The Unknown Reflection
By Ai Note: Oh, sorry for not updating in a while! First, I couldn't log into FF.net when there was construction, and then I thought I had already post this chapter and was working my ass off to write a new chapter. Anyhow, here it is!!
Chapter 4
Relena thought as she sat in her seat, waiting for the one person, the son of Finance Minister Domoto, to begin the delegation meeting. She looked around the table. Many of the older delegates and politicians were annoyed with the delay. Others looked bored out of their minds. Relena sighed. She didn't know what to think. Then she looked to Quatre, who was also attending the meeting. He gave her a sympathetic smile and a gentle shrug as she rolled her eyes and tapped at her watch. Suddenly, someone burst into the room. The young woman wondered, slightly annoyed by the rude interruption. "Turn on the T.V., to the news on Channel Five!" The young man shouted as he huffed and puffed. Having caught President Loire's attention, the man ordered for someone to have the large television turned on Channel Five. A news anchor appeared on the screen. She was standing on Northwest harbour with the vast ocean behind her. "A news flash has just come up. The Domo Corporation family jet was found as wreckage off the shore about half a mile in the Atlantic Ocean just this past hour. Aiden Domoto, son of Finance Minister Domoto, was believed to be on the plane. No survivors have been found so far. From the wreckage, it is believed that the plane was shot down while it was still airborne. Local residents have heard an air battle around the time of the tragedy…" A man is seen handing the news anchor a sheet of paper. "Viewers, new information has just come in. We have discovered a Preventers fighter jet about 150 feet away from the private jet. The pilot is missing…" Relena watched the news report in shock. It wasn't that Domoto had not been able to make it to the meeting on time; it was that he didn't have the chance to make it to the meeting…alive. Also, a Preventer was missing. She knew many of them, and she did not hope that any of them were in any danger. Especially the ones who were somewhat closer to her… Quatre also watched in shock. To think that he had actually met Aiden Domoto before, not that he really remembers the meeting. It's just that they are so similar. The thought caused Quatre to shudder. Then he heard about the Preventers' fighter plane. He knew, just knew that Heero was the pilot of that plane. After all, Heero's mission did include getting Domoto out of danger at all costs. The overwhelming realization just turned his insides out. Quatre looked over to see Relena with a frown on her face. However, he didn't dare tell her that the missing pilot was Heero. He couldn't bear her reaction. "Heero!!!" Duo yelled as he watched the news report. "Maxwell, stop the bawling." Wufei scolded Duo harshly. "No, you shut up!!! Heero may be in danger right now! Don't you care?" Duo yelled. That had shut Wufei up. He didn't expect that from Duo. "I'm upset too. I don't need you bawling." Wufei said softly. Duo looked at him with his big watery eyes. He sniffled. "I didn't think you'd care." "We are acquaintances." Wufei said. "Don't worry Duo. Knowing Heero, he'll be fine." Trowa whispered. "Yeah, you're right. He probably got that Domoto guy to a safe place too." Duo agreed. **Eight hours later** An exhausted Relena plopped down into the plush armchair while Quatre took a seat across from her. "So, we couldn't even have the meeting after all." Relena sighed as Pagan brought the two some tea and biscuits. "It must be so frightening for the Domotos right now. They don't even know if their son's alive or not." Quatre shook his head. "By the looks of the plane, he's gone. If they were right and he got on the missing lifeboat, they would have found him by now. We discovered the wreckage not too long after the crash." "But we can't be so negative about the situation." Quatre insisted. "You're always so optimistic, Quatre." Relena couldn't help it, but to give him a small smile. "It's easier being optimistic than having to worry about something that's not definite. You'll be happier that way." She picked up her teacup daintily and took a small sip. Then, she set it down and rubbed her temples. It was such an important meeting, but they had to postpone it until Minister Domoto was up to it. She knew it was a great tragedy; however, she didn't know why she just felt slightly annoyed. "Are you alright, Relena?" Quatre asked worriedly. "I'm fine. Just a bit stressed out." Quatre took a sip of tea. "Great tea you've got here." Quatre complimented, trying to loosen the tension. "A friend from China bought me this. It is good, isn't it?" Relena replied. Just then, the rest of the Gundam pilots, Zechs, Noin and Sally, walked into the living room Relena and Quatre were in. "Hello, Milliardo." Relena got up and gave her brother a hug. "Is there any news on the Domoto tragedy?" Quatre asked with a tone of nervousness Relena didn't understand. "We've managed to recover fifteen tomcats this evening. No survivors are found." Duo said. "So we don't know who hired them?" Quatre asked. "Nope." Duo shook his head. "Anything else?" Quatre demanded. "They've found the lifeboat, no Domoto." Wufei reported with a grim tone. "Where?" Quatre's voice was tense. "A few feet from the shore." Duo replied. "Could he have gotten to shore safely?" Quatre persisted. "By the looks of the boat's condition, no." Wufei answered. "How about the missing Preventer?" Relena asked curiously. Half of the faces went pale. "What's wrong? Is there something I don't know?" Relena asked suspiciously. Zechs nodded. "Relena, honey, why don't you sit down?" Noin suggested. "I don't understand…" Relena was so confused. "The missing pilot…is…Heero Yuy." Zechs informed her, not making any eye contact. A small gasp was heard as Relena sank down to the floor. Then she was shaking with sobs. She covered her face with her hands as warm tears flowed freely from her eyes. Her sobs stopped as suddenly as they had started. Relena looked up and stared each person in the eye. Her eyes were blazing with an unidentifiable fire in them. "How come none of you told me? Why? Why did you let Heero go on this mission? How could you? And you, Quatre, I didn't think that you of all people, would keep this from me. Why didn't any of you back him up, huh Trowa, Duo and Wufei? Brother, why didn't you stop him? I can't believe any of you!" She yelled as her eyes continued to water. After Relena's angry rant, she ran out of the room and out the door. "Relena!" Zechs yelled, his face showed hurt at the way Relena blew up at them. "Just let her be. She's a strong young lady." Sally tried to comfort Zechs. "We shouldn't have kept it from her." Quatre whispered. "It was for her own good." Wufei said coldly. "I just hope she's ok." Noin said with a sigh. Relena ran and ran until she had to stop as tears blinded her eyes. She noticed that she had stopped at the little peaceful pond at the centre of the Peacecraft estate. The water was shimmering under the moonlight. A light breeze was blowing into her hair and drying her tear stained face. The young princess walked to the edge of the pond and dipped her fingers into the cool water, making ripples in the almost smooth surface. Finally, she decided to take Quatre's advice and be more optimistic.
Relena decided that she's had enough time to calm down and slowly headed back to the mansion. She decided to go in from the back door and head directly to her room to avoid unnecessary sympathy and worry everyone. She sighed as she slowly approached the eerily quiet home of hers. She needed some good rest after all the surprises that had come up in one day. Milliardo and Noin walked up to the bedroom suites after a stressful day. They noticed that Relena's bedroom door was closed. Milliardo decided to check on Relena to make sure she was ok. He knocked softly on her door. There was no answer. Assuming that she was sound asleep, the couple opened the door and walked in quietly. They were silently relieved to find Relena in bed, asleep. Milliardo went to give Relena's head a gentle pat. "I wonder how she's handling this, Noin?" Milliardo asked, concerned for his younger sister. "I'm sure she'll be able to deal with it. After all, Heero's a fighter. He'll be fine." Noin answered. "I hope you're right." Milliardo said. Then they both headed towards the hallway. Before they stepped out of her room, both of them whispered a good night to Relena and closed the door behind them. However, Relena was wide-awake. She only pretended that she was asleep to give some comfort to Milliardo and Noin. A silver tear slid down the side of her tender cheek. "How can I fall asleep at a time like this?" Relena said quietly in a shaky voice. More tears began to fall. "No, Quatre. It's harder being optimistic. It's harder trying to pretend that nothing is wrong. I'm not strong enough. I'm not any happier either." She whispered. Then she closed her aquamarine eyes and used peaceful memories to slowly lull herself to sleep. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* For the past forty-eight hours, the Preventers have been searching for both Aiden Domoto and Heero Yuy. No trace, clue or body had been found yet. The environment at the Preventers Headquarters was filled with tension. Milliardo Peacecraft was frustrated and nervous at the same time. They've been working non-stop and they still have gone nowhere. He sighed heavily just as someone knocked on the door to his office. "Come in." He called out. "Sir." The agent greeted as he gave a small salute. "What is it?" Zechs asked. "Well, I was wondering, we've been looking for Mr. Domoto and Mr. Yuy for so long…" The agent started uneasily. "Have you found anything?" "No, sir. Is there anything else we can do other than phoning informants and interviewing witnesses?" The officer asked nervously. Zechs sighed. Who wouldn't want to give up? "I know we're getting nowhere, but we'll be roast if we don't find Mr. Domoto. Also, Heero Yuy is an important asset to the Preventers." Zechs explained tiredly. "Just keep trying. Pass the order that every Preventer should keep trying until 1800 hours. Then we'll call it a day." Zechs gave the order. "Yes, sir!" With that, the agent left the office. Zechs rubbed his eyes and temples before taking a sip of coffee out of his mug. His eyes hurt from staring at the computer screen for so long, looking for anything of interest on the Internet. He got up and stretched. Then, Preventer Wind decided to check out the open office where most Preventers were working on following possible traces. Letting out a small sigh, he left his own office and headed for the open office on the second floor. Zechs arrived to find Duo, Trowa, Quatre, Wufei and Noin there. "Got anywhere?" Zechs asked them. Each person shook their heads in answer. He decided to survey the room and ask if anything, anything, has come up. Suddenly, someone yelled out, breaking all concentration as attention was turned towards the person. "A call from an unidentified line has answered our notice about the missing Domoto and Yuy!!!" He squealed in pleasure. "Where?" Zechs demanded as he and all the others ran to where a crowd had gathered. "Here, sir!" The agent called out. They finally reached the mass of enthusiastic agents and pushed towards the centre. They found the agent seated in front of a screen with the notification of an incoming call flashing. "Make the connection!" Zechs ordered. The agent typed away at the computer madly as the connection was being made. A voice came through before the image appeared on the screen. "Hello Preventers." A deep voice simply stated in greeting. Everyone stared at the screen as the image started to appear on the screen. "You!" Zechs managed to choke out as he stared at the person, speechless. "Yes, hello Zechs…" A.N.: Who is the person on the screen? Does he/she have information about Heero and Aiden Domoto? Find out in the next chapter! So, was this good enough for you people? Please say yes! I worked really hard on this and I think that it's not bad. Anyway, please read and review!!! Arigatou minna- san!!! Disclaimer: Doesn't everyone who writes GW FANfiction want to own Gundam Wing?
By Ai Note: Oh, sorry for not updating in a while! First, I couldn't log into FF.net when there was construction, and then I thought I had already post this chapter and was working my ass off to write a new chapter. Anyhow, here it is!!
Chapter 4
Relena thought as she sat in her seat, waiting for the one person, the son of Finance Minister Domoto, to begin the delegation meeting. She looked around the table. Many of the older delegates and politicians were annoyed with the delay. Others looked bored out of their minds. Relena sighed. She didn't know what to think. Then she looked to Quatre, who was also attending the meeting. He gave her a sympathetic smile and a gentle shrug as she rolled her eyes and tapped at her watch. Suddenly, someone burst into the room. The young woman wondered, slightly annoyed by the rude interruption. "Turn on the T.V., to the news on Channel Five!" The young man shouted as he huffed and puffed. Having caught President Loire's attention, the man ordered for someone to have the large television turned on Channel Five. A news anchor appeared on the screen. She was standing on Northwest harbour with the vast ocean behind her. "A news flash has just come up. The Domo Corporation family jet was found as wreckage off the shore about half a mile in the Atlantic Ocean just this past hour. Aiden Domoto, son of Finance Minister Domoto, was believed to be on the plane. No survivors have been found so far. From the wreckage, it is believed that the plane was shot down while it was still airborne. Local residents have heard an air battle around the time of the tragedy…" A man is seen handing the news anchor a sheet of paper. "Viewers, new information has just come in. We have discovered a Preventers fighter jet about 150 feet away from the private jet. The pilot is missing…" Relena watched the news report in shock. It wasn't that Domoto had not been able to make it to the meeting on time; it was that he didn't have the chance to make it to the meeting…alive. Also, a Preventer was missing. She knew many of them, and she did not hope that any of them were in any danger. Especially the ones who were somewhat closer to her… Quatre also watched in shock. To think that he had actually met Aiden Domoto before, not that he really remembers the meeting. It's just that they are so similar. The thought caused Quatre to shudder. Then he heard about the Preventers' fighter plane. He knew, just knew that Heero was the pilot of that plane. After all, Heero's mission did include getting Domoto out of danger at all costs. The overwhelming realization just turned his insides out. Quatre looked over to see Relena with a frown on her face. However, he didn't dare tell her that the missing pilot was Heero. He couldn't bear her reaction. "Heero!!!" Duo yelled as he watched the news report. "Maxwell, stop the bawling." Wufei scolded Duo harshly. "No, you shut up!!! Heero may be in danger right now! Don't you care?" Duo yelled. That had shut Wufei up. He didn't expect that from Duo. "I'm upset too. I don't need you bawling." Wufei said softly. Duo looked at him with his big watery eyes. He sniffled. "I didn't think you'd care." "We are acquaintances." Wufei said. "Don't worry Duo. Knowing Heero, he'll be fine." Trowa whispered. "Yeah, you're right. He probably got that Domoto guy to a safe place too." Duo agreed. **Eight hours later** An exhausted Relena plopped down into the plush armchair while Quatre took a seat across from her. "So, we couldn't even have the meeting after all." Relena sighed as Pagan brought the two some tea and biscuits. "It must be so frightening for the Domotos right now. They don't even know if their son's alive or not." Quatre shook his head. "By the looks of the plane, he's gone. If they were right and he got on the missing lifeboat, they would have found him by now. We discovered the wreckage not too long after the crash." "But we can't be so negative about the situation." Quatre insisted. "You're always so optimistic, Quatre." Relena couldn't help it, but to give him a small smile. "It's easier being optimistic than having to worry about something that's not definite. You'll be happier that way." She picked up her teacup daintily and took a small sip. Then, she set it down and rubbed her temples. It was such an important meeting, but they had to postpone it until Minister Domoto was up to it. She knew it was a great tragedy; however, she didn't know why she just felt slightly annoyed. "Are you alright, Relena?" Quatre asked worriedly. "I'm fine. Just a bit stressed out." Quatre took a sip of tea. "Great tea you've got here." Quatre complimented, trying to loosen the tension. "A friend from China bought me this. It is good, isn't it?" Relena replied. Just then, the rest of the Gundam pilots, Zechs, Noin and Sally, walked into the living room Relena and Quatre were in. "Hello, Milliardo." Relena got up and gave her brother a hug. "Is there any news on the Domoto tragedy?" Quatre asked with a tone of nervousness Relena didn't understand. "We've managed to recover fifteen tomcats this evening. No survivors are found." Duo said. "So we don't know who hired them?" Quatre asked. "Nope." Duo shook his head. "Anything else?" Quatre demanded. "They've found the lifeboat, no Domoto." Wufei reported with a grim tone. "Where?" Quatre's voice was tense. "A few feet from the shore." Duo replied. "Could he have gotten to shore safely?" Quatre persisted. "By the looks of the boat's condition, no." Wufei answered. "How about the missing Preventer?" Relena asked curiously. Half of the faces went pale. "What's wrong? Is there something I don't know?" Relena asked suspiciously. Zechs nodded. "Relena, honey, why don't you sit down?" Noin suggested. "I don't understand…" Relena was so confused. "The missing pilot…is…Heero Yuy." Zechs informed her, not making any eye contact. A small gasp was heard as Relena sank down to the floor. Then she was shaking with sobs. She covered her face with her hands as warm tears flowed freely from her eyes. Her sobs stopped as suddenly as they had started. Relena looked up and stared each person in the eye. Her eyes were blazing with an unidentifiable fire in them. "How come none of you told me? Why? Why did you let Heero go on this mission? How could you? And you, Quatre, I didn't think that you of all people, would keep this from me. Why didn't any of you back him up, huh Trowa, Duo and Wufei? Brother, why didn't you stop him? I can't believe any of you!" She yelled as her eyes continued to water. After Relena's angry rant, she ran out of the room and out the door. "Relena!" Zechs yelled, his face showed hurt at the way Relena blew up at them. "Just let her be. She's a strong young lady." Sally tried to comfort Zechs. "We shouldn't have kept it from her." Quatre whispered. "It was for her own good." Wufei said coldly. "I just hope she's ok." Noin said with a sigh. Relena ran and ran until she had to stop as tears blinded her eyes. She noticed that she had stopped at the little peaceful pond at the centre of the Peacecraft estate. The water was shimmering under the moonlight. A light breeze was blowing into her hair and drying her tear stained face. The young princess walked to the edge of the pond and dipped her fingers into the cool water, making ripples in the almost smooth surface. Finally, she decided to take Quatre's advice and be more optimistic.
Relena decided that she's had enough time to calm down and slowly headed back to the mansion. She decided to go in from the back door and head directly to her room to avoid unnecessary sympathy and worry everyone. She sighed as she slowly approached the eerily quiet home of hers. She needed some good rest after all the surprises that had come up in one day. Milliardo and Noin walked up to the bedroom suites after a stressful day. They noticed that Relena's bedroom door was closed. Milliardo decided to check on Relena to make sure she was ok. He knocked softly on her door. There was no answer. Assuming that she was sound asleep, the couple opened the door and walked in quietly. They were silently relieved to find Relena in bed, asleep. Milliardo went to give Relena's head a gentle pat. "I wonder how she's handling this, Noin?" Milliardo asked, concerned for his younger sister. "I'm sure she'll be able to deal with it. After all, Heero's a fighter. He'll be fine." Noin answered. "I hope you're right." Milliardo said. Then they both headed towards the hallway. Before they stepped out of her room, both of them whispered a good night to Relena and closed the door behind them. However, Relena was wide-awake. She only pretended that she was asleep to give some comfort to Milliardo and Noin. A silver tear slid down the side of her tender cheek. "How can I fall asleep at a time like this?" Relena said quietly in a shaky voice. More tears began to fall. "No, Quatre. It's harder being optimistic. It's harder trying to pretend that nothing is wrong. I'm not strong enough. I'm not any happier either." She whispered. Then she closed her aquamarine eyes and used peaceful memories to slowly lull herself to sleep. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* For the past forty-eight hours, the Preventers have been searching for both Aiden Domoto and Heero Yuy. No trace, clue or body had been found yet. The environment at the Preventers Headquarters was filled with tension. Milliardo Peacecraft was frustrated and nervous at the same time. They've been working non-stop and they still have gone nowhere. He sighed heavily just as someone knocked on the door to his office. "Come in." He called out. "Sir." The agent greeted as he gave a small salute. "What is it?" Zechs asked. "Well, I was wondering, we've been looking for Mr. Domoto and Mr. Yuy for so long…" The agent started uneasily. "Have you found anything?" "No, sir. Is there anything else we can do other than phoning informants and interviewing witnesses?" The officer asked nervously. Zechs sighed. Who wouldn't want to give up? "I know we're getting nowhere, but we'll be roast if we don't find Mr. Domoto. Also, Heero Yuy is an important asset to the Preventers." Zechs explained tiredly. "Just keep trying. Pass the order that every Preventer should keep trying until 1800 hours. Then we'll call it a day." Zechs gave the order. "Yes, sir!" With that, the agent left the office. Zechs rubbed his eyes and temples before taking a sip of coffee out of his mug. His eyes hurt from staring at the computer screen for so long, looking for anything of interest on the Internet. He got up and stretched. Then, Preventer Wind decided to check out the open office where most Preventers were working on following possible traces. Letting out a small sigh, he left his own office and headed for the open office on the second floor. Zechs arrived to find Duo, Trowa, Quatre, Wufei and Noin there. "Got anywhere?" Zechs asked them. Each person shook their heads in answer. He decided to survey the room and ask if anything, anything, has come up. Suddenly, someone yelled out, breaking all concentration as attention was turned towards the person. "A call from an unidentified line has answered our notice about the missing Domoto and Yuy!!!" He squealed in pleasure. "Where?" Zechs demanded as he and all the others ran to where a crowd had gathered. "Here, sir!" The agent called out. They finally reached the mass of enthusiastic agents and pushed towards the centre. They found the agent seated in front of a screen with the notification of an incoming call flashing. "Make the connection!" Zechs ordered. The agent typed away at the computer madly as the connection was being made. A voice came through before the image appeared on the screen. "Hello Preventers." A deep voice simply stated in greeting. Everyone stared at the screen as the image started to appear on the screen. "You!" Zechs managed to choke out as he stared at the person, speechless. "Yes, hello Zechs…" A.N.: Who is the person on the screen? Does he/she have information about Heero and Aiden Domoto? Find out in the next chapter! So, was this good enough for you people? Please say yes! I worked really hard on this and I think that it's not bad. Anyway, please read and review!!! Arigatou minna- san!!! Disclaimer: Doesn't everyone who writes GW FANfiction want to own Gundam Wing?