Chapter Two: Revelations
Relena stared worriedly into her daughter's eyes, pleading for an explanation. Kai looked down. She pointed toward the window that was behind her mother and sniffled.
"He came through the window?" Kai nodded her head.
"Bad man hurt us and say mama die if we tell. Kokuun protect me and bad man take him. He give me a paper." Kai said slowly holding out the wrinkled paper to Relena. Relena hezatantly read it. When she was finished she pulled Kai closer.
Trowa came forward and took the note from Relena and read it aloud.
Dear Ms. Peacecraft,
I am sure that you are already well aware that I have your son. I will spare him further harm if in three days time you come to a specified location of my choosing. I will inform you of the place tomorrow afternoon. Don't even think to bring your precious body guards. If I even get the slightest hint that they are with you, the boy will die, and tricks at all, and he will die. I believe you understand. I will be watching this matter personally until then. Goodbye ms. Peacecraft. It's going to be a beautiful day.
There was no signature.
"What the hell is going on Relena? Who is he? Tell me!" Milliardo said, grabbing Relena's shoulders trying to force her to look at him. Kai tried to hit him away from her mother.
"Leave mommy alone!"
"I don't know who he is!" Relena cried. He was hurting her.
"The father, Relena. I misplaced my faith in you, to think that you had children, and you're unmarried. When did you get pregnant Relena? When you were twelve? Thirteen? Tell me!" Milliardo applied more pressure to her shoulders. Relena cried when he broke her collarbone.
"I don't know!" Relena looked him in the eyes, silently pleading with him. Milliardo let go, but looked even more distressed. He raised his hand to slap her, ignoring the screaming child holding his pant legs. Trowa and Wufei caught him and pulled him away from Relena. Heero and Quatre went to see if Relena was all right. Duo was trying to clear up this whole mess with some of the investigators who had taken to watching the show like some kind of sport.
"How Relena? You slept with a man without knowing him? Two children? Did you get together just for sex?" Milliardo was raging on, Wufei and Trowa still holding him in place. Relena was still crying while Heero checked for damages. Quatre was now trying to soothe Kai.
"She has a broken collarbone." Heero stated, no emotion in his voice that betrayed what he was feeling inside. 'How dare he hurt Relena! If he comes near Relena again I won't hesitate to make sure he can never come near her again.' He didn't give a second thought as to what his feelings were for her, all he knew was that she was in enough trouble with her child being kidnapped, having her brother tear her apart for having children or tearing her apart at all was not necessary or helpful to the matter.
Milliardo seemed to snap out of it upon hearing the damage he had caused. He had harmed his own sister. She may have done wrong, but there was nothing to be done about it. Noticing this, the boys let him go. He looked at his sister sadly. She was still whimpering about the pain. She was still trying to be strong.
"We will increase your personal security and take no chances. You will not leave your room and will have a guard with you in the room and with you at all times. No more than ten feet from you. You will explain everything, including how you met this man and what you could possibly have been thinking, after we find a way to find and rescue your son." Milliardo took his leave.
Relena looked up to see his retreating back. "Thank you." She whispered before she fell into the unconscience bliss.
^~^
Milliardo sat in his office with his head in his hands trying to digest all the events that had taken place. What would happen now? Relena's security had already been taken care of. Her personal guard was watching her at the moment and news people were already asking for meetings and appearances. He could only avoid them for so long. Noin had given him the 'verbal assult', he knew she would. She was the only one that could have made him feel any worse about hurting Relena. She also said that she would eventually tell him everything, and that maybe there was more to it than he realized. He waved the last comment off. What more could there be?
^*^
Relena woke up to a pounding head ache and a sore arm. Carefully using one arm she surveyed her surroundings. She was in her room. The window was closed, her baby blue drapes were drawn and she was safe in her cream colored bedding. Looking toward the door she noticed her new body guard sleeping in her armchair, arms crossed and legs spread apart. Typical Heero stance, wouldn't have it any other way. Her business papers that used to cover her desk that was positioned near the door were gone. Milliardo was probably going to take care of it. He must have felt really guilty. She had already forgiven him.
She looked down at the warmth beside her and smiled slightly. Kai was curled up next to her side, sleeping soundly. She had been bandaged and taken care of too. A bandaid on her wrist told her as much. Gently brushing a stray lock of hair away from her face she leaned down and kissed her check affectionately. Kai stirred a bit, a smile forming on her sleeping face. Relena couldn't help but smile too. How she wished that Kokuun was right there with her too. Curled up on her other side, safe with her, but it was not to be. The smile faded.
"You never answered his question." Heero stated as if he were never asleep.
"What?" Relena asked, returning his gaze.
"The father." Heero said. He didn't know why, but the feeling of longing and regret pulled at his heart. He wanted to kill the man for leaving her alone with two children and a possibly ruined career. 'Am I jealous?' Heero didn't think anymore about it. He waited for her answer.
"I want you to promise me that you won't tell anyone, I need to say it myself." Heero nodded his head. Relena continued, "Their father was a pilot in the war. He died defending Earth. I never met him. Their mother died while giving birth to Kai. When their father died they became homeless. I found them on the street. After two months they asked if they could call me mother. I said yes. Somehow I came to be exactly that."
An enormous weight seemed to be lifted for both of them. Relena was glad that he seemed to accept that. It almost looked like he was relieved. That's exactly how he felt. How could they have doubted her? She has always been so innocent. When would she have gotten pregnant without anyone noticing anyway? Twice?
"When will you tell him?"
"When my son is rescued I guess. He won't want to see me until then anyway. Heero? Do you think that he's okay?"
"What do you think? He is not my son." Heero said feigning indifference. What he was about to say was, 'he is not our son.' The realization of this statement hit him like a kick in the gut. 'I want him to be, as well as Kai. Relena would never accept me. I'm nothing.'
"I guess so. No, I know so. Thank you Heero." Relena gave him a genuine smile. Heero felt heat spread to unknown places. "In ways, Kokuun reminds me of you." Heero looked into her eyes, nodding for her to continue.
"He always tries to protect me. He doesn't share very many conversations with me. But whenever I do speak with him, I always feel better. He wants to be a warrior too. His hair resembles yours too." Relena said, staring at her folded hands, which lay in her lap.
"I see." Somehow just knowing that she thought that her son resembled him was a comfort. 'What is she doing to me? Relena.' Relena smiled a bit. Her cheeks began to glow red a bit.
"I think you would make a good father." It was Heero's turn to look away. 'I can't. If not with you.No, this needs to stop.'
"You should sleep, you need to rest."
"Thank you Heero. You're right. Goodnight." Relena yawned and pulled Kai closer with her uninjured arm. 'I love you Heero. Nothing will ever change that. I wish you were their father. I can only dream. I'm nothing.'
Relena drifted off to sleep.
Next time, Chapter Three:
"Where the hell is he?" Milliardo yelled at the downcast form of Quatre, who had been elected to the Milliardo the bad news. 'Why did it have to be my turn?'
"We don't know." Milliardo pounded his desk.
"That's not good enough!"
Relena stared worriedly into her daughter's eyes, pleading for an explanation. Kai looked down. She pointed toward the window that was behind her mother and sniffled.
"He came through the window?" Kai nodded her head.
"Bad man hurt us and say mama die if we tell. Kokuun protect me and bad man take him. He give me a paper." Kai said slowly holding out the wrinkled paper to Relena. Relena hezatantly read it. When she was finished she pulled Kai closer.
Trowa came forward and took the note from Relena and read it aloud.
Dear Ms. Peacecraft,
I am sure that you are already well aware that I have your son. I will spare him further harm if in three days time you come to a specified location of my choosing. I will inform you of the place tomorrow afternoon. Don't even think to bring your precious body guards. If I even get the slightest hint that they are with you, the boy will die, and tricks at all, and he will die. I believe you understand. I will be watching this matter personally until then. Goodbye ms. Peacecraft. It's going to be a beautiful day.
There was no signature.
"What the hell is going on Relena? Who is he? Tell me!" Milliardo said, grabbing Relena's shoulders trying to force her to look at him. Kai tried to hit him away from her mother.
"Leave mommy alone!"
"I don't know who he is!" Relena cried. He was hurting her.
"The father, Relena. I misplaced my faith in you, to think that you had children, and you're unmarried. When did you get pregnant Relena? When you were twelve? Thirteen? Tell me!" Milliardo applied more pressure to her shoulders. Relena cried when he broke her collarbone.
"I don't know!" Relena looked him in the eyes, silently pleading with him. Milliardo let go, but looked even more distressed. He raised his hand to slap her, ignoring the screaming child holding his pant legs. Trowa and Wufei caught him and pulled him away from Relena. Heero and Quatre went to see if Relena was all right. Duo was trying to clear up this whole mess with some of the investigators who had taken to watching the show like some kind of sport.
"How Relena? You slept with a man without knowing him? Two children? Did you get together just for sex?" Milliardo was raging on, Wufei and Trowa still holding him in place. Relena was still crying while Heero checked for damages. Quatre was now trying to soothe Kai.
"She has a broken collarbone." Heero stated, no emotion in his voice that betrayed what he was feeling inside. 'How dare he hurt Relena! If he comes near Relena again I won't hesitate to make sure he can never come near her again.' He didn't give a second thought as to what his feelings were for her, all he knew was that she was in enough trouble with her child being kidnapped, having her brother tear her apart for having children or tearing her apart at all was not necessary or helpful to the matter.
Milliardo seemed to snap out of it upon hearing the damage he had caused. He had harmed his own sister. She may have done wrong, but there was nothing to be done about it. Noticing this, the boys let him go. He looked at his sister sadly. She was still whimpering about the pain. She was still trying to be strong.
"We will increase your personal security and take no chances. You will not leave your room and will have a guard with you in the room and with you at all times. No more than ten feet from you. You will explain everything, including how you met this man and what you could possibly have been thinking, after we find a way to find and rescue your son." Milliardo took his leave.
Relena looked up to see his retreating back. "Thank you." She whispered before she fell into the unconscience bliss.
^~^
Milliardo sat in his office with his head in his hands trying to digest all the events that had taken place. What would happen now? Relena's security had already been taken care of. Her personal guard was watching her at the moment and news people were already asking for meetings and appearances. He could only avoid them for so long. Noin had given him the 'verbal assult', he knew she would. She was the only one that could have made him feel any worse about hurting Relena. She also said that she would eventually tell him everything, and that maybe there was more to it than he realized. He waved the last comment off. What more could there be?
^*^
Relena woke up to a pounding head ache and a sore arm. Carefully using one arm she surveyed her surroundings. She was in her room. The window was closed, her baby blue drapes were drawn and she was safe in her cream colored bedding. Looking toward the door she noticed her new body guard sleeping in her armchair, arms crossed and legs spread apart. Typical Heero stance, wouldn't have it any other way. Her business papers that used to cover her desk that was positioned near the door were gone. Milliardo was probably going to take care of it. He must have felt really guilty. She had already forgiven him.
She looked down at the warmth beside her and smiled slightly. Kai was curled up next to her side, sleeping soundly. She had been bandaged and taken care of too. A bandaid on her wrist told her as much. Gently brushing a stray lock of hair away from her face she leaned down and kissed her check affectionately. Kai stirred a bit, a smile forming on her sleeping face. Relena couldn't help but smile too. How she wished that Kokuun was right there with her too. Curled up on her other side, safe with her, but it was not to be. The smile faded.
"You never answered his question." Heero stated as if he were never asleep.
"What?" Relena asked, returning his gaze.
"The father." Heero said. He didn't know why, but the feeling of longing and regret pulled at his heart. He wanted to kill the man for leaving her alone with two children and a possibly ruined career. 'Am I jealous?' Heero didn't think anymore about it. He waited for her answer.
"I want you to promise me that you won't tell anyone, I need to say it myself." Heero nodded his head. Relena continued, "Their father was a pilot in the war. He died defending Earth. I never met him. Their mother died while giving birth to Kai. When their father died they became homeless. I found them on the street. After two months they asked if they could call me mother. I said yes. Somehow I came to be exactly that."
An enormous weight seemed to be lifted for both of them. Relena was glad that he seemed to accept that. It almost looked like he was relieved. That's exactly how he felt. How could they have doubted her? She has always been so innocent. When would she have gotten pregnant without anyone noticing anyway? Twice?
"When will you tell him?"
"When my son is rescued I guess. He won't want to see me until then anyway. Heero? Do you think that he's okay?"
"What do you think? He is not my son." Heero said feigning indifference. What he was about to say was, 'he is not our son.' The realization of this statement hit him like a kick in the gut. 'I want him to be, as well as Kai. Relena would never accept me. I'm nothing.'
"I guess so. No, I know so. Thank you Heero." Relena gave him a genuine smile. Heero felt heat spread to unknown places. "In ways, Kokuun reminds me of you." Heero looked into her eyes, nodding for her to continue.
"He always tries to protect me. He doesn't share very many conversations with me. But whenever I do speak with him, I always feel better. He wants to be a warrior too. His hair resembles yours too." Relena said, staring at her folded hands, which lay in her lap.
"I see." Somehow just knowing that she thought that her son resembled him was a comfort. 'What is she doing to me? Relena.' Relena smiled a bit. Her cheeks began to glow red a bit.
"I think you would make a good father." It was Heero's turn to look away. 'I can't. If not with you.No, this needs to stop.'
"You should sleep, you need to rest."
"Thank you Heero. You're right. Goodnight." Relena yawned and pulled Kai closer with her uninjured arm. 'I love you Heero. Nothing will ever change that. I wish you were their father. I can only dream. I'm nothing.'
Relena drifted off to sleep.
Next time, Chapter Three:
"Where the hell is he?" Milliardo yelled at the downcast form of Quatre, who had been elected to the Milliardo the bad news. 'Why did it have to be my turn?'
"We don't know." Milliardo pounded his desk.
"That's not good enough!"
