulled out a small piece of stale bread from her pocket, and began to nibble on it. Relena decided that the child would stand her ground, and would insist that Relena eat her soup, so she gave up on the argument. Drinking the rest of her soup, Relena began to realize what the scratching noise from the door was.
"You picked the lock, didn't you?" Kate looked up at Relena and frowned.
"I had to. Daddy left the house without feeding you, so I had to do it…" Kate paused and tilted her head, as if she were listening to something.
"What is it?
"Daddy is talking to that man again…" Her young face seemed to grow old and tired. "The man from OZ. They want you, but daddy won't tell them where you are. He's trying to make a deal with them…" Relena strained to hear the voices, but failed.
"I don't here anyone…" Kate looked up at Relena and gave her a tired smile.
"That's alright, they aren't in the house. Daddy is too smart to lead them to where he lives. He's meeting them in their home…" Kate stared into Relena's eyes. "You don't believe me, do you?" Relena didn't answer the question. "That's alright, no one ever does…" Relena pulled the child close to her.
"If you can hear them, then your father is in trouble. We all are…" Kate buried her head in Relena's chest.
"I'm scared, Relena. I don't want to loose him…" Relena stroked the child's soft blond hair, wishing that she could say something to comfort the child, but knowing that if she did, it would all be a lie. Everything was a lie. "They took away mommy, and they wouldn't help my sister like they promised…" Kate looked up at Relena again. "Promise me that you won't leave, please?"
"I promise. I won't let anything happen to you, and I'll do what I can to help your father." Kate smiled and closed her eyes.
"Thank you…" Kate's arms went limp, then she slumped over a very startled Relena.
"Kate?" Relena roughly shook the child, trying to wake her. "Kate?" She didn't move. Relena grabbed Kate's wrist and felt for a pulse. It was there, but it was weak and uneven. Her skin was pale and clammy. "Please Kate, please wake up." Relena placed the unconscious child under the covers to her bed, then stood up to find help.
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Luke raced home, his bloody feet pounding on the metal ground that used to be covered with artificial soil. He had tried to make a bargain with an OZ soldier. His daughter, Kate, was a diabetic, and he was too poor to afford the proper medication to treat it. He decided that he might be able to get some from OZ if he told them that he knew where Relena was being held. They had tried to beat the information out of him, but he wouldn't tell them anything, for fear of what might become of his precious Kate. He had stolen a chocolate bar as he tried to escape. It would be useful in raising the child's blood sugar level. He had managed to get his hands on some honey, and was using it to sweeten some of her meals. Now, all he wanted to do was get home before the OZ soldiers found out where he lived.
He stopped dead in front of his house. Relena Peacecraft was standing in the doorway, with a panicked look on her face.
"Kate passed out. You have to help her! Hurry!" Relena ran over to him and grabbed his arm, then pulled him through the house and up to the room that Luke had locked her in earlier.
'The honey should have prevented this, it should have been enough to keep her from passing out…' Luke pulled the chocolate bar out of his pocket and broke a piece off.
"Sir?" Relena placed a worried hand on Luke's shoulder.
"Her blood sugar is too low, that's why she passed out." He gently put the chocolate into the girl's mouth, and waited for it to melt.
"You're bleeding." Luke remembered the gash on the side of his chest, courtesy of a poorly aimed bullet.
"I'll be fine," Luke replied gruffly, putting another piece if chocolate into Kate's mouth. Relena pulled the white case out from under her bed and took out the cloth and soap.
"That's exactly what Kate said." Luke jerked back when he felt the cold cloth touch his chest as Relena cleaned the wound. Luke decided to save the rest of the chocolate for later, and turned to face Relena.
"Why are you doing this? Why are you pretending to care?" Relena shook the rude comment off and proceeded to bandage the wound.
"I promised Kate that I wouldn't leave her, and that I would protect both her and you as well as I could." Luke paused and stared at his daughter.
"I did it for her…" Relena sat down on the edge of the bed and brushed Kate's blond bangs out of her eyes.
"She's a beautiful girl. You've done a wonderful job bringing her up in this horrible world."
"I thought I could get help from OZ. I thought I could bargain with them…"
"I thought you would have known that they would only double cross you." Luke watched as Kate stirred slightly on the bed.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I put you through this…" As Luke said this, he realized that he was talking to both Relena and Kate. Relena stood up and gave Luke a friendly hug.
"She's asleep now, we should leave." And with that, the two walked out of the room. As the door closed, Kate opened her eyes and smiled.
"I knew she was a good friend…" She closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, but in her mind, she was listening to the MS that were fighting outside the colony, fighting for possession of her friend.
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"Heero! How the hell did a group on L2 get a hold of so many leos?" Duo sliced another MS in two, then swerved through the others. He needed to get Heero onto the colony before he started to fight.
"They didn't" Heero answered simply. "These are straight from OZ. They must have found out that Relena was here…" Duo looked back at Heero and gave him a goofy grin.
"Looks like you'll have some competition down there. I'll just have to wait till you two get home to see the fire works…" Heero grabbed Duo's hand and shoved the control to the right, narrowly missing a cheep shot from one of the MS.
"Keep your eyes on those leos, and out of my room." Duo was shocked. Was that humor he heard? Had Heero actually made a joke? Duo grinned again and sliced into another leo. "I'm dead serious this time. I saw what you did to my laptop." Duo was now in deep shit. He hadn't thought the annoying little virus he had planted in Heero's computer could be traced back to him. He had set the computer up to crash every time Heero typed Relena twice in succession. He didn't think that Heero ever did stuff like that, but he was obviously wrong.
"Duo, behind you." Trowa pulled Duo out of his daydreams and back into space. There was a nasty looking MS with a beam cannon behind Duo, and he was charging it up.
"Great. Where did this guy come from?" Duo muttered as he shot out of the way. The beam shot past Duo and disintegrated at least eight leos that had tried to attack Duo from the front. "Hey, thanks!"
"Duo, if you can't pay attention, get out of that seat and let me pilot." Duo frowned.
"Hey, I'm doing just fine. You just do your job and save Relena." Duo had finally made it to the colony and landed. Heero leaped out of the cockpit and landed gracefully on his feet. After he had gotten a fair distance away from DeathscytheHell, Duo went back up to help Trowa, trying to get his headache to subside.
"Duo, you take those twelve and I'll get the others." Trowa had decided to take on eighteen MS at a time, but had left Duo with the bearer of the beam cannon. There were now two of them.
"How many have you gotten rid of so far?" Duo sliced through another leo.
"About twenty eight, but every time I kill two, another comes in." Trowa disabled a leo by blowing off both its arms and one leg.
"Well, that's not so bad. They could be sending in more than we kill…" Duo stopped in mid sentence as he watched a fleet of about eighty MD headed straight for him. "Shit, I just had to say something, didn't I?" Trowa, who had easily finished his leos, decided to come over and help.
'Wish Heero could help, he could get rid of these things in two minutes.' Duo lost himself in the battle. He seemed to be watching himself fighting, and had no say in what was being done.
"Duo, are you alright?" Trowa sounded slightly concerned, but that just might have been because if Duo weren't helping, Trowa would have to take on these things on his own.
"I'm just fine." Duo answered.
'Yeah, fine for a day in hell…'
'They're all in hell. This is worse' Duo's reflexes were slowing. He was almost impaled by a piece of scrap metal from an MD that had just recently exploded.
"Are there any more coming?" Duo asked. He was tired and his vision was blurring. He didn't know how much longer he could keep fighting.
"Yes, but only five."
"Five what?"
"MS" Trowa was trying to hide something from Duo. "Don't worry about them, I'll take care of it. You just finish the ten you have on your hands." Duo had ten MD around him, but there was also the MS with a beam cannon, he had never gotten rid of that, it had just disappeared.
"Don't fool with me Trowa. Five what?" Trowa sighed.
"Don't worry about it. I can take care of them." Duo murdered two of the MD with a frustrated swing of his scythe, then blew up another three with his twin buster rifle.
"Five what, Trowa? Five what?" He turned to look for the MS Trowa had spotted. He couldn't see any of them, Trowa included. Static was the only thing coming from Heavyarms. Duo panicked. "Trowa! Where the hell are you?" An MD hit DeathscytheHell on the back, not doing any major damage. Duo spun around and impaled the offending MD with the wrong end of his scythe, then spun around again to look for Trowa. A large explosion rocked DeathscytheHell, and the bright light blinded Duo.
'If that was Trowa, I'm going to kill him!'
'You can't kill someone that's already dead…' Duo sped toward the explosion as fast as his gundam would allow. An MS arm drifted by the window. Duo immediately recognized it as part of Heavyarms.
"Shit! Trowa? Where the hell are you? Answer me, damn it! Answer me!" A tear slid down Duo's cheek. He knew that if that explosion had belonged to Heavyarms, there was no way Trowa could have survived. "Trowa…"
Duo was about to land to find Heero when he saw a white figure drift by. Duo opened the cockpit and brought it inside. It was Trowa.
"Trowa! What happened back there? Are you alright?" Trowa was conscious, and he didn't seem to be hurt too badly.
"I'm fine. Go find Heero. Make sure he's alright." Trowa leaned against the wall and clutched his side.
"But what about…"
"I said I was fine. Go." Duo reluctantly went back to his seat, and flew Deathscythe over to the colony. The landing was rough, and knocked Trowa off of his feet. Duo stumbled out of his gundam and left to look for Heero. His headache still hadn't gone away.
'Damn aspirin must have expired…' Duo walked past a street alley that seemed all too familiar. He leaned against the wall, trying to push aside the memories of Solo, and the destruction of Maxwell church. He closed his eyes and fell over, his head landing in a rare puddle of muddy water.
'Great' Duo thought to himself. 'I'm going to die in a three inch puddle of mud'
'Get up you idiot.'
'I'm too tired…'
'You just want to find some way to escape.'
'You've got that right.'
'Suicide is cowardly.'
'Go suck your dick…' Duo lost himself in the growing pain of his headache, which seemed to be spreading all over his body. He didn't know that while he was lying on the ground, Heero was fighting for his life…
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Heero saw that one of the houses was surrounded by OZ soldiers. He figured that that was the house Relena was in. He moved quickly and silently around the house, looking for an opening. there was none.
'Then you'll just have to make one.' Heero shuddered at his thought. He was starting to sound like Duo, but he had the right idea. There was only one way to Relena, right through the soldiers. Heero pulled out his gun, but decided that if he used it, he would only attract attention to himself. He positioned himself so that the back door was right in front of him, then he bolted.
The soldiers were so surprised, that they didn't start shooting until Heero had made it to the door. He had almost made it in, when someone shot him in the side. Heero wasn't hurt badly, but the shock made him sink to his knees.
"Hold your fire!" Everyone stopped shooting at Heero. "Don't kill him yet, I want to have some fun with him." A long, pale face hung over Heero. Silvery blue eyes stared into Heero's, chilling him to the core.
Relena heard the shots outside and panicked.
"Heero!" Heero put his hand on the glass window as he tried to get up, but a soldier with long black hair punched him in the stomach, knocking him to the ground. "Stop it!" A soldier inside the house hit Relena on the side of the head. Warm blood beaded at her temple, then trickled into her eyes.
"Stay quiet and I'll leave you alone." The soldier turned to face Luke, Relena had learned Kate's father's name while looking for someone to help Kate.
"There. You have her. Now give me the medicine." Luke held his hand out to the OZ soldier. The soldier slapped it out of the way.
"We had no deal. You came to steal supplies from us with the excuse that you had information for us." Luke went white.
"You promised. You told me that you would give me the insulin shots if I told you where Relena was!" Kate flew down the stairs, tears streaming down her face.
"Daddy!" she screamed. The OZ soldier turned his gun Luke, and shot him in the stomach. The bullet went right through him, and into the wall behind him.
"No!" Relena caught Luke as he fell to the floor, and cradled him in her arms.
"Why do you pretend to care?" His voice was quiet, but still clearly heard.
"She does care…" A tear slid down Relena's face as Kate hugged her father. "You should know that by now…"
"I'm sorry Kate. I'm sorry I can't help you, my little fallen angel…" Luke closed his eyes, and didn't open them again.
"Daddy…" Kate sniffed. Relena hugged the girl tightly, then glared at the OZ soldier.
"Why did you do that? It's bad enough we have to fight this horrid war, but why do we have to kill those that could be spared?" The soldier ignored Relena. He was staring at something in the doorway, his face pale, and his mouth hanging open.
"How… How did… did you do that?" Heero was in the doorway. His clothes were soaked with blood, and he had three holes in his shirt, three wounds in his stomach. Heero held his gun up to the man and prepared to shoot.
"Give her to me, and I might let you live." Relena looked out the door, and stared at an endless pile of dead soldiers. The soldier with the cold blue eyes crawled to his knees, his face now a bloody mess. The soldier in the room reached for his gun, but Heero shot him in the head before he could do anything. At the same instant Heero shot, the blue eyed man clicked the safety off of his gun. Heero didn't know that the man behind him was aiming at his head. Kate cried out as she watched the brains of the soldier splatter the wall behind him. Heero knelt down and held his hand out to the small child.
"Come with me." Something had replaced the normal cold edge to his voice, and it sounded warm, and sympathetic. Kate wrapped her tiny arms around Heero, and he lifted her off the ground.
"Rot in hell you monster…" The cold eyed man shot at Heero, and Relena threw herself in the way.
The gun fired before Heero had a chance to react. Relena pushed him off of his feet, and the bullet hit her in the chest, bursting her lung. Relena let out a ragged sigh of pain, and fell to the floor. The blue eyed soldier fell over. He had passed out from loss of blood.
"Relena…" Heero knelt down next to Relena.
"Heero, we're too young for this. I… I wish there was some way I could give you back your innocence… give you back your life…" Heero put the little girl down next to Relena.
"Relena, don't leave me." The blond girl crossed her legs and stared at the wound in her chest.
"Go with Heero, Kate. He'll take good care of you." Kate closed her eyes, but no tears came. When she opened her eyes again, she just stared straight ahead. Her green eyes were no longer bright, but cloudy and emotionless. Heero stared at Relena's tired face. He was too late. If he had come sooner, OZ wouldn't have been here, and he could have saved her. "Heero, I love you. I'm sorry I never got to tell you that…" Relena's head rolled to the side as Heero picked her up. "Take care of Kate…" Heero closed Relena's now dead eyes, and kissed her cold lips.
"Honto ni ai shiteru" Heero picked up Kate again and began to walk out. "I thought you knew…"
Relena was dead. Dead like so many others she had loved. Kate decided that if she didn't care for anyone, then no one would die because of her. It was as simple as that. Kate pulled herself inside her own mind as she watched the house disappear in the distance. She could see a boy with long brown hair lying face down in a puddle of mud, but the image was only in her mind.
"He's going to drown…" she whispered. She was determined to find out where he was so she could help him.
"Who is?" Heero asked her. He turned so he could look into Kate's eyes.
"The boy in the alley, with the braid…" Heero went pale.
"Which alley. How do I get there?"
"Down the street, take a left, then a right. He's there…" Heero was already racing down the streets, following Kate's monotone directions. Kate noticed that her voice had no feeling to it, but decided that that was a good thing. If she showed no feeling, she wouldn't cause any pain.
Kate was right. Duo was lying in the middle of an alley, his face buried in a puddle of muddy water. Heero gently put the girl on the ground, and lifted Duo. His skin was white as a sheet, but his cheeks were bright red. Heero felt Duo's forehead. He obviously had a very high fever. Duo groaned as Heero tried to pick him up.
"Hey. You're alright…" Duo opened his eyes. They were bloodshot, and his pupils were too large for him to be able to see in this light.
"Don't talk." Heero easily picked up the skinny boy and hung him over his shoulder. Kate stared at the wall for a minute before she spoke.
"An older boy with green eyes and brown hair… do you know him?" Duo tried to lift his head, but failed.
"Trowa… he's still in DeathscytheHell… he's injured…" Kate began to walk out of the alley, but stopped.
"Are you coming?"
Heero followed the amazing little girl right to DeathscytheHell. Trowa was asleep inside. Kate was taking off Trowa's shirt when Heero walked in with Duo. Trowa's entire left side had turned an ugly black color. Kate pushed gently on his side and frowned.
"Serious internal bleeding… I don't know how to treat that…" Trowa groaned and opened his eyes.
"Is Duo alright?" Heero placed Duo down on the ground next to Trowa.
"He has a high fever, we need to get him back home." Heero sat down in Duo's seat, and felt badly. Sitting in the pilot seat of DeathscytheHell was like invading Duo's privacy.
"Where's Relena?" Trowa asked, dreading the worst.
"She died…" the blond girl replied. "…trying to save Heero…" Trowa looked at the girl for the first time. Her clothes were covered in blood, and her green eyes looked dead. The girl leaned against the wall and put her head on Trowa's shoulder. "She promised to help me… and she died…" Trowa gave the girl a rare smile.
"It wasn't your fault. You know that, right?" The girl looked stunned. Obviously, that was exactly what she had been thinking.
"No… I guess you're right…" A tear slid down her face. "But why did they have to kill her? Why do they have to kill anyone?" The girl hugged Trowa tightly.
"I don't know…" Trowa had begun to wonder why they were fighting in the first place, but this little girl gave him the answer. They were fighting so others wouldn't have to. So no one would have to go through what this little girl had. Trowa fell asleep again, stroking the little girls blond hair. She was so much like Quatre, another fallen angel caught in the middle of this horrid war.
To be continued…
Mel: Wowie!!! I messed this plot up pretty well!
*silence*
Mel: Umm… isn't anyone going to argue with me?
*silence*
Mel: Oh… right… Tsuru stormed out of the house last week with Tessae, and Naki got so upset that she went out to look for them… I'm all alone…
*silence*
Mel: *pouts* this isn't any fun… I need someone to argue with…
*silence*
Mel: You know, this silence thing is getting pretty old…
*people whisper to Mel*
Mel: Huh? *reads fic* Oh… yeah… I guess Trowa is a little OOC, isn't he?
*people whisper to Mel*
Mel: ^_^;; Well, when fanfiction.net shut down, I had nothing to do but write. Of course this is long.
*people whisper to Mel*
Mel: Now that was uncalled for! Apologize!!!
*people mutter apology, then leave*
Mel: No! Wait! Come back! I need someone to argue with!!! Gurg!!!!
Mouse on desk: …
Mel: *stares at mouse* right. I'm reduced to arguing with a mouse.
Mouse on desk: … *turns around to leave*
Mel: No! no, you're welcome here! Really! You are! *pulls out cheese pokey from pocket* hey, you want some cheese pokey? Heero wouldn't eat it… (refer to Gundam Pilots As Sims)
Mouse on desk: *eats cheese pokey*
Mel: um… what did you guys think? Did I kill the story? Was Kate a good addition?
Mouse on desk: …
Mel: Yeah, I know the pokey was a month old…
Mouse on desk: …
Mel: No! you've got it all wrong! It was aged to bring out the cheese flavor!
Mouse on desk: …
Mel: You ungrateful rat!
Mouse on desk: …
Mel: I don't care if you're an iguana! Get you're greedy but off my desk! *picks up mouse and throws it out the window*
Mouse out window: …!
Mel: Yeah, yeah. You and what army? *looks at people reading fic* Oh, right. Please review! As always, flames are welcome! ^____^
*things rustle outside door*
Mel: *ignoring noises* So, please tell me what you think. Tell me who seemed OOC and why so I can fix it. Thanks!
*thousands of mice burst in door*
Mouse from desk that was thrown out the window and is now back with reinforcements (Smeg! That's a long name!): …!
Mel: Oh… I see… that army… *gulps* um… Tsuru? Naki? Someone? Anyone? Help?
Relena: *poofs in, for some unknown reason*
Mel: *thinks* Anyone but her. Stupid God takes everything entirely too seriously…
Mice: *scatter in fear*
Mel: Uh… thanks… you can leave now…
Relena: You killed me!
Mel: Yeah… I thought it was an improvement…
*people whisper to Mel*
Mel: Huh? Oh, I thought she was talking about how I killed her personality…
*people whisper to Mel*
Mel: Yeah, that's right. If I killed Relena, why is she here? *Relena poofs out*
*people whisper to Mel*
Mel: That's enough out of you! Go away!
*people who whisper to Mel sulk and leave*
Mel: Yeah, so… if anyone sees my muses, could you tell me? I could really use their help… I'm not writing any more until I get some feedback… I need help… I know that they're going to get a big important mission soon… but I don't know what it is… does anyone have any ideas? And does anyone know what happened to Wufie?
Wufei: *poofs in* It's Wufei. Get it right!
Mel: Sorry Chang…
Wufei: *mutters* evil baka onna….
Mel: Yep! That's me! ^________^
Wufei: *leaves before things can get any worse…*
Mel: I won't write anymore until I get some feedback other than 'Good. Write more.' Although, that's always appreciated… I need more than that to get the next chapter up. And don't expect me to write anything else that's this long.