Wufei: ::snickers::
Heart of Space, Dove of Peace
"Amnesia, huh?" Sally asked. "That must've been what the good doctor was talking about."
"You were a doctor once, Sally," Wufei replied. "What do you suggest we do?"
"Heero never was the most mentally stable guy around." Sally answered. There was mass 'mm-hmm'ing and nodding of heads. "The only thing we really can do is hope that it's only temporary."
"I know what we can do." Duo exclaimed. "A knock on the head made'im lose his memory right? Another good knock oughta bring it back!" He looked around for the nearest thing to him, reaching for one of the legs of a chair.
"Maybe you oughta get some rest,Duo . . ."
"Are you kidding? I'm dead serious about this! It's payback time for all those times I got the crap beat out of me!"
"Duo . . . Duo, put that down!!"
Relena's face was pale. He really doesn't remember anything? she asked.
"I'm afraid not." Sally answered. "He didn't even remember anything about his mission."
"If we could have figured out what happened to him, we would have been able to think of a way to jog his memory." Quatre said.
"It's worse than that." Hilde replied. "I sent some people to observe the wreckage of Heero's mobile suit. It's was completely thrashed. Blown away at point blank range."
"But Heero would never let . . ."
"Whoever managed to get that close to Heero and cause that amount of damage, Wufei said, "is definitely a threat."
"Who could have defeated Heero so easily?" Quatre asked.
"That's what we have to find out, Quatre." Trowa answered in his usual calm tone. "How are our Gundams coming along?"
"Our technicians have been working 'round the clock and as of now, the Gundams are now 35% complete." Noin answered. "With Heero down, we're even more vulnerable than we were before."
"That means the Dark Claw could attack at anytime." Duo, somewhat calmed down, said.
'What are we going to do . . . ?'Relena thought to herself. 'Without all 5 Gundams to protect the people, the Dark Claw will be able to take over the Sank Kingdom. People are going to get hurt . . .'
Milliardo, who had been silent the whole time, turned to his sister. "Relena," he said, "Are you all right? You look pale."
Relena forced a smile. "I'll be fine, onii-sama." she replied. "If you'd excuse me." With that, she bowed and walked out of the room.
"Poor thing," Noin sighed, watching her leave. "It's bad enough he ignored her before, now he doesn't even remember her."
"Well, I hope he gets his memory back soon," Sally replied. "For her sake and for everyone else's."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"How are repairs coming along?" Leader asked, standing on the bridge of the control room. "Have you got that damage report yet?"
A female officer walked up to Leader and saluted. "Yes, sir." she answered. "The Gundam pilot did manage to take out one of our mobile doll hangars, but the dolls themselves are salvageable. Repairs are 54% finished as of now. We should be fully operational within 5 hours.
"That's good." Leader answered. "And what of the Scorpio hangar."
"The Scorpio Gundam remained undamaged throughout the whole attack, sir." the soldier answered.
"Hmm," Leader mused. "It appears our Gundam pilot was getting sloppy."
"Out of practice, sir?"
"He should have been able to destroy the Scorpio units." Leader said. "Or at least try to take out the main Scorpio Gundam. There was no pattern to his attack at all."
"Perhaps it wasn't the Gundam pilot, sir."
"Yes . . . that is a possibility." Leader nodded and sat down in a chair. "But if it wasn't a Gundam pilot, then who was it?"
~*~*~*~*~*~
"I'm sick and tired of all this waiting! Why don't we just go out and get'em!"
"You will sit here and wait with the rest of us, if you're smart, Maxwell."
Duo pulled at his hair in frustration. "All this doing nothing is driving me crazy!"
"I believe the damage has already been done." Duoshot Wufei a dirty look.
"He's right though, Duo." Quatre said, agreeing with Wufei's first comment. "Waiting is all we can do at the moment."
"That's not true!" Duo exclaimed. "We can do what Heero did—"
"And end up just like him," Wufei interrupted. "Where have you been all of this time?"
"Speaking of which, how is Heero doing?" Quatre asked.
"Quite well, actually." Sally answered. "His wounds are healing quite nicely."
"And his memory?" Trowa asked.
Sally shook her head. "No such luck." she answered. "He still doesn't remember a thing."
"So, it's safe to say we cannot count on him when we fight the Dark Claw." Wufei replied.
"Hey, hey, hey," Duo exclaimed. "Don't count him out so easily! We shouldn't just give up on him. Heck, Trowa was able to fight without his memory."
"That's different."
"Oh, explain."
"We know for sure that Trowa's amnesia was only temporary." Sally replied. "Pluse we can only assume he lost his memory outside his suit when it exploded in space. Heero was inside his mobile suit when it exploded."
"Yeah? What's your point?"
"Heero's amnesia is more serious than Trowa's." Sally explained. "I don't think it's a good idea to have him anywhere near a mobile suit for a while."
"Why's that?"
"You and your infernal questions!" Wufei snapped. Duo stuck out histongue.
Sally sighed. "We've been trying to jog his memory by showing him pictures." she explained. "He freaks out every time we show him anything vaguely resembling a Gundam."
"That's terrible." Quatre replied. "Poor Heero."
"So, like I said before," Wufei stated, "Only the four of us will be fighting."
"For the time being anyway." Sally replied. "Like Duo said, we shouldn'tgive up on Heero completely. He might be able to pull through." Duo nodded in agreement.
"Right," Quatre agreed, "We shouldn't give up hope on him. It's the least wecan do. We have to protect him while he's vulnerable like this."
"Who knows what the dummy could end up doing." Duo muttered. "I guess we will have to look after him. Hoo boy . . ."
"Don't worry about looking after Heero." Everyone looked up to see Relena standing at the door. "I can do that myself."
"Hoi, 'Lena," Duo replied. "You sure you know what you're getting into?"
Relena nodded. "I'll take care of him," she said. "You just worry about the Dark Claw."
"Well, if you're sure," Sally grinned, "you're welcome to it. After all, how can we say no to the ex-Queen of the world?"
Relena bowed her head and smiled. "Thank you, Sally," She then turned and bowed to the others. "And thank you, everyone." Hersmile soon faded as she headed towards the door. "If you'd excuse me, there are some other matters I must attend to." With that, she walked out of the room.
Duo plopped down on the couch and folded his arms behind his head. "Boy,she asks to look after him and then takes off right afterwards." he muttered. "Some caretaker."
"Be nice, Duo." Quatre scolded. "I'm sure Ms. Relena has a lot on her mind right now."
~*~*~*~*~
After leaving the conference room, Relena stepped outside the palace where Pagan was waiting for her.
"Where is it you said you need to go, Relena?" the elderly man asked.
"To the Spaceport," Relena answered, stepping into her infamous pink limo.
(AN:God . . who in there right mind cruises around in a pink limousine? Who does she think she is? Tina Turner? No, wait . . . that was a Cadillac. Nevermind. ^_^
Wufei: Idiot....)
"Another unscheduled meeting?" Pagan asked, pulling out of the estate. "There have been a lot of those lately."
"Oh, yes, of course." Relena replie dquickly. "But this one is extremely important. There is someone I have to see."
Pagan dropped Relena off at the spaceport and she immediately proceeded into the terminal to purchase a ticket. From there, she boarded her shuttle and sat down in her seat, looking out the window.
'Okay,Relena . . . don't chicken out now.' she thought to herself. 'This has to be done. Desperate times call for desperate measures.' She was brought of her thoughts by a voice on the PA system.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts and place your seats in their upright positions. We will be departing for Colony X-189999 very shortly."
Relena closed her eyes. She had been to the colonies numerous times in her life, but there had been one time that had completely changed her life forever.
~*Flashback *~
After Relena's foster father had been assassinated, Relena felt as if her world had been turned upside down. Crying over her father's dead body, she vowed she would make the OZ organization pay for what they had done. That's when she had met the infamous Doctor J.
Relena stared in awe at the man standing before her. He was more machine than man. Hobbling on his prosthetic leg, he circled Relena, looking her over.
"Who are you?" Relena asked nervously.
The old man looked hurt. "You mean you've never heard of me?" he asked, chortling. He bowed courteously. "My name is Doctor J."
Relena bowed in return. "Ah . . . a pleasure to meet you, Doctor J," she said meekly. "My name is—"
"I know who you are, Relena Dorlian." Doctor J replied. He walked towards a black limousine that had just pulled up to the curb. "Come with me, I'd like to have a word with you."
After talking with Doctor J, Relena found out about OZ's plans and Operation Meteor. She also learned that Doctor J had been the one who trained Heero to be a Gundam pilot.
Eventually, the limousine pulled to a stop in front of the Spaceport.
"It would be best for you to go home and forget all about what has happened," Doctor J said bluntly, "and most importantly, you must forget about Heero."
"I can't do that." Relena said, stepping out of thelimousine. "How could you have donethis to him? He's a boy, not amachine."
"Heero is the perfect soldier, and is well aware of the importance of his task." Doctor J replied. "In fact, beneath all that, he is very kind hearted boy, but he is very dedicated to his mission. If you value your life, you should stay away from him."
"I will do no such thing," Relena said indignantly. "If you can enable him to fight OZ, then you can do the same to me."
"I don't think you want that." Doctor J said, giving her a serious look.
"Yes, I do." Relena answered. "I can't stand by and watch OZ harm innocent people just for the sake of world domination. I want to help Heero fight. I want . . .I want to protect him."
Doctor J stayed silent for a moment. After several moments he finally spoke, "You're a very brave girl, Miss Dorlian," he said, "but I don't believe you are fully aware of what you're getting yourself into. However," He raised his arm and spun his three claws around, occasionally clanking them together. "If you truly are serious, come back here after you have thought this decision through."
Relena nodded. "I will be back, you know." she said.
Doctor J noted her silently. "I know you will." he said.
Relena could only watch silenly as the limousine pulled off into the darkness.
~*End of Flashback *~
Relena sighed as the Earth became smaller and smaller behind her. She looked out into the darkness of space. "I will protect you no matter what it takes . . . Heero."
Back on Earth, at the Peacecraft estate, deep in sleep, Heero murmured one word, "Relena . . ."
Author's Notes:
Miss Chang Po: Hey, minna! I'm alive!
Wufei: I think they know that.. seeing since you posted part of your other fic a few days ago...
Miss Chang Po: ::ignores him:: I'm sorry I kept you guys waiting. I've just been so busy. School's pretty much over for me, except I still have to take finals. ::goes into a panic:: Why do I have to take the hardest final first! Honors Chemistry!! Gaaaahhhh!!!!
Wufei: ::dumps a cold glass of water over her head::
Miss Chang Po: ::blinks as she recovers:: Thank you.
Wufei: ::humphs::