Chapter Twenty Four

Everyone in the room was speechless. Could it be that Heero had actually recognised Relena? It did sound impossible since he was unable to recognise anyone else.

"Do you know who I am?" asked Relena hesitantly.

Heero seemed to think hard, then replied softly:

"I think so…It's the only name I remember…".

Sally's jaw dropped leaving her open-mouthed. This had been the longest sentence they had heard him say since they had found him. Lucrezia just did not know what to think.

"Is that why you couldn't kill me?" asked Relena, although she was trying not to get her hopes to high, could not help feeling all warm inside knowing that hers, was the only name Heero actually remembered.

"I'm not sure…I don't know what happened…" replied Heero very honest.

Listening to him, Relena thought that he sounded like a little boy, she felt her heart heavy in her chest seeing him so weak and defenceless. She vowed herself that, as long as she had energy, she would fight for him.

"Heero, you've been accused of doing something very wrong. Your actions will be judged by a jury on Earth. Do you understand what I'm saying?" Relena said like if she was talking to a small child.

"Yes" answered Heero.

"Sally, who will take care of him when he goes to Earth?" asked Relena suddenly realising that she was not going to be able to follow him.

"Don't worry about that Relena, I have contacted Dr David Greene, he's a neurosurgeon, and he's the best in his field…I've asked him to perform some test to assess the extend of the damage done to Heero's brain and, more importantly, how conscious he was when completing the missions assigned…" replied Sally.

"Thank you Sally…" said Relena feeling very tired. Her wound was starting to hurt again...

"You're welcome, now we have to leave. Relena, you should say goodbye to Heero. I think he's fit enough to travel now, Wufei will take care of him…" said Sally.

"Ok. Heero? I just wanted to say that…no matter what…I will do all I can to help you, ok?" whispered Relena.

Heero just nodded. Then Relena moved her hand to place it on one of his. Heero looked at her not understanding. Relena just smiled and, withdrawing her hand said:

"I will see you soon…".

The other doctor pushed Heero's wheelchair out of the room followed by Sally. Lucrezia, before leaving, turned and said:

"They will take care of him while you're here…Now, for once, worry about you and try to get better…".

Only a week later Relena began to be able to start having some liquids, was able to sit up and, sometimes, even to get up from bed. Sally was shocked that she was making so much improvement so quickly but, tried to get her to slow down not wanting her to overdo it. Relena just replied that she needed to get back to Earth as soon as possible. Wufei had left the day after Relena had spoken to Heero. Duo, Trowa and Quatre had left to their respective home colony shortly after that.

One night Lady Une called. She had good news and a very bad ones that left everyone feeling very anxious.

The good news were that Mr Valliant had been convicted life in prison, Mr Taylor and Mr Lacroix had to serve 30 years, their sentence had been reduced due to the fact that they had cooperated to help the Preventers to catch everyone from the group.

The bad news, the ones that caused a huge commotion were that, although they had found Dr J's body, they had not been able to locate Dr Pieter's.