DECLAIMER: I don't own Gundam Wing, songs, games, etc. that¡¦s mention in the story Everything that's copyright, I don't own it! I only own the plot. This has the normal pairing: HY/RP, DM/HS, TB/MU, WC/SP. This is my first fanfic so don¡¦t flame me.

A/N: It has been so long since I posted this. I hope that you¡¦ll enjoy it.

Illusion or Reality-ch8

Relena and Midii started at each other. There were only dim lights to illuminate the half-flooded room. How long? They didn¡¦t know. But there was one thing that they are sure of.

Merian had died.

They were there when the base started shaking; when heated hot metals fell into the water and cooled with steam coming off from it during the process. Both of them knew what happened, at least figured most of it out.

Merian was planting explosives to blow the sealed gate open. But she ran after Midii, after Midii called and Relena fell into the bottom of the base-where they are now. Maybe she saw the Osteosis coming and pressed the detonation button as she jumped down the broken bridge.

Maybe.

But reality is harsh and their hopes began to fade as time goes by. Neither of them knew what to do: try to find a way back up and try to find her, hoping that she is still alive; or to keep going, assuming that Merian is dead.

Midii stood there thinking, as water dripped down from her bangs. She knew that she should keep going, or else she might put Relena and herself in danger. But she couldn¡¦t bring herself to it. The thought of Merian being dead is too overwhelming. My emotions are toying with me, she realized. But she can¡¦t control it or fight it. It¡¦s a losing battle. It¡¦s the number one ¡¥not-to-do¡¦ rule as being a spy; don¡¦t get emotional; it could only get you killed.

That¡¦s why she never wanted to make any friends or to trust anybody. She understands her emotions and feared it because¡K.she can¡¦t get rid of it, it¡¦s a losing battle. Thinking about it only would made it worst. She made up her mind.

"We have to go," Midii urged, although she felt like she was about to have a mental breakdown. She wanted to scream and cry, but she know better than that. Breaking down won¡¦t do any good to this situation or to any situation.

"How could you!" Relena yelled, "Merian could still be alive but hurt."

Midii sighed, shereally don¡¦t need this. "Open your eyes Relena. Merian is dead and there¡¦s nothing we can do about it. They only thing we can do are to stay alive. I am sure that¡¦s what she wanted or wished us to do."

Tears started coming of Relena¡¦s face, how could she be so cold? Was all those years of friendship meant nothing, absolutly nothing to her/ She¡¦s so¡K

"Cold-blooded."

Relena covered her mouth as the word came out. She can¡¦t believe that she said it out-loud. She glanced at Midii, hoping that Midii won¡¦t get mad at her¡KBut it was the exact opposite. Midii was shaking, she hold her hands into fists. Relena watched as Midii stared at her. Immediately regret about her accidental outburst. The hurt shown on Midii¡¦s face was just too much. Her expression changed from hurt to anger and from anger to loneliness, and loneliness to cold.

Relena swallowed, she felt as if buckets of cold, icy water were pouring onto her. She shivered. She even thought that Midii wanted to kill her. Of all the people in the world, she can never understand why Midii acted the way she did. In some ways, they even might be alike, but quickly declined the thought. To her, Midii is a mystery. All she knew is that Midii know a lot more about this place and about everything else than her¡K.

"You think that I am happy that she¡¦s dead!" Midii yelled, her voice echoed through the silent hall. "If it weren¡¦t for you, we wouldn¡¦t even be in this mess."

Relena was shocked; sure she was expecting some sort of reaction from her, but this? Midii can change from being cold to emotional in only a few seconds. She knew she should just be quiet and let Midii release her emotions, that she had been holding for¡Kwell, Relena didn¡¦t exactly know for how long, but long.

But her own problems and emotions got the better of her.

"What, so now you are blaming everything on me!" Relena screamed at the top of her lungs. "I never wanted to come here in the first place. Do you know how many responsibilities I have to carry everyday!! No wait, I forgot you aren¡¦t even a damn politician." There she did it; finally she was able to do a thing that no one allowed her to do. She said ¡¥damn¡¦.

Midii lifted her right arm, when they (Relena and herself) heard a lot of splashing sounds. They can only think of one thing could make it.

Osteosis.

Midii and Relena quickly swam away from the sound as it got louder. Midii quickly felt something solid as she swam, she touched it and realized quickly that it was the rail for an ascending staircase. She yelled to get Relena¡¦s attention as they both pushed themselves up from the water; going onto the upper floor.

Midii quickly took out her flashlight and her revolver as she scanned for any movements in the water. She tossed the heat detector to Relena. Relena opened the flap and swore. She doesn¡¦t give a damn anymore. Right now, the most important thing is to survive, not to worrying about her reputation of being the Vice Foreign Minster. What difference does it make, if she is going to die anyway. Why not do something wild and laugh about it later, then to regret about not doing it. Besides in here, who would listen or cared if she did broke a few rules of "not to dos¡¦ for being an important symbol of the world?

"What?" Midii asked, still looking for any movements.

"The heat detector." Relena said quietly.

"What about it?" Midii asked eyeing back and forth.

"It must be broken." Relena said shakily. "It said that there are at least thousands of heated bodies moving toward us."

"I didn¡¦t see anything¡K" Midii said, moving her flashlight around the compartment.

"They stopped moving." Relena said. "They were moving but stopped when your flashlight¡K"

"Give me your rifle."

Relena handed her weapon to Midii, Midii passed her flashlight to Relena, she quickly aimed straight ahead, and she used her left hand to steady her rifle as she fired. Relena couldn¡¦t see a point in this; she knew that Midii was aiming the rifle at nothing at all; unless Midii have super good eye sight and the ability to see perfectly fine in the dark, which she doubt Midii had. Midii shot a few times at the same direction then shifted the rifle to her left and fired.

The result was something that Relena can never forget.

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