A Childhood Promise
Chapter 10

 To be alone and outcast from everyone else seems to be everyone's worst nightmare, although it could benefit some…

 Hundreds of mobile suits exploded to her left as Lady Une stepped off the plane. She couldn't really see them, but she could definitely see the bright yellow flames, being mirrored off the metal walls of the hangar. It was disgusting, yet strangely beautiful. Lady Une unconsciously felt her stomach. It was the secret she would wait until Trieze got back from the battle that she would tell. She had been feeling a bit dizzy on the plane… in fact, she still was.

 "Trowa, Quatre, I want you two to go get the Gundams. Notify me when you've found them, and  I'll take off, you can leave on them. I'll stay in the plan and keep watch." The two commanders nodded and ran off, their footsteps barely even heard. Lady Une walked back into the plane and sat back, all the while keeping an eye out for Mars soldiers. Still, she left her imagination fly.

 "Mariamaia…" she decided. That would be a perfect name.

 Just then, her musing was interrupted when there was a beep from the control panel. "Lady Une here." She said automatically pressing the flashing button. Quatre and Trowa's faces appeared. That was quick.

 "The two Gundams are here, we'll fly them into battle." Trowa said, in his monotone voice. Lady Une nodded.

 "I'll head back and contact Relena. Be safe." And with that, she turned the small ship around and flew back towards earth. Pressing the familiar pattern of buttons, a young soldier's face popped up, a little wary, a little fearful.

 "Let me speak to Mistress Darlian." The girl nodded and the screen blipped for a second before Relena's face could be seen. "Relena, Trowa and Quatre have found the last two Gundams. They are heading out to battle right now."

 "Two?" was the reply. It was as if she hadn't been expecting it.

 "Yes, two. There are three in the battlefield." She paused for a moment, "aren't there?"

 "Trieze said there were only two..." At that moment, the new boy, the one with wild brown hair and Prussian blue eyes appeared, and picked Relena up. Relena squirmed, but the soldier's hold was strong and unyielding.

 "Mistress, there's been a bomb planted under the manor. I have to get you out." With that, the connection was terminated and Lady Une sat there, stunned. When had this happened? How? Their headquarters was the most secure it could be… then there's the possibility of a traitor.

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Maybe he couldn't kill her, but until he could, Heero could satisfy himself with this. He had planted a time bomb for everyone to find, and ran out with the girl before it exploded. Darlian held onto him tightly as he ran across the meadow. After he had explained the situation, she had calmed down and let him hold her.

 The headquarters was going to blow, taking hundreds with it. Then, he could hide out with Relena until he figured out how to overcome whatever it was holding him back, and kill her. Trieze and his lady were to come back and hide, or fight to the death in this battle. Earth's army was being divided, and that was enough for now.

 Spying a car not too far away, Heero slipped Relena into it, and drove off, hoping to make it clear enough away so she couldn't see the explosion. She sat quietly in the passenger seat, before finally drifting off. Heero ignored it, and instead concentrating on the road.

 He never noticed that the Earth's headquarters never exploded. His mind was too occupied.

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 "No!" The short gasp came from Dorothy, on her left screen. No doubt someone she knew had died… that wasn't good. She would fight, not knowing who was her enemy or friend, not really caring. It had happened once before when her Uncle had died.

 "Dorothy, stay calm." Hilde tried to hide the crackle in her voice, even though it would've done no good. Dorothy's eyes burned with hate, fury, and sadness. Her hands gripped the controls and twitched. "Dorothy?" Her entire mobile suit was now turned towards the blonde's and they floated in space for a split second before Dorothy's rage got the better of her. She was passed Hilde in a second, with her guns out and ready.

 "No, wait!" Hilde wanted to get close, but there was no way she could without damaging someone. Her best bet was to injure Dorothy, then drag her back to base. Of course, she could take out quite a few Earthlings, but she'd take out just as many Martians. Without thinking any further, Hilde aimed Duo's scythe and managed to bury it into half of Dorothy's suit.

 Her firing stopped, and a machine gun floated past her suit, along with some sprays of blood. Dorothy's suit was in mid-motion, like a sculpture or something. Hilde noticed a couple of sparks fly as she withdrew the long blade.

 "I'm sorry…" With the suit's giant hands, Hilde grabbed her old friend and swung her towards Mars, where she would be caught and kept. Hilde turned her attention back to the Earth's forces, and attacked; she would have to worry about Dorothy later.

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Trieze watched as millions more mobile suits exploded, some from both ends. Adrenaline pumped through him again as he struggled with himself to stay awake. How long had he been fighting anyway? A few more suits exploded by his hands when he nodded off, still in the mobile suit. Trowa and Quatre had come a long time ago, and were now fighting with him. His eyes closed, and the next time they opened, he was still in his mobile suit, but was being dragged towards the Earth.

 "Lord Kushranada, you're awake." Trowa Barton's voice filtered through. Trieze held a hand up to his face, and used two fingers to rub at his temples.

 "What happened?" He asked, still a little groggily.

 "We're not sure, but they came out and pulled everyone back in. I think we won this battle. Others are raiding Mars right now, but I had to help you back." Trowa looked sideways, and Trieze did too. A small plane flew away from Earth, but it couldn't have been that big of a problem. Trieze was too tired to think of it as one anyways.

 "Good work soldier

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 When Relena next woke up, she was on a bed, no, cot, that was much less luxurious than here, and in old clothes. The thing was; she liked it. She felt normal like this, like she was back at home.

 Maybe she was? Maybe all this fighting had only been a dream, and her father and mother was sitting at the breakfast table right now, discussing something, like her career. She made to get out of bed, but the door opened first. Relena looked up to see Heero enter with some food and water.

 "You're awake." Relena nodded, suddenly feeling dizzy as she did so.

 "How long have I been asleep?" She asked, watching as he put the try down on the bedside table. So the war had happened after all, and she had left her headquarters… her head spun again and she practically fell into the bed.

 "Nearly a day now."

 "What?" a day? She thought. How could she have slept that long?

 "You're running a fever. We had to walk through ran after the car died down." A firm hand pushed her back down on the bed and he felt her head, frowning slightly. "Don't try to get up."

 She opened her mouth to speak again, but Heero stopped her. His hand hovered over her face and brushed away some sweat. It then reached behind her and pulled her upwards. Heero's other hand held a spoonful of soup.

 "Eat." She complied, thankful that he was here. She didn't know what she'd do without him. The soup warmed her mouth and the water helped quench her thirst. After eating, Heero left and Relena was left to sleep. It was a fitful one, but sleep nonetheless. She dreamed of being taken away, of the war, and of many other things, but never once did she cry out. This worried Heero.

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Hilde grunted as she was thrown on the hard ground. Yelling came from behind her, most sounded very much like the word "traitor". She brushed herself off and looked back at the inhabited city deep in Mars, the one she had been living in all these years.

Her acts to save Dorothy had been seen as an act against Mars. She had been thrown out before a word had been said in her defense. She was now seen as a traitor… a thought that she couldn't bear to think about. She thought to go to Earth, but what good would that do for her? Heero had probably killed all the leaders now, and she didn't think she could fight against her old comrades.

 She wandered around aimlessly, until she stumbled upon a tiny town, the kind that practically had everything on the same street. She sat down beside a small store and slept, not knowing what to do.

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 Duo walked away from the manor, a bomb in hand, deactivated, of course. He still dropped it carefully into the ocean, though, and looked up at the night sky to see bright lights that could have been mistaken as stars. He knew better, because his home planet slept right there. It was another battle, one Hilde would have to fight through. How many more? Duo sighed and looked back towards the Earthling Headquarters.

 I hope you know what you're doing, Heero. He knew he'd be in there, having heard about the plan to send Heero down here before he left. If the boy did what Duo knew he could, he'd be working in the mansion right now.

 "Boy, I just saved your life, you owe me lots."

 Just as he climbed into his ship to get off of the planet, an old car was speeding down the highway, his friend and the mistress of Earth in it, while Mars was in the process of booting Hilde out of the army. How very ironic.

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Yeah… I haven't written in forever, so sorry!! But my website's up and running!! ^_^ I'm so happy. I've got to change the links though. Same with my journal, I've changed that too. Well, drop by if you will. Thanks for all the reviews!!

Yuxi: yeah, actually, I have. So complicated was so good, I can't believe it got deleted! Thanks for reading!

Again, I'm so sorry for not writing for forever. And this story's going to be a little short. Sort of an interlude between Icari/Black Hair and Gray eyes, and the next two fan fictions I'm going to write (I need to write something along with my first original ^_^)

 Thanks for being so patient.