Ok here it is.Part 2. Please review, lemme know whatcha think (. Enjoy.
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The days before Relena's party passed by quickly. Even though Hilde was kept quite busy with Preventer work, she still managed to find the time to buy an evening gown and schedule a flight to earth for the planned party date. She was going alone, but Relena said she would have Pagan meet her at the shuttle terminal and give her a ride to the mansion. Relena would be so busy hostessing the gigantic party that she couldn't make it to the airport to greet Hilde in person.
And soon the day of the party arrived, much to Hilde's relief. Her stomach had been in knots all week with anticipation. She knew that it was going to be hard, not having Duo by her side at the reunion that he so deserved to attend. But she couldn't deny her longing to see her friends once again. It had been so long since they'd all been together, and she hadn't seen some of them since the end of the war.
The Preventers had been given the day off, since they were all attending the anniversary gala also. So she'd had the entire day to prepare herself for her first trip to the earth in over a year. She'd missed having the real sunlight warming her shoulders, the fragrant breezes racing past her body and caressing her face. It would be a welcome vacation. But it would not be the same without Duo. She frowned. Nothing would ever be the same.
She looked down at her hand. At the sapphire engagement ring that she still wore. It glittered innocently in her apartment lights, unaware of the painful memories it aroused. She felt the inscription on the inside of the band burning into her skin. But the words were burned into her mind and heart as well...'You're my Angel, my world, my everything.I love you.'
A single tear slipped down her face. 'Oh, Duo.' She couldn't stop herself from thinking about it. The assignment.his smiling face, radiating confidence. Reassuring her that it would be like all the others; he would return home safe, just like always. But he hadn't.he'd never returned.
She'd had a bad feeling about that assignment from the start. The Preventers had handed him a mission to subdue a possible uprising on a small sub-colony of L2. It was to be a highly difficult and quite possibly dangerous assignment. But Duo being the person he was, risk-taking and always ready for a new challenge, had taken the assignment without complaint.
But Hilde had had plenty to complain about. She'd tried to keep him from going, but his natural confidence in himself and his abilities had made her feel somewhat better. Before he left, she'd made him promise that he would be careful. She still remembered it like it had happened yesterday, it was the last time she saw the man she loved.
..."Now, Duo you have to promise me something." She looked up into his deep violet eyes as they embraced each other. "Anything, my angel." He said, face serious. "Please promise me that you'll be careful out there. You don't always have to be the hero, you know." This time he smiled, "But Hilde, I'm a Preventer. Being the hero and saving the day is my job." "Oh Duo." Her eyes began to fill with tears and she tightened her arms around his waist, burying her face into his chest. How long would she have to live without that carefree sense of humor? "Duo, I just want to know that I'll see you again. I don't know what I'd do if you.if you." She couldn't finish. She didn't want to imagine a life without Duo. And back then, she couldn't. She felt him rest his chin on the top of her head. This goodbye was hard on them both. "Hilde, we will see each other again. Don't worry; I will make it back to you. That's a promise. And I will be careful, ok? Besides, it can't be that hard to crush an uprising, now can it?" She laughed softly. Just hearing him promise to come home made her feel better about letting him go. She still had that bad feeling she just couldn't shake, but he seemed so confident, she would try not to worry. She leaned up on her tiptoes to give him a deep farewell kiss. They pulled away and he smiled at her with that beautiful infectious smile of his. And then he walked up the ramp to board the shuttle. Little did she know she'd never see him again...
They hadn't even retrieved a body. And that is why she'd still had hope. For a couple months after his death, she'd believed that he would come walking through the door any day. There was no proof of his death, except for an explosion and a bloody cross.
And that was all they'd found of him.the cross necklace that had meant so much. It had been his own memorial to loved ones that he'd lost many years ago, a symbol of his faith. And they'd found it, just floating among the aftermath of the explosion; spotted with Duo's blood.
No one knew exactly what had happened that day. The entire colony and most of its inhabitants had been destroyed by the blast. The only survivors were a group of small children. They were found in a shuttle just outside the explosion's range. There were no adults aboard.
When questioned as to how they managed to escape the danger, they told the authorities that a young man with a long braid had saved them. They called him their angel. They said that the "bad people" had come and killed their parents. They had all been frightened and alone, but then their angel had come and told them it would be all right. He hurried them onto the shuttle and sent them away to safety.
When shown a picture of Duo, one of the youngest girls squealed and exclaimed, "It's him! That's our angel! How did you know what he looked like?" She then stepped forward and took the picture from the officer's hands. She kissed it and whispered softly, "Thank you, Angel, for saving me and my friends. Please say hi to mommy and daddy for me."
Even after questioning the children, whoever set the explosives and annihilated the small colony remained a mystery. There was no record or way of knowing the culprit. But the resistance that had brought Duo to that desolate corner of space had disappeared for good. And Duo had disappeared with it.
So over time, Hilde's hope had faded. The door never opened to reveal his smiling face, and she knew that if he had been alive, he would have come back to her by then.
Her life had become a fairytale gone terribly wrong. She lived alone; her memory and devotion to Duo wouldn't allow her to love another. Not that she ever wanted to.Duo had been her one true soul mate, and she needed no one else. And besides, she still had the Preventers and her friends to fill her life.
Hilde hoped that somewhere he was looking down on her. She hoped that he was happy and safe.in heaven, perhaps. She smiled a little. That guy could talk his way into anywhere, even through the pearly white gates if he had to. But she knew that he wouldn't have had to talk his way into that place in the clouds. He'd earned his ticket a hundred times over. And besides, he was already an angel in the eyes of those children.
Hilde sighed and stood up. She stretched, feeling the occasional tendon popping back into place. Glancing at the clock on her wall, she realized that she didn't have much time left till she had to depart for the shuttle terminal. She tried to shake the thoughts of Duo from her mind as she walked in the direction of the shower. She had other things to focus on right then. Like the reunion with her friends.
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End Part 2, more coming soon!
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The days before Relena's party passed by quickly. Even though Hilde was kept quite busy with Preventer work, she still managed to find the time to buy an evening gown and schedule a flight to earth for the planned party date. She was going alone, but Relena said she would have Pagan meet her at the shuttle terminal and give her a ride to the mansion. Relena would be so busy hostessing the gigantic party that she couldn't make it to the airport to greet Hilde in person.
And soon the day of the party arrived, much to Hilde's relief. Her stomach had been in knots all week with anticipation. She knew that it was going to be hard, not having Duo by her side at the reunion that he so deserved to attend. But she couldn't deny her longing to see her friends once again. It had been so long since they'd all been together, and she hadn't seen some of them since the end of the war.
The Preventers had been given the day off, since they were all attending the anniversary gala also. So she'd had the entire day to prepare herself for her first trip to the earth in over a year. She'd missed having the real sunlight warming her shoulders, the fragrant breezes racing past her body and caressing her face. It would be a welcome vacation. But it would not be the same without Duo. She frowned. Nothing would ever be the same.
She looked down at her hand. At the sapphire engagement ring that she still wore. It glittered innocently in her apartment lights, unaware of the painful memories it aroused. She felt the inscription on the inside of the band burning into her skin. But the words were burned into her mind and heart as well...'You're my Angel, my world, my everything.I love you.'
A single tear slipped down her face. 'Oh, Duo.' She couldn't stop herself from thinking about it. The assignment.his smiling face, radiating confidence. Reassuring her that it would be like all the others; he would return home safe, just like always. But he hadn't.he'd never returned.
She'd had a bad feeling about that assignment from the start. The Preventers had handed him a mission to subdue a possible uprising on a small sub-colony of L2. It was to be a highly difficult and quite possibly dangerous assignment. But Duo being the person he was, risk-taking and always ready for a new challenge, had taken the assignment without complaint.
But Hilde had had plenty to complain about. She'd tried to keep him from going, but his natural confidence in himself and his abilities had made her feel somewhat better. Before he left, she'd made him promise that he would be careful. She still remembered it like it had happened yesterday, it was the last time she saw the man she loved.
..."Now, Duo you have to promise me something." She looked up into his deep violet eyes as they embraced each other. "Anything, my angel." He said, face serious. "Please promise me that you'll be careful out there. You don't always have to be the hero, you know." This time he smiled, "But Hilde, I'm a Preventer. Being the hero and saving the day is my job." "Oh Duo." Her eyes began to fill with tears and she tightened her arms around his waist, burying her face into his chest. How long would she have to live without that carefree sense of humor? "Duo, I just want to know that I'll see you again. I don't know what I'd do if you.if you." She couldn't finish. She didn't want to imagine a life without Duo. And back then, she couldn't. She felt him rest his chin on the top of her head. This goodbye was hard on them both. "Hilde, we will see each other again. Don't worry; I will make it back to you. That's a promise. And I will be careful, ok? Besides, it can't be that hard to crush an uprising, now can it?" She laughed softly. Just hearing him promise to come home made her feel better about letting him go. She still had that bad feeling she just couldn't shake, but he seemed so confident, she would try not to worry. She leaned up on her tiptoes to give him a deep farewell kiss. They pulled away and he smiled at her with that beautiful infectious smile of his. And then he walked up the ramp to board the shuttle. Little did she know she'd never see him again...
They hadn't even retrieved a body. And that is why she'd still had hope. For a couple months after his death, she'd believed that he would come walking through the door any day. There was no proof of his death, except for an explosion and a bloody cross.
And that was all they'd found of him.the cross necklace that had meant so much. It had been his own memorial to loved ones that he'd lost many years ago, a symbol of his faith. And they'd found it, just floating among the aftermath of the explosion; spotted with Duo's blood.
No one knew exactly what had happened that day. The entire colony and most of its inhabitants had been destroyed by the blast. The only survivors were a group of small children. They were found in a shuttle just outside the explosion's range. There were no adults aboard.
When questioned as to how they managed to escape the danger, they told the authorities that a young man with a long braid had saved them. They called him their angel. They said that the "bad people" had come and killed their parents. They had all been frightened and alone, but then their angel had come and told them it would be all right. He hurried them onto the shuttle and sent them away to safety.
When shown a picture of Duo, one of the youngest girls squealed and exclaimed, "It's him! That's our angel! How did you know what he looked like?" She then stepped forward and took the picture from the officer's hands. She kissed it and whispered softly, "Thank you, Angel, for saving me and my friends. Please say hi to mommy and daddy for me."
Even after questioning the children, whoever set the explosives and annihilated the small colony remained a mystery. There was no record or way of knowing the culprit. But the resistance that had brought Duo to that desolate corner of space had disappeared for good. And Duo had disappeared with it.
So over time, Hilde's hope had faded. The door never opened to reveal his smiling face, and she knew that if he had been alive, he would have come back to her by then.
Her life had become a fairytale gone terribly wrong. She lived alone; her memory and devotion to Duo wouldn't allow her to love another. Not that she ever wanted to.Duo had been her one true soul mate, and she needed no one else. And besides, she still had the Preventers and her friends to fill her life.
Hilde hoped that somewhere he was looking down on her. She hoped that he was happy and safe.in heaven, perhaps. She smiled a little. That guy could talk his way into anywhere, even through the pearly white gates if he had to. But she knew that he wouldn't have had to talk his way into that place in the clouds. He'd earned his ticket a hundred times over. And besides, he was already an angel in the eyes of those children.
Hilde sighed and stood up. She stretched, feeling the occasional tendon popping back into place. Glancing at the clock on her wall, she realized that she didn't have much time left till she had to depart for the shuttle terminal. She tried to shake the thoughts of Duo from her mind as she walked in the direction of the shower. She had other things to focus on right then. Like the reunion with her friends.
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End Part 2, more coming soon!
