AN - Ok, an overwhelming response to that query. You get what you wanted.
But I'm not putting Catherine and Trowa together, they are related and that
would just be incest!
Relena opened her eyes. She blinked hard to try to make all the shapes and colours that swam in front of her face come into focus. She was vaguely aware of some discomfort in her back and of other people moving around her.
She groaned as she became fully aware of the dull ache that ran through her body. She blinked again and was rewarded with a better view of everything around her.
"Hello Relena." A voice from over her said. Relena looked up and saw a face looking down on her. She could see very dark hair. She blinked one more time and finally shook of the last effects of her sedatives. She stared up at the face of Lucrezia Noine.
"I know you." She said blankly, not quite aware of what she was saying. "You're that pretty lady who is married to the man with the long blonde hair." She smiled.
Noine smiled too. "Yes I am. I was wondering when you would wake up."
"Have I been asleep?" Relena asked groggily.
"Sort of." Noine began to manoeuvre Relena so she was able to drink some water. The water cleared Relena's mind fully. "You've been unconscious ever since the night of the rescue." Noine explained gently. "You were shot and nearly drowned."
"What?" Relena asked, trying to sit up unaided. She winced as a pain shot up and down her spine.
"Here." Noine helped her to establish a sitting position where she wasn't uncomfortable. "You were shot in the back. You were lucky, the bullet did very little actually damage, only tore a few muscles. But you lost a lot of blood."
Relena thought for a moment then the events of that fateful night came back to her. "Miss Noine. What happened? Where are the other girls? Were we recaptured?"
"Far from it." The joy on Noine's face was evident now. "You are a little behind the times Relena. When you fell into the water after being shot, Heero rescued you. He and Zechs got you to a boat and rowed away. All of us escaped from the guards. Hilde and I sabotaged any other boats in the area so they could not follow until we had got a good head start.
Anyway, you regained consciousness for a few minutes on the boat but then blacked out again. We rowed long into the night until we reach Sandy Island, our destination. We set up camp there and were lucky enough to find a doctor willing to treat you and not ask many questions.
We were afraid that the inhabitants of Sandy Island would turn us in to the officials when they found out that we were escapees. But far from it. Unbeknownst to the whole world the inhabitants of Sandy Island gave women equal rights years ago and no one ever found out. They were more than happy to offer us shelter.
Word spread that the women of The Fort had rebelled and similar things began to happen all over the world. Women rose up against their oppressors and men who were sick of the inequality helped them. Only a few people stood up to the women and they were soon done away with."
"So, everything has changed?" Relena asked. "In just three days."
"Everything changed within two." Noine smiled. "I can still hardly believe it myself."
"So The Fort." Relena asked.
"Burned to the ground by our fellow villagers." Noine said. "I can't believe how fortunate we were. Lady Luck was really smiling on us."
"And the others." Relena asked.
"All fine. Very well in fact." Noine grinned as if hiding a secret. "We are all more than happy to be free. And we have made some surprise discoveries. Your friend Catherine from the fought is actually the sister of Trowa Barton, who helped to rescue you all."
"Really?" Relena asked. "How wonderful. She was always talking about her long lost brother. I'm pleased they have found each other."
"That's not all." Noine said mysteriously. "When you were in a critical condition you needed a blood transfusion, but we had to find someone who would be suitable to donate blood. Everyone rallied to the cause and a perfect match was found. A match so perfect we have determined that you are related. Brother and sister in fact!"
"What?" Relena asked. "You mean I have a brother?"
"You do." Noine said. "Zechs will be very happy to know that his little sister is finally awake. You two have a lot of catching up to do!"
Relena sat still for a while; she could not believe that Zechs was her brother! She hadn't even known that she had had a brother. "Where am I?" She asked eventually.
"The hospital on Sandy Island. None of us have left yet. We arrived together and we all want to go home together. We are planning to travel back to our village by boat as soon as you are well enough. Apparently a lot of people want to meet us, but whilst we remain here they will not come and get us. It's for the best."
Noine got up and crossed to the door. "If you have any more questions you can look at those newspapers." She indicated a pile of newspapers next to Relena's bed. All of them featured the entire story of The Women of The Fort. Relena's eye fell on a large headline entitled "Relena's Struggle."
Noine opened the door and left the room. A second later she popped her head back around the door. "You have a visitor." She said. Relena looked up just in time to see Heero enter the room and shut the door behind him. He crossed quickly to the bed and stood there awkwardly.
"Hello." Relena said presently.
Heero grunted, his bedside manner lacked a little finesse to say the very least!
"I'm told that I owe my life to you." Relena said after a while. "Noine told me you rescued me when I fell into the water."
Heero nodded, still standing next to her bed.
Relena found his sudden apprehension frustrating. "Thank you." She said simply. "Would you like to sit down?"
Heero didn't move.
"In that case, would you please leave me?" She asked hotly. "I want to read these stories in peace and I'm very tired."
Heero looked at her, revealed a bunch of red roses in his hand and placed them silently on her bedside table, and then he turned his back on her and walked towards the door. Relena read the card attached to the flowers. It read,
'Please forgive me; I'm not good with words. But I have always found that one action is worth a thousand words, so I thought that these flowers would show my feelings.'
Heero had reached the door and was pulling it open. Relena read on.
'You are a truly wonderful person and I very much hope that we see each other again after all this is over. I never wanted you to die because I care about you very much. If you don't feel the same way then let me leave and do not say another word to me. If you do feel the same.' Here the writing ended abruptly.
Heero was opening the door. Relena thought quickly. If she didn't want to see him again, then she should just let him leave right now. Never say another word to him.
"Well, aren't you going to get me a vase for these flowers?" She asked. Heero stopped and turned to her. "I mean, they'll die if they don't have water." He smiled at her and her heart gave a tiny leap. "And after you have done that you can come over here and tell me exactly what happened a couple of nights ago. I want to know what we are famous for. Then, if I'm not oo tired, we can talk about what we are going to do when we get home. I for one can think of a few things."
She looked at Heero saucily and winked at him. The smile on his face could have made a glacier melt, it was so warm. As he came over and took the flowers from her their hands brushed together. They smiled at each other again and Relena couldn't stop her heart from leaping as she watched Heero walk away to find a vase, because she knew that he would come back, and this time it wasn't because he was going to save her life.
THE END
AN - so what did you think? Did you enjoy it? Sorry to disappoint but I'm not planning a sequel to this, I'd prefer to leave this story where it is. If you liked this story you might want to try to read 'Demons of the Night', it's my other current fanfic and it is really good, even though the summary sounds bad. I have great plans for it and among them may be a Heero/Relena romance.please read it!
Lozzie
Relena opened her eyes. She blinked hard to try to make all the shapes and colours that swam in front of her face come into focus. She was vaguely aware of some discomfort in her back and of other people moving around her.
She groaned as she became fully aware of the dull ache that ran through her body. She blinked again and was rewarded with a better view of everything around her.
"Hello Relena." A voice from over her said. Relena looked up and saw a face looking down on her. She could see very dark hair. She blinked one more time and finally shook of the last effects of her sedatives. She stared up at the face of Lucrezia Noine.
"I know you." She said blankly, not quite aware of what she was saying. "You're that pretty lady who is married to the man with the long blonde hair." She smiled.
Noine smiled too. "Yes I am. I was wondering when you would wake up."
"Have I been asleep?" Relena asked groggily.
"Sort of." Noine began to manoeuvre Relena so she was able to drink some water. The water cleared Relena's mind fully. "You've been unconscious ever since the night of the rescue." Noine explained gently. "You were shot and nearly drowned."
"What?" Relena asked, trying to sit up unaided. She winced as a pain shot up and down her spine.
"Here." Noine helped her to establish a sitting position where she wasn't uncomfortable. "You were shot in the back. You were lucky, the bullet did very little actually damage, only tore a few muscles. But you lost a lot of blood."
Relena thought for a moment then the events of that fateful night came back to her. "Miss Noine. What happened? Where are the other girls? Were we recaptured?"
"Far from it." The joy on Noine's face was evident now. "You are a little behind the times Relena. When you fell into the water after being shot, Heero rescued you. He and Zechs got you to a boat and rowed away. All of us escaped from the guards. Hilde and I sabotaged any other boats in the area so they could not follow until we had got a good head start.
Anyway, you regained consciousness for a few minutes on the boat but then blacked out again. We rowed long into the night until we reach Sandy Island, our destination. We set up camp there and were lucky enough to find a doctor willing to treat you and not ask many questions.
We were afraid that the inhabitants of Sandy Island would turn us in to the officials when they found out that we were escapees. But far from it. Unbeknownst to the whole world the inhabitants of Sandy Island gave women equal rights years ago and no one ever found out. They were more than happy to offer us shelter.
Word spread that the women of The Fort had rebelled and similar things began to happen all over the world. Women rose up against their oppressors and men who were sick of the inequality helped them. Only a few people stood up to the women and they were soon done away with."
"So, everything has changed?" Relena asked. "In just three days."
"Everything changed within two." Noine smiled. "I can still hardly believe it myself."
"So The Fort." Relena asked.
"Burned to the ground by our fellow villagers." Noine said. "I can't believe how fortunate we were. Lady Luck was really smiling on us."
"And the others." Relena asked.
"All fine. Very well in fact." Noine grinned as if hiding a secret. "We are all more than happy to be free. And we have made some surprise discoveries. Your friend Catherine from the fought is actually the sister of Trowa Barton, who helped to rescue you all."
"Really?" Relena asked. "How wonderful. She was always talking about her long lost brother. I'm pleased they have found each other."
"That's not all." Noine said mysteriously. "When you were in a critical condition you needed a blood transfusion, but we had to find someone who would be suitable to donate blood. Everyone rallied to the cause and a perfect match was found. A match so perfect we have determined that you are related. Brother and sister in fact!"
"What?" Relena asked. "You mean I have a brother?"
"You do." Noine said. "Zechs will be very happy to know that his little sister is finally awake. You two have a lot of catching up to do!"
Relena sat still for a while; she could not believe that Zechs was her brother! She hadn't even known that she had had a brother. "Where am I?" She asked eventually.
"The hospital on Sandy Island. None of us have left yet. We arrived together and we all want to go home together. We are planning to travel back to our village by boat as soon as you are well enough. Apparently a lot of people want to meet us, but whilst we remain here they will not come and get us. It's for the best."
Noine got up and crossed to the door. "If you have any more questions you can look at those newspapers." She indicated a pile of newspapers next to Relena's bed. All of them featured the entire story of The Women of The Fort. Relena's eye fell on a large headline entitled "Relena's Struggle."
Noine opened the door and left the room. A second later she popped her head back around the door. "You have a visitor." She said. Relena looked up just in time to see Heero enter the room and shut the door behind him. He crossed quickly to the bed and stood there awkwardly.
"Hello." Relena said presently.
Heero grunted, his bedside manner lacked a little finesse to say the very least!
"I'm told that I owe my life to you." Relena said after a while. "Noine told me you rescued me when I fell into the water."
Heero nodded, still standing next to her bed.
Relena found his sudden apprehension frustrating. "Thank you." She said simply. "Would you like to sit down?"
Heero didn't move.
"In that case, would you please leave me?" She asked hotly. "I want to read these stories in peace and I'm very tired."
Heero looked at her, revealed a bunch of red roses in his hand and placed them silently on her bedside table, and then he turned his back on her and walked towards the door. Relena read the card attached to the flowers. It read,
'Please forgive me; I'm not good with words. But I have always found that one action is worth a thousand words, so I thought that these flowers would show my feelings.'
Heero had reached the door and was pulling it open. Relena read on.
'You are a truly wonderful person and I very much hope that we see each other again after all this is over. I never wanted you to die because I care about you very much. If you don't feel the same way then let me leave and do not say another word to me. If you do feel the same.' Here the writing ended abruptly.
Heero was opening the door. Relena thought quickly. If she didn't want to see him again, then she should just let him leave right now. Never say another word to him.
"Well, aren't you going to get me a vase for these flowers?" She asked. Heero stopped and turned to her. "I mean, they'll die if they don't have water." He smiled at her and her heart gave a tiny leap. "And after you have done that you can come over here and tell me exactly what happened a couple of nights ago. I want to know what we are famous for. Then, if I'm not oo tired, we can talk about what we are going to do when we get home. I for one can think of a few things."
She looked at Heero saucily and winked at him. The smile on his face could have made a glacier melt, it was so warm. As he came over and took the flowers from her their hands brushed together. They smiled at each other again and Relena couldn't stop her heart from leaping as she watched Heero walk away to find a vase, because she knew that he would come back, and this time it wasn't because he was going to save her life.
THE END
AN - so what did you think? Did you enjoy it? Sorry to disappoint but I'm not planning a sequel to this, I'd prefer to leave this story where it is. If you liked this story you might want to try to read 'Demons of the Night', it's my other current fanfic and it is really good, even though the summary sounds bad. I have great plans for it and among them may be a Heero/Relena romance.please read it!
Lozzie