AN: This is the epilogue the last and final part of this story. I would just like to take this time and thank everyone who has been supporting me. I really appreciate it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its characters.

Heero was running down the dark corridor. Something was chasing him, for he was firing his gun behind him. Suddenly he was out of ammo. He dropped the gun and began to run faster and faster. Sweat was covering his entire body. He felt fear. He really felt it. He ran faster and faster. Ahead of him was a red light. He ran to it against his will although something inside him told him to stay away from it.

Heero entered the light and was blinded and absorbed by the horror that came with it. All around him were images of war and blood and battle. Mobiles suits and soldiers, and innocent civilians. Heero looked at his hands. They were suddenly covered in blood.

"No!" he cried.

He began to run again but several men jumped him and beat him to his knees. Heero struggled but there were just too many of them. They bound his legs and arms to four wooden posts and began to whip him. Heero grunted as the pain seared through his back. He could feel the blood dripping down. The men were laughing at him, condemning him to eternal damnation. Loneliness engulfed him and Heero prayed for death as the whip lashed across his back again and again and again. He closed his eyes and heard the voice one more,

"Heero," it called.

He recognized the voice. Heero opened his eyes. He felt no more pain. He looked around him and saw that the blood was gone and he was in a place bathed in a brilliant white light.

"Heero…"

He spun around to find the voice. Her voice. Heero looked before him and the faces of the people he knew flashed before his eyes. The Preventers and the Manguacs. Lady Une and Sally Poe along with. Milliardo and Noin. Hilde and Howard smiled at him warmly. Then the faces of his fellow Gundam pilots: Quatre, Duo, Wufei, and Trowa. They looked at him with warmth and compassion. Heero stared back at them for a long time. Suddenly the voice came again from behind him.

"Heero."

He spun around and there she was. Clothed in white like an angel from heaven. She was walking towards him, slowly and steadily.

"Relena," he gasped.

"Don't leave us Heero, don't leave me," she said as she took his hand into hers.

"Relena…"

Heero sat up in bed with a start. He was breathing heavily. But he knew what he had to do.

He threw on his clothes and walked from his room to Lady Une's office. He knocked on the door.

"Come in," said the Head of the Preventers.

Heero walked through the door and stared at her.

"Heero," she exclaimed, "What can I do for you?"

"We need to talk…" began Heero as he closed the door.

Relena stood by the large bay window that overlooked the Earth. She would be returning soon. Back to the Cinq Kingdom, the world that she once knew. It certainly had been quite the adventure. She thought about all that everyone had gone through. It had been a rough couple of months.

She spun around when Heero Yuy entered the room behind her. She stared at him then sharply turned her gaze back out to the green and blue globe in front of her. She could feel his presence behind her the entire time. They were silent, no words needed to be exchanged at the moment. Finally Heero spoke up,

"Relena, I've been meaning to talk to you…"

"Your leaving again aren't you? Well in that case you need not say anything if all you have to say is goodbye," she said sadly. "But know this," she said as she swung around to face him, "I want you to know that despite what you may feel, you will always have a place in my heart Heero. You will always have a friend and you will always have a family." She sighed and dropped her head. Heero watched her with intent eyes. He lifted up her chin gently so that he could see her face.

Relena looked at him and lost control. She couldn't bear to do this not anymore. Each time he was breaking her heart. Each time he walked away, a piece of her went with him. "Heero why can't you see how much you mean to the world? Why can't you see how much you mean to the people around you; to your fellow pilots and to me?"

Heero looked at her shocked by her words. She had just given him the indication and the moment he needed,

"I'm not leaving, Relena," he said slowly.

Relena looked up at him sharply,

"You're not?"

Heero shook his head no. He dropped his hand from her chin and slid it down so that he could grasp her own hand. He continued,

"For years I have never known what it really meant to live. I didn't know that I could think and feel. I didn't know that I could ever be capable of friendship…or love." He paused for a moment letting her absorb everything in.

"But things are different now," he continued. "My mind and my heart are beginning to find a new life and a new way to think and feel. And the only conclusion I have come to is…to stay."

Relena nodded in understanding and smiled warmly at him. She held his hand tighter.

Heero went on,

"I just talked to Commander Une and have received a position in the Preventers as head of Relena Peacecrafts security counsel. That is…if she will have me."

Relena's heart leaped and she caught her breath,

"She wouldn't want any other," she said quietly as she looked into her eyes.

Heero looked back at her. They were standing so close now,

"Relena, I don't know what love feels like…but if this is it then…"

Relena's eyes widened at his words. He peered at her; taking her breathless figure in. He suddenly felt not so alone anymore.

Heero couldn't take it any longer. He drew Relena to him and kissed her with more emotion that they both could muster. She kissed him back with and equal amount of pain and passion.

Four young men watched them from the shadows. They smiled as their comrade finally found the peace he had always been fighting for.

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