Chapter 1 ~ Welcome to Hades

Mission 2 ~ Go MIA

Heero awoke late in the afternoon. He had finally slept off that horrible hangover and just in time too. Relena was having a party tonight and, obviously, had asked him to attend. The party itself was probably going to be boring, but Heero usually found some way to make it fun. Last time he had dared a couple of her gay friends to start making out. The look on Relena's face, and that of her parents was priceless. Heero chuckled to himself before getting up off the couch. He changed into a pair of blue jeans, a red tank and black leather vest with a dragon on the back. He walked outside and jammed on his helmet. He was going to scare Relena and show up early as a revenge for waking him up so early that morning.

Relena's house seemed empty. There were no lights on and the only cars in the driveway were Relena's blue beetle, and Relena's good friend Travis' red mustang. The two of them had probably went out to buy so stuff for the party. Travis was a testy kind of guy, always one edge, kind of panicky. He was ok in Heero's opinion, though he would never get along with the man himself. The two had been best friends since High School. Heero removed his helmet and parked his motorcycle next to the buggie. The bug was just big enough to hide it. Heero couldn't help but grin a little. Scaring Relena was one of his favorite activities.

The house was quiet and dark. All of Relena's yellow window shades were closed. Heero shuttered. Why did Relena always pick the bright happy colors, they were all so irritating. He entire house was covered in light blues and purples, pinks and yellows. It was enough to make someone ill. All her furniture matched it too. How anyone could live here and still be sane was something Heero would never understand. Heero strategize, deciding that Relena's own room would be the best place to surprise her. She would eventually go there and in was all but too funny last time.

Heero walked slowly up the stairs, looking at the pictures that hung on the wall. There were five and all were in little fuzzy pink frames. Heero shuttered again. God he hated those colors. The first picture was one of her and her late brother Milliardo. He had been a good man, little crazy, however. In the picture he was leaning against a tree flipping the camera off. It was one of his more charming pictures. He had long blonde hair set back in a ponytail, rather tanned skin and nothing but a bathing suit on in the picture. It was amazing just how many girls swooned over him. He wasn't that handsome in Heero's opinion and his tendency towards insanity was completely ignored by onlookers. He had once destroyed his car because he had said that it would save him from driving drunk, as he was going to a party later that evening. If was kind of funny that he dies that night, hit by a drunk driver. He had lasted three hours lying on the side of the road before he died. Milliardo had been a friend, they all use to call him Zechs as a nickname for some strange reason. It was a sad day when he had died.

The second was a picture of him and Relena. Nothing too exciting. Looked like in had been at a dinner date of something. The third was her and her family when they were all younger. The forth was one of Travis and Relena at a concert. The fifth was one of his own stepbrother, Trowa Barton. Heero sighed. Trowa was the only person in his own family that he got along with. He was quiet, but the again, so was Heero. His green eyes outshone the rest of his face. His hair was a light brown and his bangs were so long that only one eye could be seen at one time. He had died in a car accident when Heero was only thirteen. Heero stared at the picture a while and the proceeded up the stairs to Relena's room. Looking at his stepbrother just brought back bad memories.

Heero walked up to the room and as just about to open the door when he heard a strange sound. It was like a dog panting. There was something he did recognize, however. Faint moans were heard inside the room. Heero's blood began to boil. If this was what it sounded like, then someone was going to die today. Overcome by anger he threw the door open. It was dimly lit and very large. The first thing Heero heard was a very load female scream and a very nude Relena tying to run away. Heero caught her and threw her on the bed with her 'partner'.

" Oh yes Relena, I could never hit you because I love you too much and I trust you." Heero growled, putting an emphasis on the word 'trust'. Relena tried to rise again, but Heero held her tight and pinned her against the wall. The man, who Heero now recognized as Travis, ran out the door, fumbling with his pants. If Heero had not been so mad he would have though it funny. Heero didn't chase him; he hadn't done anything to Heero, only Relena had. He stared at her with hate in his eyes.

" Heero I swear it's not what it looks like." Relena started. Heero growled again. She was such a bad liar.

" Than what the fuck is it! Where you fucking him because he had a gun to your head! I don't think so." Heero said in a deathly quiet whisper. He unpinned her and threw her to the ground. She cried out in pain. Heero heard footsteps coming up the stairs at a fast pace. He glanced at the door but before his head had turned to see, there was a loud bang. His eyes caught the door, it was Travis. Relena screamed and Travis dropped whatever he was holding. Heero stumbled back involuntarily. Heero suddenly felt light-headed and tired. He fell to his knees, his hold on the bedpost supporting his body. He felt something warm and wet trickling down his back. He looked down. Blood, it was barley visible on his red shirt, but it stained his jeans as it flowed from his chest. The last thing Heero saw before the world went black was what Travis had dropped, a gun.

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~ Alleus ~