Hey everyone! This is the seventh chapter to Deep at Heart, so I hope you all enjoy it and that it meets your expectations. I'm glad all you reviewers out there have enjoyed my fic so far, and I'm hoping that everyone will continue to read and review until it is done. Thanks everyone! Enjoy!
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Last time on Deep at HeartHow in the world was he going to handle this? There was just no possible way he could. His allies were poisoned, Relena was getting married, there was a murderer in their mists and there was just no way he could solve all of this in such a short matter of time. But he had to try anyhow.
"And I will succeed," whispered Heero as he glared the doorway, which Hilton once stood. "I swear it."
Deep at Heart: Chapter seven: Only One MomentHeero stayed in the cafeteria until the other ex-gundam pilots had woken up. Duo was obviously the last one to do so.
"What happened?" asked Quatre drowsily.
"Hilton's men came in and put you all under a sleeping gas, and then poisoned you," answered Heero emotionlessly.
"WHAT?! That's injustice! He can't do that behind our backs! He's a coward for not standing up to fight!" yelled Wufei in outrage.
"That's not the case, he got it done and that's it. Now we've got a whole lot more things on our hands," said Trowa as Duo nodded in agreement.
"So where do you think we should start first Heero?" asked Duo. This time he was ready, he wasn't going for snack break. If Hilton wanted to fight, he'd give him a good one.
"You should start trying to find out what kind of poison it is and the antidote," answered Heero.
"All of us?" asked Quatre in confusion. Heero nodded.
"But why Heero? If we all work on this, then what about the other problems?" asked Quatre.
"I'll handle it," answered Heero as he got up from his seat and headed for his car. Once he got in, he took a long drive back to the Sanq kingdom to look for clues. The only choice he had was to look at every place Hilton had once been. But the only problem was that it was most likely that Hilton was at his place. And the only place with the most evidence of what was going on would be there.
Heero started searching the Sanq Kingdom anyhow; maybe the person trying to kill H.J. would have left something behind. Heero headed toward H.J.'s room and searched the bed, where H.J. once laid almost lifeless. There was a chilling breeze as he entered the room, but it didn't seem to have affected him.
Let's see, if his cut was on his right arm and the bed is in that angle, then the murder must have stood here. Thought Heero as he walked over to where the murder must have stood. He looked around the area when something caught his eyes. What is that? He thought as he knelt down and saw a bit of blood. But it wasn't H.J.'s blood since his had only dripped down the right side, and since he was on the left there was no chance it was H.J.'s. Heero looked out the balcony and saw that there was actually a way up to his room with no problem. Someone could've been after Relena instead of H.J. but that wouldn't have had anything to do with Hilton. Hilton wanted her alive.
Heero then looked down onto the balcony ridge and found fingerprints, that were obviously too big to be H.J.'s. Heero quickly ran down the stairs to get a piece of tape and slowly he got the fingerprints and blood sample.
He looked around for a bit more clues before he left and headed toward his base where he could get the samples examined. He searched the database and through the files he had locked up in his upper left drawer. He scrabbled through the pictures he had of his allies and even a picture of Relena. Finally he found what he was looking for, the one thing that Milliardo Peacecraft had kept away from them, the picture of a girl he hadn't shown anyone.
"According to this, this is the girl that I found on Zechs' desk that day, and this is Sara Bosky. But what would Zechs be doing with her?" thought Heero out loud.
He looked through the database once more before decided that he had enough information to figure out exactly where she was and to lock her up for good.
Heero headed back to the hospital where he met up with Duo and the rest of the ex-gundam pilots.
"Have you found anything yet Heero?" asked Duo.
"Sara Bosky is the person trying to kill H.J.," answered Heero simply and looked at him, implying about he had found out so far.
"That's great Heero. We haven't found anything yet, but we're still on it," answered Duo.
"You mean you haven't found anything yet. We've been working and all you've been doing is wondering why the sky's blue," said Wufei as he took another one of his blood samples.
"Hey, that's not exactly true you know? The sky's blue for a reason, I just haven't had the time to figure out why," said Duo scientifically.
"And right now isn't exactly the right time either," said Trowa.
"You're agreeing with him, Trowa?" asked Duo.
"They're right you know Duo? If we die, we won't be getting the chance to help Miss Relena and Heero out. And what about H.J.? Heero's got a lead right now, but that's not enough if we're going stop everything that's happening. It'd probably be a whole lot faster if you chipped in even a bit of your effort and time Duo," explained Quatre as Duo nodded in agreement.
"Hey, Heero. I think you might want to check on Relena and H.J. I hear he's going through a tough time right now. Fighting for his life," suggested Duo as Heero nodded and headed toward the room H.J. was in.
When he entered the room, he found Relena laying her head beside H.J.'s little hands.
"Relena…" he whispered to no one particular. He had changed so much this past month. It was like he was someone else. He was still himself but something was definitely different about him.
Zechs
Zechs' eyes were starting to get tried but he kept on driving, finally he reached a stop sign and he stopped his car. He opened a compartment and set his course to the hospital and put it on automatic. Then he closed the compartment and let go of the wheel.
"This should be a much easier ride," thought Zechs out loud as he tried to relax. Just then, Sara woke up.
"Milliardo? Why is the car driving itself?" asked Sara in confusion.
"It's new technology," answered Zechs simply. Just then, his cell rang.
"Hello? Zechs here," said Zechs as Sara looked at him in confusion.
*Zechs, it's me, Noin. I'm almost at the hospital that Miss Relena and her nephew is. It's about fifteen minutes away, I'll meet you there, * said Noin through the phone.
"But how did you-" started Zechs.
*I asked for a ride there, I'm going by helicopter and you know how fast that is, * said Noin.
"Do you even listen to a word I say?" asked Zechs, slightly annoyed.
*Not when I don't have to, look, I have to go, I'm almost there and I have to talk to the pilot, so I'll meet you there, alright? *
"Fine, but tell the copter to pick me up," said Zechs.
*Yes sir, *Noin joked.
Zechs sighed as he hung up his cell.
"Milliardo, who was that? And why are you Zechs?" asked Sara in confusion.
"Zechs is my other name, and that was my partner, Noin," answered Zechs simply.
"Oh, I see," said Sara as a tinge of jealousy sparked through her.
HeeroHeero slowly walked over to H.J.'s bed and stared at H.J. He still couldn't believe H.J. was his child. It was just impossible. There was no way that could've happened. There just wasn't.
"Heero, we need to talk," said a sudden voice in front of him. He didn't look up at her, knowing already that it was Relena. And he really didn't want to talk to her at the moment.
"What is it?" asked Heero in an emotionless voice.
Relena stayed silent for a moment. Trying to understand what was going on, but she still couldn't put anything together.
"Have you found the person trying to murder H.J. yet?" asked Relena.
Heero nodded, "A person by the name of Sara Bosky," answered Heero.
"So what are you going to do about her? Maybe I could talk to her and figure out just exactly what is going on," suggested Relena.
"I doubt it. I think the only person you can rely on is your brother. He'll get it out of her," said Heero simply.
"Well, I have to be leaving very soon. I won't be able to stay with H.J. So Heero, could you please do me a favor and look out for H.J. while I'm gone? I'll have to prepare for the engagement," said Relena in a strong holding tone.
"Yea, sure," answered Heero as he walked around the bed and over to her side. "You sure about this?" asked Heero in a gentle voice as he gently raised his hand to touch her face.
"I don't have any other choice, Heero," said Relena strongly. She knew what she had to do and she was willing to sacrifice her own happiness to achieve that goal.
"Then good luck," whispered Heero as he slowly brought her lips to his own. Quickly igniting the feelings he had felt when they had kissed before. Ever so slightly, Heero wrapped his arms around her waist and deepened the kiss, as if to say goodbye and Relena wrapped her arms around his neck. He felt every part of her touching his body and he hadn't felt anything like the feeling he was getting now. Her scent slowly floated to his nose as he inhaled a slow breath and her hands found its way to his dark chestnut brown hair that she had so longed to touch. Every bit of troubles they had been bothering about before had suddenly flew out the window, as if it had never existed at all. And every slight movement of his hands would send chills up and down her back. They could feel the heat of the moment rushing to their heads in bewilderment. And as if only in a moment it was all over.
Heero slowly parted from her and left the room. "Bye Relena," whispered Heero. Goodbye.
And for only one moment, did Relena realize she regretted her decision. Though she knew it was the right thing to do, deep down she couldn't help but think there was more to that kiss than a simple goodbye. And that just tortured her, because that wasn't just what she thought, it was what she was hoping for as well. And no matter what happened, she knew that it was the truth that she could never deny.
"M… mom?" suddenly came a weak whisper.
Relena quickly looked down and found H.J. starring at her through barely opened eyes.
"H.J. how are you feeling?" asked Relena softly.
"Where's Daddy?" asked H.J.
"He's out for the moment H.J. But he'll be back," smiled Relena.
"But I want Daddy now," H.J. pouted.
"He's a bit busy H.J. he has to find who hurt you," said Relena.
"But I want Daddy," said H.J. as his brows furrowed together.
"Tell you what, I'll get your father when you get better, O.K.?" asked Relena.
"But I am better, see?" said H.J. as he tried to get up but fell back down onto his bed.
"I see that you need your rest," said Relena.
"I've been sleeping the whole time, can't I see Daddy now? Please Mommy?" asked H.J.
"After you get something to eat and your skin color goes back to normal. Look, uh, Mommy has to go now so you better stay in bed until the doctors come, all right?" asked Relena.
"I don't like doctors," said H.J.
"Just stay in bed all right?" asked Relena as H.J. finally nodded in defeat. Relena smiled, "Good then, I'll see you later on then," said Relena as she left. After about five minutes, H.J. got out of bed.
"Good thing I had my fingers crossed," smiled H.J. as he tiptoed and reached the doorknob, slowly turning it and walked outside.
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"Hey guys, need some help?" asked a sudden feminine voice.
Duo, Quatre, Trowa and Wufei quickly turned around to see who it was.
"Ms. Noin, it's great to see you. How are you?" asked Quatre as he walked up to her, but suddenly he winced and fell.
"Quatre, what happened?" asked Noin in concern. But as she looked at the rest of them, she could see that it wasn't just Quatre that was affected by something. Duo was wincing and sweating as well and even Trowa and Wufei was loosing their emotionless faces that covered up their pain.
"What happened to you guys?" asked Noin as she helped Quatre up.
"We've been poisoned," answered Duo in disgust.
"But how?" asked Noin.
"Hilton and his men came and put us to sleep, then they poisoned us with something," answered Wufei in anger as he went back to work.
"We're trying to look for the antidote, but so far we've come up empty handed,' said Quatre as he went back to work.
"But why would Hilton be doing this?" asked Noin in surprise.
"Beats me, he's one crazy dude though," answered Duo.
"Maybe I can help," suggested Noin.
"You can try," said Trowa as he slowly tilted a chemical into another one. "Hey, Duo. Come over here, I think I might have found something for your genetics," said Trowa as slowly put down the glass on the table and brought out a needle.
"Did they allow you to work in the hospital lab?" asked Noin out of curiosity as she put on a lab coat.
"Yea, they did," answered Duo as he wrapped a rubber band around his upper arm and waited for Trowa to inject the substance.
"Wait, are you sure that's going to help? What if it kills him?" asked Noin.
"It's a risk we're willing to take. We were prepared to die long time ago and now that we've been poisoned, we're going to die eventually. So we might as well give it a try," answered Quatre as Noin nodded in understanding. Slowly she watched as the needle was injected into Duo's skin and the substance slowly drained into his blood stream. Trowa slowly pulled the needle out and went over to the big screen computer where Duo's genetics were shown.
"You see that? It'll take a few minutes to start working, but I think it's got the best chance so far to work. Take a look at your genetics Duo, see this here. This is what it used to be, but now with the poison, it's like this here. So by using this fluid, it should be able to cancel out the poison from you blood stream and bring you back to normal," said Trowa.
"Wow Trowa, I didn't know you knew that much about chemistry," said Duo in awe.
"I took it as part of my training," answered Trowa as he started working on Wufei's genetics.
"Um… Mr. Maxwell, where's my Daddy?" asked a sudden voice that was tugging on Duo's lab jacket.
"Hey there kid, you've got to be careful here. It's dangerous you know, why don't you run along now?" asked Duo as he slowly pushed H.J. out of the room.
"Not until I find Daddy," said H.J. with a pout.
"If that's how your father looked when he was your age, I'd say he must have been one cute kid. Of course, there's no way he'd be as cute as me of course," joked Duo.
"Where's my Daddy?" asked H.J. sternly.
"Duo, is he Relena's kid?" asked Noin suddenly.
"Yea, he is. A cute kid isn't he?" asked Duo with a gentle laugh.
"He looks a lot like Heero, well, Zechs will be arriving soon, so he'll be able to meet his uncle," smiled Noin as she started to laugh. She couldn't imagine the image of Zechs being an uncle with a kid that looked like Heero crawling all over him.
"Hey wait a minute, does that mean Heero's his father?" asked Noin.
"Yup, he's Heero's kid," said Duo.
"But when did that…" Noin trailed off.
"Don't know. I don't think they did anything, but we believe it somewhat connected to Hilton," answered Duo.
"How would, never mind, this is pointless. It'll be easier to get the answers from him personally, anyways," sighed Noin as she went back to work.
"You don't plan to ask him do you?" asked Duo.
"Maybe," answered Noin.
"I have an uncle?" asked H.J.
"You sure do kid. He's name is Milliardo Peacecraft and he's your mother's brother," smiled Duo.
"I want to meet him," smiled H.J.
"Good then, sit over there and wait for him to come alright kid?" asked Duo as H.J. nodded in excitement.
H.J. took his seat on a chair about 10 feet away from the lab and waited patiently for Zechs to arrive.
HeeroHeero quickly hurried down the halls of the hospital until he came to a door. As he had expected, it was locked. Heero quickly looked at the coding and soon figured out the code. '84163792' Heero quickly entered as the door slid open and let him enter. Heero quickly took in the appearance of the room, and the darkness. Usually his first attempt would be to start hacking on the computer, but knowing that he didn't have time to do so, and he already had all the information he needed. Heero quickly went straight for the basement, which led to the sewers. He knew some of Hilton's men were probably located there since that would allow him access to any section of the hospital, and easily target anyone. Heero slowly and silently made his way down to the sewers, and tried to ignore the smell that was filling the air. His mind and heart was still bugging him though. He tried to stay focused on what he was trying to do, his mission. But he just seemed to be wandering off back to the hospital room, where H.J. laid unconscious. And for only one moment, he remembered just how it felt to be around Relena. So close to her, yet knowing he was so far. It drove him crazy! He knew he had to stop the wedding, for the peace of the world. But deep down, he knew he had to stop the wedding, because his heart wanted her to be his. Not Hilton's.
Hilton… Heero thought angrily, letting a low growl escape from his lips. Hatred flushed through him, but he refused to let anger blind him, though it might already have.
"Why if it isn't the great Heero Yuy? I had a feeling you would be looking for me."
Heero quickly turned around and glared at the person in front of him. He knew it was just a hologram, but he felt anger take over him none-the-less. Heero could see from the corner of his eyes, Hilton's men gathering around him. There was no escape, but up.
"Too bad you won't be able to see the engagement really, but I had to make sure there would be no interruptions. As I know, Miss Relena is getting everything she needs for the engagement. But I'm sure you already know that. Such a pity, we could've used a man of skill such as yourself. But you devoted yourself to what you call justice and the sort. What you should've done was devote yourself to our cause. Well, that was your mistake, and your so-called friends, will still die because I will not give you the antidote. But you will have a much slower and painful death. First you'll be beaten, then you'll watch as everything you fought so hard for, go up in flames, then even your own son shall die crying for mercy. Then finally, you shall die yourself," smirked Hilton as he did one little wave goodbye and his image disappeared.
Not when I'm still standing, thought Heero as he closed his eyes and sensed Hilton's men come closer. Heero took one deep breath and jumped up onto the pipes up on the sewer and swung himself on the side of the surrounding circle. Quickly he pulled out his gun and pointed it right to the face of one of the men.
"Where is he?" asked Heero as his eyes flashed dangerously.
The man in front of him stood bravely while the rest cowered slightly as the glare Heero gave them all. "Where's who?" asked the man.
"Where is Hilton?" asked Heero again, not moving his gun from the man's chest.
"As you can see, he's not here. And you're out numbered, so if I die, the rest of my men will fight and they will win Heero YUY," said the man with a devious smile forming on his lips.
"Shows what you know," said Heero mirthlessly as grabbed the man in front of him and put the gun to his head.
Feeling the cold metal against his head, the man shuddered slightly. I will show no fear in the hands of the enemy, and I will die with honor to my name, he thought silently.
"All of you listen, and listen good. If any of you move, this guy here is going to have a VERY short life, then the rest of you will come to your down fall. You hear me?" asked Heero through his clenched teeth. He could see the men nod their heads slowly and he backed away and soon disappeared around a corner. Anger flared in him as he flung the man in his arm, against the wall.
"Listen, is this how you want to die? What are you fighting for?" asked Heero pinning the man to the wall with his gun pointed to his chest.
"I… I fight for what I believe is right. I fight so that my family won't have too, I fight because I know as long as I do, they won't die. Especially in the hands of rebels like your self," hissed the man as he spat at Heero's face.
Heero made no attempt to wipe it away. Just acted as if he hadn't even felt it. "Rebels like me? Family? Do you even know what you're fighting for?! Hilton has your mind brainwashed! You're fighting for a worthless cause. You're going to lose your life so that Hilton's plans can succeed! You're not fighting on behalf of your family!" said Heero dangerously.
"I don't know what you're implying at, sir. But I inform you that my family is NOT a worthless cause," said that man.
"What's your name?" asked Heero as he tried to calm down. It just wasn't like him to get so over worked up like this.
"My name is Kyle Worksright sir," answered the man.
"Kyle is it? Well let me tell you something. I fought every single day of my entire worthless life, and now that I'm finally at peace. People like Hilton come along and ruin everything. Do you know how that feels like? No, you probably don't. I fought with everything I had and with so much effort, that I didn't know what life would be like if I didn't know how to fight. I was fighting for peace of the colonies, and I'm not going to stand around idly by watching people as pathetic as you, thinking that you're doing the right thing, for peace to come and destroy it all. You fight, because that's what people like Hilton tell you too. Have you ever thought about what you think is right? You SAY you fight for your family, but is that what you're really fighting for? Or is it just because Hilton keeps saying it, huh? Tell me, is it worth all those lives?" asked Heero. His eyes, never blinking once. He fought and what he found was, he had a heart. But no one knew how long it took for him to find his; it didn't just come like it did for everyone else. It came with a cost, and it still left a scar deep within him. And now people that know what they have, take everything for granted and say they fight for their loved ones. Do they even know how great they had it? Do they know that they're going to die thinking that they had it great once, but wasted it on what was a lie?
"I… I… fight under the… My family is…" Kyle couldn't finish his sentence. Heero Yuy was right; maybe he didn't know what he was fighting for. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment before answering again. "My family is what I thought I was fighting for, but maybe I was wrong. We lived our lives day to day, just waiting for things to come to us. We never expected much, for we didn't want our hopes up. But then Hilton came along, and he told us we could have everything we could ever want. We refused of course, but then he told me that life wasn't fair with Miss Peacecraft at the head, and life would be splendorous if I had helped him. I guess I did it for greed, I guess using my family was just a cover up. And that puts my family to shame, but there's nothing I can do now to change my mistakes. So if you will, sir, end this here and now. Before things gets out of hand. Hilton has been moving around a lot lately, but I know that the wedding is to be held outside the Sanq Kingdom, and that his plans are to have H.J. dead after the wedding. Therefore, no one would get in his way, and Miss Peacecraft would be in misery and would be letting him do everything," said Kyle as he willingly gave Heero all the information he knew. He wasn't very high in ranking, but Hilton sometimes let things slip. "That's all I know, I wish I knew more, but I sorry to say, I don't. I'm sorry sir."
"That's all I need to know for now, tell your men to back away and forget this whole thing. Convinced them to leave Hilton's side if you can. It would be a way of correcting your mistakes," said Heero as he disappeared down the sewer and headed back up to the surface.
Kyle quickly headed back to his men and did as he was told, hoping that he could be forgiven for his mistakes.
In the LabDuo was taking a bit of a nap beside H.J. when he felt someone tugging at his lab jacket.
Duo quickly shot up and stretched a bit, he was feeling a lot better already. Trowa's antidote must be taking effect, thought Duo cheerfully. Slowly, Duo sat up and rubbed his eyes. When he looked up, he saw Zechs and a woman.
"Hey there Zechs, who's the girl?" asked Duo cheerfully.
"This is Sara Bosky," answered Zechs while eyeing the little kid that looked like Heero, sitting beside Duo.
"SARA BOSKY!" yelled Duo suddenly, getting up onto his feet. Quatre, Trowa and Wufei turned to see the woman that Heero had told them about before. Could it be?
"Yes, this is my friend, Sara Bosky. We met when we were young. Now who's the kid beside you?" asked Zechs questioningly.
"Oh, this is H.J. Relena's kid, also your nephew Zechs," answered Duo simply, as he looked at Sara untrustingly. But all she did was smile.
"Sara, this is Duo Maxwell, over there is Lucrezia Noin, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner and Chang Wufei," said Zechs introducing them as they all nodded. Noin smiled at her warmly while Trowa and Wufei looked at her untrustingly. Quatre had a look of confusion and conflicting emotions, as if unsure of what to think.
Sara smiled at them and quickly turned to look at the kid. There was a flash of shock that passed her face for a second, but was quickly covered up by a smile. "Hi there."
H.J. glared at the woman, it might have been funny to see the famous 'Heero Yuy death glare' perfected by the little kid at the moment, but knowing that Sara Bosky could be the woman who tried to kill H.J. Duo wasn't laughing.
"This is my nephew?" asked Zechs questioningly.
"Yes it is," answered Duo as he turned to face H.J. "H.J. this is your uncle Milliardo Peacecraft," said Duo gently.
H.J. stared at the man for a moment before smiling and running up to Zechs, hugging his leg tightly. "UNCLE!"
Zechs smiled and picked up the little kid, "You're pretty strong for your age," he commented before turning to face Noin. "Noin, may I ask you why my nephew looks like Heero Yuy?" asked Zechs.
"Trust me Zechs, you don't want to know right now," sighed Noin as she continued with the lab work.
"Oh? But I do," insisted Zechs, trying to control the anger rushing to his face as he smiled at H.J.
Relena"Miss Relena, you look magnificent!" squealed one of Relena's maids.
"Thank you Lizzy," said Relena stiffly.
"What's wrong Miss Relena? When there's a wedding, I thought the bride was supposed to be happy," said Lisa.
"Not this one," sighed Relena as she dismissed Lisa and Lisa nodded and headed towards the door.
"I'll see you later Miss Relena," smiled Lisa as she opened the door.
"Of course Lizzy," said Relena trying to smile but couldn't find herself able to.
When she was sure Lisa was out of earshot, she let out a yell to try to relieve herself. "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD WISHED FOR IN LIFE!" yelled Relena as she tried to calm down.
"What did you wish for in life?" asked a sudden voice in the shadows. Relena's heart stopped for a moment. She quickly turned around to see who it was, but all she saw was the outline of the person in the shadows. She was almost sure it was him, but it could be just because she was hoping it was him…
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I'm hope everyone enjoyed it so far. This chapter got deleted somehow so I had to rewrite it. It's not as good as it was before, but I hoe you liked it anyways. Please review and tell me what you think, because it really matters to me. I'd like to know what you think of it. Well, sorry for not updating sooner, I'll try to work on it more. And thanks for reading everybody! ^-^
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