The Angel of Darkness

Chapter 4: Princess Relena

Relena awoke in her bed. Her long sandy blonde hair was all over her head. Her maid was opening her curtains that let the offending sunlight into her room. The other maid, that was rummaging in her closet, found a simple pastel pink dress for her to wear.

"Victoria, do I even own something that is not pastel pink?" Relena said, sluggishly walking to her bathroom. Victoria smiled.

"No, your highness. I don't believe you do," she said, staring at the closet full of pink. Then Ming T'ai burst in the room and stood there looking at Relena.

"Lady Une says hurry. We don't have much time to get where we need to be," Ming T'ai said. Relena looked at her wearily. Ming T'ai left. Relena sighed. She went to take a shower.

Downstairs, Lady Une waited for her.

"Good morning, Relena. Did you sleep well last night?" Lady Une asked. Relena smiled a little bit.

"Well, you're actually not talking about politics the first ten seconds of realizing my presence in the room. That's a good start to any day," Relena said. Relena straightened out her dress that was slightly rumpled.

"Don't get smart with me, bitch. Come on, we're going shopping. I have to make you look at least like you have a life outside of politics," Lady Une said, grabbing Relena's arm.

Instinctively, as if by second nature, Relena flipped Lady Une on her back. Lady Une lye there, thoroughly shocked at what had just occurred.

"Where the hell did you learn that?" Lady Une said. Relena shrugged her shoulders. For some reason it felt like it was the natural response. Relena smiled to herself and picked up her purse.

At the shopping mall, she was mauled by reporters. Relena saw a young man that she'd never seen before, she's sure of it. But for some reason, it felt like she knew who this young man was.

"Guys, if you give me and my party this moment, I'll give you thirty minutes at the Deux Charity Ball. What do you say?" Relena said. The paparazzi looked at each other and shrugged.

"Sure, Miss Relena."

"Thank you so much. Come on Ming T'ai." Relena pulled her along.

On the other side of the mall, Heero saw Relena. They clicked from that very moment.

"I've seen that young man before. But, I can't quite place where. Do you ever remember seeing him, Ming T'ai?" Relena pointed Heero out. Ming T'ai saw Heero and sort of hid her face. Zechs was with him.

"Zechs, isn't that Relena?" Heero asked. Zechs turned his head and Relena saw him to.
"Look, Ming T'ai, he looks just like me. This is quite weird, don't you thi..." Relena looked at her bodyguards and they all had their guns out and started shooting at Heero and Zechs. Ming T'ai pushed Relena down on the ground. Relena screamed.
Heero and Zechs were returning fire rather well and managed to get away.

"Who were they, Ming T'ai?" Relena asked. Ming T'ai hit Relena across her head and the other body guard picked her up.

"Let's go," Ming T'ai said.

In the car, Zechs was raging mad. Heero wasn't too far from that point either.

"We almost had her. We're going to have to take out that Asian chick if we're going to get Relena back," Zechs said, driving well above the speeding limit.

"Why are you so attached to her?" Heero asked.

"She's my sister. We were split up when we were kids. I saw her right after she was born, then we were split up," Zechs said, coming to a screeching halt at their final destination. Heero looked at the house they were staying in.

Relena woke up with a killer headache. Lady Une was in the room and she was talking with a foreign voice.

"She's waking up. If you ever hit her like that again, I will kill you myself. Relena, darling, are you okay?" Lady Une said. Ming T'ai stood across the room with someone that Relena had never seen.

"Who is she?" Relena asked, sitting up slowly. She knew she had a concussion and that too much movement was bad. She didn't know how she knew that, she just did.

"Oh, she is Dorothy Catalonia. She will be accompanying you wherever you go, Relena. She's your new personal assistant." Relena looked at her and held out her hand. Dorothy shook it. Relena glared at Ming T'ai.

"Why did you hit me?" she asked, a bit ticked with Ming T'ai. Ming T'ai tried to smile, but it really wasn't working. Relena just took the medicine that Lady Une gave her.

"You still need a dress for the ball, right?" Dorothy asked.

"Yeah. Ming T'ai here probably has me banned for life from the mall," Relena said. Lady Une glared at Ming T'ai.

"No matter. I know loads of designers who would be happy to lend you their dresses. It's good for business if a popular public figure is seen with one of their dresses on," Dorothy said. Relena nodded and smiled.

"All right then, Dorothy. But first, I think I need a nap." Relena laid back down.