Hello. Here's ch. 7.

Holding back ch7.

In the morning, Noin went to check on Relena. When she knocked on the door, there was no answer. She figured that Relena was asleep, so she opened the door to just make sure.

When Noin looked into the room, Relena's bed was empty. She called Relena's name, but there was no answer. She searched the bathroom, and then her room again for any sign of a kidnapping. But there was none.

Now, Noin was worried. She didn't know where Relena could have gone this early in the morning. 'Maybe she just went for a walk'. Noin decided not to say anything till she was sure something was wrong. When she was finished searching the mansion, she went outside. She searched the stables and the park. The only place she didn't look was Relena's favorite place…the gardens.

The sun was shining brighter than before. It was going to be a hot day. The gardens were large and were a lot of time to search.

The, Noin realized that the most likely place was the center of the gardens. When she got there, she didn't see Relena. That was until the sun's rays shown in the corner near the fountain.

Noin ran over to Relena. She tried to wake her with no success. She gently picked the girl up and walked as fast as she could back to the mansion. When she walked through the doors, she met up with Quatre.

"What happened?" he asked.

"I don't know. Go. Call a doctor. Quickly!"

Noin placed Relena on the couch.

As Quatre went to call a doctor, he bumped into Duo.

'Hey. What's wrong Quatre?'

" It's Relena. Go get Zechs."

"Right"

When the doctor arrived, everyone was downstairs. All of them, except Zechs and Noin were told to leave the room. Duo ran upstairs while the others tried to listen to the conversation on the other side of the door.

When Duo got upstairs, he went straight to his computer.

' I have to get him to come back. For Relena's sake.'

~~~~~Heero's apartment~~~~~

~Beep~~~beep~~

Heero awoke from his sleep. He saw a light flashing on his laptop. When opened it, he was greeted by a very concerned Duo.

"Hey. Heero. You there?"

" Yeah Duo" Heero said groggily.

" Hey it looks like you just woke up."

"Time change. What do you want?"

"You to come back."

"I can't. I'm busy."

"Busy! Busy!? Heero. I need you to come back. For Relena's sake." Duo said. He then sighed and continued, "Heero, listen to me. She's sick. While you've been away, she's been throwing her own life away. I think she's dying."

" what?"

"she's dying Heero."

"I'll come back as soon as I can. Take care of her Duo."

"you bet buddy."

When the screen became blank, Heero leaned his back against the wall. He couldn't imagine how Relena could have gotten so sick. He also didn't understand why she would throw her life away. Again he felt as if it was his fault.

~back at the peacecraft mansion

" well? How is she?" Duo asked the others when he came downstairs.

"not good." Quatre replied.

" her body has been deprived of nourishment for too long. He body can't holdout anymore." Trowa added.

" they took her to the hospital right before you came downstairs." Wufie said.

" when can we go see her?"

"later on tonight. Duo." Quatre said as he walked into the living room.

" hey. I thought you went too?" Trowa asked.

" someone needs to bring Relena some of her belongings." Noin said.

She the went upstairs to Relena's room to gather some things. She packed all the essentials. Clothes, hairbrush etc.

~a few hours later~

Noin decided it was about time, that she and the others go to see Relena. She was also worried about Zechs.

When they got there, Noin found Zechs sitting in the lounge. Apparently, no one was allowed in yet. Just then the doctor came in. he told them that they could see her, but only immediate family. The gundam pilots still tried to go see Relena, but the doctor was smarter than they thought.

"come-on! We are family! Let us through!" Duo shouted.

" sorry. Only immediate family."

" let us through!!" Duo yelled as he clenched a fist and was getting ready to punch the doctor.

Afraid of what the man might do, the doctor let them through. When they saw Relena, she was connected to all sorts of monitors and machines. It was not a very pleasant sight.

Noin sat down next to Zechs, who for the first time, cried. Quatre and the others stood around the room. Some prayed while others didn't know what to do.

" come on Zechs. It's late. You need to rest. Noin told her husband as she looked at the clock. Noin and Zechs left the room to go home. The others did the same.

Everyday or the next few weeks, the gundam pilots, Zechs, and Noin, went to see Relena. As usual, Zechs was reluctant as not to leave his sister's side. There was also the occasional visit by Hilde, Cathy, Sally, Une, and Dorothy. The only person the hasn't come was Heero.

~back at Heero's apartment~

Heero was trying even harder now to complete his mission. He had been on four official missions already, but this was the hardest. Right now, he was at the enemy's base. He had planted a few bombs to set off once he got out of there. But thing went completely wrong. He was spotted and if that wasn't bad enough, somehow, the bombs were reset to a timer.

As Heero ran to try and get away, his whole plan backfired. As he was running down a corridor, he heard the enemy coming. Since there was no place to hide, all he could do was run. Guns were fired. Heero was shot in his shoulder and in his legs several times. He was in excruciating pain, but it didn't stop him.

"shit!" he yelled as the time bomb went off, thus setting off the other bombs at the same time he was thrown into the air and landed a few feet away from where he originally was. Luckily, he was still alive and stopped the enemy.

When he made it home, he was in horrible pain. He was bruised, cut up and he had quite a few gunshot wounds. His training came in handy when he was able to clean himself up. He then, took some painkillers, (lots of them) and went to go to bed. Before he fell asleep, he decided he had had enough and was going to book a flight to the Sank Kingdom and go home.

When Heero woke up the next morning, he went on his computer and booked a flight. He wanted to get back soon, but he wanted to make sure he didn't look like he got the shit beat out of him either.

Sorry if this was short. Oh I do not own gundam wing or its characters either. Till next time. Bye!