For Rel
Note: I don't own Gundam Wing or the characters. I'm back from New Orleans, so on with the story!
It had been about nine o'clock in the morning when Sylvia awoke to let Heero back into the room did she notice that all his bags were gone. None of his personal items, clothes, or laptop remained in the room. "Should've known he would find a way inside the room without the key…" muttered Sylvia darkly until she noticed that she had only one of the key sets. "He had the other key!"
Taking a deep breath she got out of bed and went towards the shower to freshen up for her big day. Glancing at the phone she remembered that she was supposed to be meeting with her long time friend, Sage Cole, and his band, 'For Rel', for lunch that day. In her mind she was really regretting the fact that she was going have to cancel it, or at the very least tell Sage to come alone, she really just wanted to talk with him more than anything. Not to mention the fact she want to pump him for some information on those girls in his band, they seemed a bit out of place to her. Like they didn't belong in Italy or, at the very least, not in that bar.
I'm starting to think too much like Heero, suspecting every female that I see! Guess we need this little disconnection for a while, but I still hope that he'll give up that fantasy of his soon so that we can have a shot at a true relationship, thought Sylvia as she shook her head. "Call Sage later," she promised to herself.
Removing her night gown Sylvia began to run some warm water for her shower, to wake her up. Grabbing a towel she took a quick look at herself in the mirror. Her reflection showed a woman that was had the beginnings of wrinkles around her eyes and forehead, along with some fairly large bags under her eyes from the recent lack of sleep, and pale complexion from not having a chance to go outside and bask in the sunlight. She was beginning to look like a woman in her early thirties or late twenties when she was only 19 years old.
Now, I understand why Relena may have wanted to get away. Dealing with all those politics causes a young girl to look older rather than like her youthful self, noted Sylvia before getting in the tub and closing the curtain closed. A girl with everything going for her, on top of the world and the colonies, having brought a portion of this peace to everyone, and maintaining peace in the political arena. Why would she want to runaway from all of that? How come I'm wondering all of this?! These are things that the Preventers are supposed to be figuring out instead of just looking for a needle in a haystack.
There had been a few times during the last five months that Sylvia had taken Relena's position, temporarily, when she had thoughts of escaping. Whenever she finished such a thought she would always scold herself for thinking so selfishly and not of the people of the Earth and colonies. They needed her more than she needed a life, right? That was how things were supposed to work out in this world after all. Only problem was, she wanted to have her own life back someday, soon.
Having been through what could possibly called Hell, Duo found himself in England again, at the owner of the duplex that Relena had last called, again. Even after so many scandals from former famous people, the phone company just could never develop the concept of recording conversations. Than again, he always had to remind himself that he should never have taught Relena how to remove the bugs from the phones, but how was he supposed to know in the first place that she had removed the bug in her bedroom phone?! Anything associated with checking her bedroom was usually Heero's chore, yet it wasn't until about a week or two before Relena left, did Duo actually start doing the checking. Yet he never bothered with the phone, he thought she never used it.
He knocked on the door and waited patiently for the door to open. There was no movement inside the house at all, so Duo tried it again. Same response, silence. "What the hell…?" wondered Duo as he began to bang on the door.
"Pardon sir, but are you looking for the Petersons'?" came a questioning voice from behind Duo.
Turning around, Duo saw a male, about his age, on a tan mountain bike. The man had sandy blond hair, a face that was almost completely covered with freckles, and a wide grin. "You looking for the Petersons' there?" he repeated this time louder.
"Yes, do you know where they are?" nodded Duo stepping down from the porch and approaching the fellow.
"I should, they are my landlord and lady," the guy replied. "They went to Switzerland for their anniversary. Sorry, they left just a few days ago and won't be back until next week sometime."
"Damn it all to hell, I'm too late," scowled Duo as he began to ponder a bit. "Where do you live?"
"Me? I live up the block a few ways, that lovely sky blue duplex there," responded the man.
The same duplex that Relena had made her last call to, realized Duo as he glanced down the block at the duplex. "What's your name kid?"
"Jackson Lampe, but call me Jack, Mr.…?" supplied Jack raising an eyebrow at Duo.
"Maxwell, Duo Maxwell. I'm asking you these questions because I'm a preventer"-Duo flipped out his preventer badge-"I'm trying to locate Ms. Relena Peacecraft," explained the former gundam pilot. "Do you remember the name of the person living above you?"
"Oh yeah, Adem Witt and his brother Seige, yeah I remember them. Friendly guys, but a bit on the weird, hyper side at times," mentioned Jack to Duo.
"Adem Witt, you say? Are you certain that it wasn't Taye Chap?" inquired Duo remembering that the landlord had told him that the person renting the upper part of the duplex was a fellow named Taye Chap.
"Taye Chap? Never heard of him, I only knew of Adem and Seige Witt," shrugged Jack. "Plus, I don't even think that was their actual names because no one ever called them by those names. Of course I could be wrong."
"What did other people call them?" questioned Duo quite interested in what Jack had to say about these brothers that Relena obliviously knew.
"Don't know, I never heard it, but I know for a fact that it wasn't Adem or Seige," replied Jack getting ready to pedal off. "Hey…um…dude, I got to get going or my partner will kill me for being late. Catch you around sometime." With that said Jack left on his bike and began pedaling down the street than turned the corner.
Finally, a lead of some sort! Two brothers, and now I know that there was never a person living there named Taye Chap, or at least that wasn't his true name. Now, who could these Witt brothers be, and where? wondered Duo as he got out his cell phone and dialed a long distance number. "Hey babe, I got us some scratch. Apparently the guy that rented the upper half of the duplex had an alias, Adem Witt, and a brother, Seige Witt. …Could you please check them out for me? …What?! Why do you have to do the digging up on those 'For Rel' girls?! …I do not flirt with every cute girl I see! …Yeah, I'm going to be calling him next. …Love you too, babe."
Hanging up the cell phone Duo began to dial another long distance number but only got a busy signal from the other end. Doesn't he ever get off that damned laptop?! For God's sakes the man acts like he would die without being connected with the internet at all times! thought Duo heading to the rented car across the street.
It was too bad that Duo was so caught up in his own thoughts that he didn't bother to take notice of the ever watchful emerald green eyes that were observing his every move from around the corner. The figure pulled out a cell phone and dialed a number, whoever was on the other end picked up. "What?" came a voice.
"Gave him the information, Lena, now what?" asked the figure.
"Nothing but lay low for a while, okay?" the Vice Foreign Minister told the other person, sounding rather pleased and a bit giddy. "Thank you so much Jack, I owe you big time for this!"
"Hey, it's your game, I'm just providing some of the clues," smiled Jack. "Take care, you hear, Lena?!"
"Aye-ai, captain!" mocked Relena before hanging up.
Who is Relena poll:
Draca: 2
Salimar: 2
Lynn: 1