Chapter Twenty Six

Sally had just finished visiting Relena. She was almost ready to back to Earth. It was all due to her titanic efforts to get better as soon as possible. Sally had never seen anyone as stubborn as this petite blond girl.

She met Lucrezia in her office. Milliardo was out with some Preventers and a crew of his own men. They were looking for Dr Pieter. Coming in the office, the American Chinese doctor asked:

"Any news?"

"Not really. Milliardo contacted me two hours ago. They have been looking for him everywhere. It's pretty distressing, it seems he's vanished…" replied Lucrezia half worried, half sad.

"Are you worried he may still be alive?" asked Sally.

"Well, Duo said he shot him twice. Everyone saw him falling from quite high up. The problem is that nobody saw if his body landed somewhere. Everyone was far too worried about Relena and, they were also being shot…I guess the situation was far too chaotic…" explained Lucrezia.

"I guess so…Well, I was coming to tell you that Relena is getting much better now. Physically, she's almost fully recovered. Psychologically, I don't know, Relena is far to reserved and, I think that even if she was suffering, she would not let us know about it…I honestly think we'll never really know how she's feeling now…" said Sally looking very concerned.

"I know all about it. It's unbelievable how similar Milliardo's and Relena's personalities are. Sometimes I have the feeling that neither of them are truly showing their real self…I guess this comes from being royals…they were probably brought up like that…" commented Lucrezia.

Sally was going to reply when the videocom buzzed. Lucrezia replied. Then she turned around to say:

"Sally, it's for you. Is a Doctor David Greene…"

"Ah, thanks…" replied Sally sitting on a chair in front of the videocom.

Lucrezia left her alone and went to Milliardo's office to pick up some files. When she came back, her friend was sporting a huge smile.

"What's going on?" asked Lucrezia curious to hear what had made Sally so happy.

"Well, Dr Greene has performed the same series of tests we did here and has come to the same conclusion…Heero did not kill those men consciously. He had no conception of wrong and right. David has told me that it will be a piece of cake to convince the jury that Heero is not guilty for he is in a sort of hypnotic state…he said there is so much evidence that we'll have to take our pick…He also said that, and now this is the best bit, with a few medicines and the appropriate treatment, Heero may recover his normal self…He said that it will take all of Heero's willpower but, I said that this was Heero, that no one had as much willpower as he does…" explained excitedly Sally.

"I cannot agree with this Sally, Relena has more willpower than all of us together…" said Lucrezia.

"I guess you're right…in any case, I think we can be optimistic about the trial…I think I'll go and tell Relena…she'll be happy to hear it…" said Sally leaving the room and heading to the medical centre.

A few days later, Relena was getting ready to go back to Earth. Lucrezia came in her room without knocking. She was smiling so much that Relena thought she could see the older woman's wisdom teeth.

"Guess what?" Lucrezia said looking like a little girl.

"I don't know…" replied Relena smiling softly while finishing to put her shoes on, it felt incredibly good to be properly dressed again after almost a month.

"Mr Wright has called and, it's official, Heero's charges have been all dropped, as Dr Greene predicted, he has been pronounced not guilty by the jury on the basis that he was not in a fit state of mind so, Heero could not understand that, what he was doing, was wrong. Dr Greene has convinced the jury that with the right psychological treatment, Heero will be able to re-insert himself in society…"

Relena had to hold herself to the bed. She was so happy she could have fainted…ever since she had been shot, she had not quite been the same…Before it she never fainted, now she did it all the time…In any case she was so happy she gladly accepted Lucrezia's hug. Relena started crying but, this time of sheer happiness. For the first time in ages, she felt that now everything could be fixed.