Chapter 3: And It Began to Rain
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Gundam Wing characters no matter how much I dream. Please do not sue me =)
Relena stood outside Heero's apartment complex while she waited for a taxi. She looked at the windows until she located Heero's.
Relena: Oh Heero. When will I have the courage to really tell you how I feel.
The taxi pulled up just then. With a final glance towards the windows she got in.
Relena: Hospital please.
When she arrived, Relena went up to Duos' room. She smiled when she walked in and saw her friends. She knocked softly on the door jam. Duo looked up and grinned.
Duo: Well, well, well. Look who finally decided to show up and see how her friend wasx doing.
Relena: (laughing) Sorry I'm late. Bad traffic. (She looked around the room). Where's Hilde?
Duo: She went to go get some coffee. She said she'd be back in a while.
Relena: Oh ok.
Quatre: Relena..how's.ummm.Heero doing?
Relena frowned slightly.
Relena: He woke up a little bit ago and said he was fine. But I think he's still pretty shaken about what happened.
Wufei: That bastard! How dare he skulk in his apartment after shooting someone!! He needs to be brought to justice!!!
Sally: Wufei! Shut the hell up!
Nurse: Excuse me but is there a Miss Relena Peacecraft in here?
Relena: Yes?
Nurse: There is a phone call for you. You can use this phone here in the room. Just press the line four button.
Relena: Thank you.
Relena walked over and picked up the phone.
Relena: Hello? This is Relena Peacecraft. How may I help you?
Hilde: Relena! Relena! Help me pl--!!!
Relena: (frantically) Hilde?! Hilde, is that you?!!!!
Ezakiya: Yes, that was your friend.
Relena's blood ran cold.
Relena: What have you done with her?! What do you want from me?! Who are you?!
Ezakiya: Tsk-tsk Miss Peacecraft. Didn't your mother ever teach any manners about questions. One question at a time. (Laughs evilly) As to your answers, you will have to find that out yourself. Now listen carefully to me. If you walk out to the front of the hospital, a black limo will be waiting. If you are not in that limo in five minutes, your friend is dead. That's five minutes, starting now.
Click.
Quatre: Relena, who was that?
Relena put the phone back down.
Relena: (whispering) I don't know. But whoever he is, he has Hilde.
Duo: What?! They have Hilde? Then let's go!! Find the bastards!! I'll drive!
Relena: I have to go get into a limo downstairs in the next five minutes.
Quarte: You can't do that! You would be putting yourself in the enemy's hands!
Relena: If I don't they're going to kill Hilde. I have to do this.
She turned and walked out the door.
Trowa turned to Quatre:
Trowa: We need to follow her.
Quatre nodded.
As soon as Relena stepped outside of the hospital, a black limo pulled up in front of her. The door opened and Relena slid into the cool interior. No one was in there and all of the glass was completely black, making it impossible to see the front seat or where they were going. Relena tried to roll down a window but they were locked. She sat back and tried to calm herself, hoping all the while that Hilde was alright.
Finally, the car began to slow down and slowly came to a halt. The door opened. A man wearing black with a red patch on his arm motioned to Relena with his gun. She stepped out and gazed around, the rain quickly soaking her. Ahead of her sat an old, desolate mansion. The man pushed her in the back towards the mansion. Relena walked through the long grass to the mansion. She stopped as they neared the wet steps. The large, ornamented doors swung in, revealing a dark abyss. The looming darkness caused shivers to go up and down Relena's spine. The man prodded her in the back again. Relena slowly walked up the steps and through the foreboding doorway, trying not to tremble. She stepped out of the gray light into the darkness, trying hard to see through the darkness. The monstrous door creaked shut with a loud bang! Relena raced back to the doors and desperetly tried to open them.
Ezakiya: It's no use, my dear.
Relena whirled around, peering into the darkness, trying to locate the voice.
Relena: Who are you?! What do you want with me?!
Ezakiya: In good time. All in good time. For now, I would rather have you live in fear and wonder.
Relena clenched her fists and shouted!
Relena: You can't scare me!!
Suddenly lights flared up and Relena shielded her eyes from the glare.
Ezakiya: You will learn to be scared!
A trap door beneath Relena opened. She cried out as she fell into the gapping hole.
Relena: Help me! Heeroooo!!!
Bam! She felt, for a moment, hard stone beneath her before she blacked out.
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Heero watched the house, his eyes daring back and forth, taking in the sight. The rain beat down upon his head, turning the dirt he lay in into mud. He watched as a long black limo pulled up to the mansion. A man with a large gun walked up to the passenger door and opened it. Heero stared as Relena stepped out and was led into the house. As soon as she was out of sight, Heero crept forward as quickly as possible. The man he had seen open the limo was standing outside of the large entry door. Heero lifted the pistol in his hand and aimed for the man. BANG! The man slumped against the door and slid down to the porch, blood streaming down his face.
Man: Hey, Yoshimura! You okay?
Heero lay still as he heard boots squelching through the mud. Another man in black with red walked past Heero. Heero quickly got to his feet and lunged forward, tackling the man around the legs.
Man: What the..!?!
He fell hard to the ground. Heero quickly pinned the guy to the ground and held the pistol to his head, forcing the man's face into the cold mud.
Heero: Now listen to me. Either show me how to get into the house or.
He pressed the pistol harder against the man's temple. Heero got off of the man, tied his hands and hauled him upright.
Heero: Now move.
The man, trembling, walked towards the side of the house, blood from his nose mixing with mud and rian. He led Heero clear around to the back end of the mansion. They came to a stop at what looked like an entrance to an old-fashioned cellar. The man pointed to the slanted doors.
Man: There. That's the only other way in.
Heero jabbed him.
Heero: Well, open it.
The man unlocked the half dozen locks, opened the door and began to stop away. Heero caught him in the stomach with a fist.
Heero: You're not going anywhere.
The man stood doubled over, trying to control his trembling.
Man: You don't understand. Ezakiya will kill any man who enters that house without his permission.
Heero cocked the gun and pointed the barrel between the man's eyes.
Heero: I don't give a shit about your boss's policies. Either go before me through the door and risk being killed by your boss or refuse to walk through, and I will kill you. Either way, doesn't look like today is your lucky day. Now move!
The man, trembling, walked to the steps, took a deep breath, and started down the stairs. Heero looked around before descending down the staircase. Several yards away from the door lay a large bunch of bushes. A pair of dark brown eyes watched as Heero disappeared through a cellar door, the cellar door shutting behind him.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Gundam Wing characters no matter how much I dream. Please do not sue me =)
Relena stood outside Heero's apartment complex while she waited for a taxi. She looked at the windows until she located Heero's.
Relena: Oh Heero. When will I have the courage to really tell you how I feel.
The taxi pulled up just then. With a final glance towards the windows she got in.
Relena: Hospital please.
When she arrived, Relena went up to Duos' room. She smiled when she walked in and saw her friends. She knocked softly on the door jam. Duo looked up and grinned.
Duo: Well, well, well. Look who finally decided to show up and see how her friend wasx doing.
Relena: (laughing) Sorry I'm late. Bad traffic. (She looked around the room). Where's Hilde?
Duo: She went to go get some coffee. She said she'd be back in a while.
Relena: Oh ok.
Quatre: Relena..how's.ummm.Heero doing?
Relena frowned slightly.
Relena: He woke up a little bit ago and said he was fine. But I think he's still pretty shaken about what happened.
Wufei: That bastard! How dare he skulk in his apartment after shooting someone!! He needs to be brought to justice!!!
Sally: Wufei! Shut the hell up!
Nurse: Excuse me but is there a Miss Relena Peacecraft in here?
Relena: Yes?
Nurse: There is a phone call for you. You can use this phone here in the room. Just press the line four button.
Relena: Thank you.
Relena walked over and picked up the phone.
Relena: Hello? This is Relena Peacecraft. How may I help you?
Hilde: Relena! Relena! Help me pl--!!!
Relena: (frantically) Hilde?! Hilde, is that you?!!!!
Ezakiya: Yes, that was your friend.
Relena's blood ran cold.
Relena: What have you done with her?! What do you want from me?! Who are you?!
Ezakiya: Tsk-tsk Miss Peacecraft. Didn't your mother ever teach any manners about questions. One question at a time. (Laughs evilly) As to your answers, you will have to find that out yourself. Now listen carefully to me. If you walk out to the front of the hospital, a black limo will be waiting. If you are not in that limo in five minutes, your friend is dead. That's five minutes, starting now.
Click.
Quatre: Relena, who was that?
Relena put the phone back down.
Relena: (whispering) I don't know. But whoever he is, he has Hilde.
Duo: What?! They have Hilde? Then let's go!! Find the bastards!! I'll drive!
Relena: I have to go get into a limo downstairs in the next five minutes.
Quarte: You can't do that! You would be putting yourself in the enemy's hands!
Relena: If I don't they're going to kill Hilde. I have to do this.
She turned and walked out the door.
Trowa turned to Quatre:
Trowa: We need to follow her.
Quatre nodded.
As soon as Relena stepped outside of the hospital, a black limo pulled up in front of her. The door opened and Relena slid into the cool interior. No one was in there and all of the glass was completely black, making it impossible to see the front seat or where they were going. Relena tried to roll down a window but they were locked. She sat back and tried to calm herself, hoping all the while that Hilde was alright.
Finally, the car began to slow down and slowly came to a halt. The door opened. A man wearing black with a red patch on his arm motioned to Relena with his gun. She stepped out and gazed around, the rain quickly soaking her. Ahead of her sat an old, desolate mansion. The man pushed her in the back towards the mansion. Relena walked through the long grass to the mansion. She stopped as they neared the wet steps. The large, ornamented doors swung in, revealing a dark abyss. The looming darkness caused shivers to go up and down Relena's spine. The man prodded her in the back again. Relena slowly walked up the steps and through the foreboding doorway, trying not to tremble. She stepped out of the gray light into the darkness, trying hard to see through the darkness. The monstrous door creaked shut with a loud bang! Relena raced back to the doors and desperetly tried to open them.
Ezakiya: It's no use, my dear.
Relena whirled around, peering into the darkness, trying to locate the voice.
Relena: Who are you?! What do you want with me?!
Ezakiya: In good time. All in good time. For now, I would rather have you live in fear and wonder.
Relena clenched her fists and shouted!
Relena: You can't scare me!!
Suddenly lights flared up and Relena shielded her eyes from the glare.
Ezakiya: You will learn to be scared!
A trap door beneath Relena opened. She cried out as she fell into the gapping hole.
Relena: Help me! Heeroooo!!!
Bam! She felt, for a moment, hard stone beneath her before she blacked out.
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Heero watched the house, his eyes daring back and forth, taking in the sight. The rain beat down upon his head, turning the dirt he lay in into mud. He watched as a long black limo pulled up to the mansion. A man with a large gun walked up to the passenger door and opened it. Heero stared as Relena stepped out and was led into the house. As soon as she was out of sight, Heero crept forward as quickly as possible. The man he had seen open the limo was standing outside of the large entry door. Heero lifted the pistol in his hand and aimed for the man. BANG! The man slumped against the door and slid down to the porch, blood streaming down his face.
Man: Hey, Yoshimura! You okay?
Heero lay still as he heard boots squelching through the mud. Another man in black with red walked past Heero. Heero quickly got to his feet and lunged forward, tackling the man around the legs.
Man: What the..!?!
He fell hard to the ground. Heero quickly pinned the guy to the ground and held the pistol to his head, forcing the man's face into the cold mud.
Heero: Now listen to me. Either show me how to get into the house or.
He pressed the pistol harder against the man's temple. Heero got off of the man, tied his hands and hauled him upright.
Heero: Now move.
The man, trembling, walked towards the side of the house, blood from his nose mixing with mud and rian. He led Heero clear around to the back end of the mansion. They came to a stop at what looked like an entrance to an old-fashioned cellar. The man pointed to the slanted doors.
Man: There. That's the only other way in.
Heero jabbed him.
Heero: Well, open it.
The man unlocked the half dozen locks, opened the door and began to stop away. Heero caught him in the stomach with a fist.
Heero: You're not going anywhere.
The man stood doubled over, trying to control his trembling.
Man: You don't understand. Ezakiya will kill any man who enters that house without his permission.
Heero cocked the gun and pointed the barrel between the man's eyes.
Heero: I don't give a shit about your boss's policies. Either go before me through the door and risk being killed by your boss or refuse to walk through, and I will kill you. Either way, doesn't look like today is your lucky day. Now move!
The man, trembling, walked to the steps, took a deep breath, and started down the stairs. Heero looked around before descending down the staircase. Several yards away from the door lay a large bunch of bushes. A pair of dark brown eyes watched as Heero disappeared through a cellar door, the cellar door shutting behind him.