A/n: augh! Due to the incessant and bothersome complaining of some of my friends...You know who you are... I have decided to post a second chapter to this story Mark of Love. Yes now it will have more chapters ,so it's not a short short story any more
( I hope I don't turn the WHOLE thing depressing...). Sooooo ahh... stick around and let's see what I come up with. Hai? Okay, Enjoy my rambling and let's try for a happy ending this time! ^_^'...it's cold out there.
Mark of Love
by deathsflame
disclaimer: I in no way own or claim ownership over the GW characters I use. They are merely being used to entertain and keep my self out of trouble for hours as I sit here and type this crap I call my writing... so please no sue-y!!! The song either.
Duo screeched his car to a halt and ran out to the doorstep of Relena's and Dorothy's apartment. It had been almost half a year since he had delivered the bad news of Heero's death to Relena. After the funeral he decided it would be better to disappear from her life incase he reminded her of him. Besides he still had his own grief to deal with.
But now was no time to dwell on the past! Clutched in a death grip in his hands was a rumpled and tear splattered piece of parchment from the government. After months of trying to go thru connections so he could get back in the force to try and go back to look for his friend's body, Duo had finally gotten a letter! But inside wasn't what he expected, instead of a warrant to go find his buddy there was information on the possibility of Heero being captured and not dead!
True, capture wasn't much better than death, and Heero would probably try the latter, but this was a glimmer of hope! Duo decided to keep this information to himself since he wasn't sure it was from a reliable source and it would KILL Relena to have dreams and then have them squashed again. So for another month he waited until a second letter arrived with a confirmation and Heero's Preventer Dog tags. He cried tears of joy and whooped and jumped around. Deciding Relena needed to be the first person to know his good news he rushed to his car and sped off into the night. As far as the details where, it was all foggy but, apparently Heero had tried to escape twice and after being stripped of his uniform and boots he was beaten and left to die outside of the guerilla's camp.
Duo wasn't sure how but Heero wasn't going to let himself die there so he's said to have made his way to a Preventers base in the area. Collapsing there he was taken and identified. Now there was solid evidence that he is alive and he's coming back! Duo was positively giddy! Nothing in the world could bring his spirits down now.
Growing anxious Duo knocked on the door twice and waited. There was no sound from inside but Duo still waited. He looked at his watch and checked the time- it was 8:30 at night. Relena was most likely up there with Dorothy.
"Relena!! It's me, Duo!" he shouted into an intercom at the door.
Still no answer.
Wondering whether Dot had taken Her out to forget her grief or not Duo decided to try one more time.
"Relena!! I've got good news!!"
No response from the apparently dormant apartment complex. Duo wrung the paper in his hands and bit his lip. * " Maybe I should leave the paper here for her?" * he thought * "No, I'll come back latter or call...yeah that's it." *
Walking away from the building slowly Duo felt only slightly less happy when a thought crammed it's self into his mind.
*Duo! She' up there, you know it! * His subconscious screamed at him. Suddenly he got a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach that he had felt every time a comrade had died.
*Get up there! * His head screamed at him. Flinging himself against the door Duo discovered that his well-trained body could take the blow and knocked it down. With a feeling of urgency born from his desperation he rushed up the flight of stairs to Relena's apartment, the paper in his hand waving in the wind and the dog tags jingling to the beat he set as he leapt up the stairs. He got to her door and banged on the solid wood.
" Relena! Relena?" he yelled as he banged away. He heard a slight creak and again the voice came to his mind.
* The handle! Try the handle you dolt! *
Duo mentally bitch slapped himself and grabbed at the polished steel to open the door. Sure enough it swung open and Duo ran into the front room of Relena's Apartment.
Not knowing why Duo took one look around the place and ran directly to Relena's bed room. He swung the door open and gasped " Relena..."
She wasn't any where in sight but the window was wide open and above the sounds of the city life below and the rustling of the curtains Duo heard a sickening thud.
A strangely haunting song came from a radio that had an undisclosed location.
" I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend.... We could break ties with all the lies that you've been livin' in... and if you do not want to see me again, I will understand-d-d-d...."
Duo blanched and ran out of the place.
* " why didn't you try to go in earlier!" * ran thru his mind as the braided man belittled himself. He raced to the side of the building where that window had led.
Drawing in a sharp breathe Duo tried to stop his tears of shock.
"No..." Duo moaned as he went to kneel by the crumpled mass of hair, blood, and flesh. Thinking quickly Dou's brain kicked in. Jutting his hand into his front pocket he pulled out a cell phone. Dialing quickly Duo got the desired number.
" Hello? 911."
The voice was too calm for Duo's liking.
"Hello? Yes! AHH...my friend she's committed suicide... jumped out a window..." Duo said trying to keep his voice from wavering.
"Stay calm sir. So where are you?" the voice on the other end asked.
Duo did a look around and gave her the address. All the time the lady on the other end kept saying 'keep calm sir'
Duo just wanted to reach into the phone and shout "calm this you twit!" and slap the lady a few times. He wanted to scream, to cry, to yell out in his aguish. But Duo kept his voice down and hung up the phone. He continued to sit by Relena's mangled side and even tried to lift her head, which surprisingly was only bleeding and cut, not smashed in as he had thought.
Duo's braid hung down like a limp snake as it trailed in the blood seeping all over the ground. He cradled Relena's body and said over and over
"Why? Why? He's coming back Relena, Heero's not dead." Feeling some thing soft next to him, Duo discovered a doll on the ground. It was THE teddy bear that Heero had given Relena all those years ago. Now it sat drenched in its owners blood.
Picking up the bear Duo couldn't hold the tears back any longer. They streamed down his face in rage, sorrow and misunderstanding...and in guilt.
"I should have told you, when I got the first letter..." he sobbed as he lowered his head to lean on the body.
He sat there in his agony until the shrill ring of sirens could be heard. Raising his head a bit Duo saw the flashing red of an ambulance.
The paramedics rushed over and pulled him away. One of the male technicians grabbed his shoulder blades and just patted his back he said in a sincere voice " don't worry man."
As Relena was loaded into the truck Duo was gently seated in the front to ride to the hospital. All the while Duo had kept the Teddy bear that now was dirty and stained. Tears still streamed down his face but Duo remained silent.
He reached into his pocket where he had crammed the letter and tags along with his phone. With a trembling hand he read the very bottom part, which all this time he had tried his best to ignore.
-unstable condition. May never recover or be able to return...see medical reas-
It was the last straw Duo broke down and let his head drop into his now bloody hands.
" I've lost you both...Lost both..." he cried as the ambulance sped away.
( I hope I don't turn the WHOLE thing depressing...). Sooooo ahh... stick around and let's see what I come up with. Hai? Okay, Enjoy my rambling and let's try for a happy ending this time! ^_^'...it's cold out there.
Mark of Love
by deathsflame
disclaimer: I in no way own or claim ownership over the GW characters I use. They are merely being used to entertain and keep my self out of trouble for hours as I sit here and type this crap I call my writing... so please no sue-y!!! The song either.
Duo screeched his car to a halt and ran out to the doorstep of Relena's and Dorothy's apartment. It had been almost half a year since he had delivered the bad news of Heero's death to Relena. After the funeral he decided it would be better to disappear from her life incase he reminded her of him. Besides he still had his own grief to deal with.
But now was no time to dwell on the past! Clutched in a death grip in his hands was a rumpled and tear splattered piece of parchment from the government. After months of trying to go thru connections so he could get back in the force to try and go back to look for his friend's body, Duo had finally gotten a letter! But inside wasn't what he expected, instead of a warrant to go find his buddy there was information on the possibility of Heero being captured and not dead!
True, capture wasn't much better than death, and Heero would probably try the latter, but this was a glimmer of hope! Duo decided to keep this information to himself since he wasn't sure it was from a reliable source and it would KILL Relena to have dreams and then have them squashed again. So for another month he waited until a second letter arrived with a confirmation and Heero's Preventer Dog tags. He cried tears of joy and whooped and jumped around. Deciding Relena needed to be the first person to know his good news he rushed to his car and sped off into the night. As far as the details where, it was all foggy but, apparently Heero had tried to escape twice and after being stripped of his uniform and boots he was beaten and left to die outside of the guerilla's camp.
Duo wasn't sure how but Heero wasn't going to let himself die there so he's said to have made his way to a Preventers base in the area. Collapsing there he was taken and identified. Now there was solid evidence that he is alive and he's coming back! Duo was positively giddy! Nothing in the world could bring his spirits down now.
Growing anxious Duo knocked on the door twice and waited. There was no sound from inside but Duo still waited. He looked at his watch and checked the time- it was 8:30 at night. Relena was most likely up there with Dorothy.
"Relena!! It's me, Duo!" he shouted into an intercom at the door.
Still no answer.
Wondering whether Dot had taken Her out to forget her grief or not Duo decided to try one more time.
"Relena!! I've got good news!!"
No response from the apparently dormant apartment complex. Duo wrung the paper in his hands and bit his lip. * " Maybe I should leave the paper here for her?" * he thought * "No, I'll come back latter or call...yeah that's it." *
Walking away from the building slowly Duo felt only slightly less happy when a thought crammed it's self into his mind.
*Duo! She' up there, you know it! * His subconscious screamed at him. Suddenly he got a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach that he had felt every time a comrade had died.
*Get up there! * His head screamed at him. Flinging himself against the door Duo discovered that his well-trained body could take the blow and knocked it down. With a feeling of urgency born from his desperation he rushed up the flight of stairs to Relena's apartment, the paper in his hand waving in the wind and the dog tags jingling to the beat he set as he leapt up the stairs. He got to her door and banged on the solid wood.
" Relena! Relena?" he yelled as he banged away. He heard a slight creak and again the voice came to his mind.
* The handle! Try the handle you dolt! *
Duo mentally bitch slapped himself and grabbed at the polished steel to open the door. Sure enough it swung open and Duo ran into the front room of Relena's Apartment.
Not knowing why Duo took one look around the place and ran directly to Relena's bed room. He swung the door open and gasped " Relena..."
She wasn't any where in sight but the window was wide open and above the sounds of the city life below and the rustling of the curtains Duo heard a sickening thud.
A strangely haunting song came from a radio that had an undisclosed location.
" I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend.... We could break ties with all the lies that you've been livin' in... and if you do not want to see me again, I will understand-d-d-d...."
Duo blanched and ran out of the place.
* " why didn't you try to go in earlier!" * ran thru his mind as the braided man belittled himself. He raced to the side of the building where that window had led.
Drawing in a sharp breathe Duo tried to stop his tears of shock.
"No..." Duo moaned as he went to kneel by the crumpled mass of hair, blood, and flesh. Thinking quickly Dou's brain kicked in. Jutting his hand into his front pocket he pulled out a cell phone. Dialing quickly Duo got the desired number.
" Hello? 911."
The voice was too calm for Duo's liking.
"Hello? Yes! AHH...my friend she's committed suicide... jumped out a window..." Duo said trying to keep his voice from wavering.
"Stay calm sir. So where are you?" the voice on the other end asked.
Duo did a look around and gave her the address. All the time the lady on the other end kept saying 'keep calm sir'
Duo just wanted to reach into the phone and shout "calm this you twit!" and slap the lady a few times. He wanted to scream, to cry, to yell out in his aguish. But Duo kept his voice down and hung up the phone. He continued to sit by Relena's mangled side and even tried to lift her head, which surprisingly was only bleeding and cut, not smashed in as he had thought.
Duo's braid hung down like a limp snake as it trailed in the blood seeping all over the ground. He cradled Relena's body and said over and over
"Why? Why? He's coming back Relena, Heero's not dead." Feeling some thing soft next to him, Duo discovered a doll on the ground. It was THE teddy bear that Heero had given Relena all those years ago. Now it sat drenched in its owners blood.
Picking up the bear Duo couldn't hold the tears back any longer. They streamed down his face in rage, sorrow and misunderstanding...and in guilt.
"I should have told you, when I got the first letter..." he sobbed as he lowered his head to lean on the body.
He sat there in his agony until the shrill ring of sirens could be heard. Raising his head a bit Duo saw the flashing red of an ambulance.
The paramedics rushed over and pulled him away. One of the male technicians grabbed his shoulder blades and just patted his back he said in a sincere voice " don't worry man."
As Relena was loaded into the truck Duo was gently seated in the front to ride to the hospital. All the while Duo had kept the Teddy bear that now was dirty and stained. Tears still streamed down his face but Duo remained silent.
He reached into his pocket where he had crammed the letter and tags along with his phone. With a trembling hand he read the very bottom part, which all this time he had tried his best to ignore.
-unstable condition. May never recover or be able to return...see medical reas-
It was the last straw Duo broke down and let his head drop into his now bloody hands.
" I've lost you both...Lost both..." he cried as the ambulance sped away.