Get Rel

NOTE: I don't own Gundam Wing or its characters.

For those who are wondering or have been wondering, yes, this is the last Relena-run-away fic in the 'For Rel' and 'Get Rel' series thingy. This fic will have a complete ending whether or not I have Heero catch up with Relena or not. I'm not going to keep going around in circles.

There it was the pounding of impatient feet as someone came running down the hall and up the stairs. Heero knew this because he had felt the vibration through the floor, he had heard the door open, and Jason was standing at the top of the stairs starring at home with a flushed face.

"That must have been quite the run," Duo commented, looking up from his composition book at the girl. Just because the former preventers were temporarily going to college didn't mean they got out of doing homework.

A huge grin broke on Jason's face before she spontaneously ran over to the bed and plopped herself down between the books. Lying on her back, Jason chuckled a bit at the ceiling in amazement.

Duo glanced over at Heero only to get a blank stare from his friend. What was going on?

"Do you guys know what today is?" Jason asked breathlessly, a teasing tone creeping into her voice and into her manner.

"Friday, May 19. Why?" Duo answered, shifting his fake breasts about a bit to make them level and more centered. Not that Jason noticed because she was too entranced with the ceiling and her own thoughts.

A blissful glint in her eyes could be seen before she closed her eyes and sighed deeply. "Think about it," she told him."

"I'm thinking," lied Duo as he gave Heero this 'what is she talking about?' expression.

Jason hit Duo's knee, it was hard to not know that he had been sarcastic about thinking.

"I'll give you a hint, plane trip," Jason sighed.

Watching the girl, Heero saw that Jason was almost ready to fall asleep on his bed. Her face was cuddling into his covers and she just looked simply tired from the past week with all her classes, work, and preparations for…something that Heero was unaware of.

"We still stomped," Duo stated after a moment.

At first Jason didn't respond, causing the men to think that she might have fallen asleep on the bed. Exchanging looks with Heero, who obviously didn't know what to do, Duo bent over and poked at Jason's shoulder.

"Jason?"

"Mmh, I'm still awake Selfie. Here's another clue then, what has Joey, Frankie, Robin, and Salem been ranting on about for the past couple weeks?" Jason groaned, turning on her side a bit.

"I'm at a loss," Duo declared, defeated.

Heero shook his head; leave it to Duo to not pay too much attention to what others talked about. "She's talking about a convention in Philadelphia tomorrow," he spoke up, surprising Duo.

"Exactly!" Jason nodded, her eyes snapping open and her sitting up, back against the wall and sitting cross-legged. "We leave early tonight and we're not going to be back until early Sunday. I just can't wait!"

There was just something in that genuine giddiness that he had only seen a few times in the eyes of Relena and Hilde. It was a bit unnerving because it once again made Heero wonder if Jason and Relena were the same person…

Stop this! Heero commanded himself, shaking his head a bit. If you keep doing that then you'll never find Relena and tomorrow could just be your big chance. Hopefully Zeches did his part.

"Why," Duo questioned Jason, "are you so happy to go? Do you have someone that you're meeting there or something?" He had meant to be teasing but Jason had taken the question seriously, sobering up a bit.

"Actually, yeah, I am meeting a friend there," Jason answered, amazing the two guys.

With wide eyes, Duo glanced at Heero, he had noticed it too. There was someone who knew about Relena, now it was a matter of who it was that knew about Relena and was not telling.

Sensing that somehow the atmosphere in the room had changed, Jason tensed up a bit waiting for the onslaught of questions to bombard her. Thankfully, the two former preventers never got the chance to question Jason as the doorbell rang.

"Oh, that's Joey with the car. See you guys Sunday, and Eiji, I apologize now in case my dad pulls anymore embarrassing stunts while I'm gone," Jason quickly said as she got off the bed and was ready to leave before she turned around and gave both guys a hug.

Duo had uneasily returned the hug but Heero had done anything, in fact he was a bit frightened. The last time anyone hugged him was when he had carried Relena back to her hotel room one night after she fainted. Relena had fainted because Heero tackled her to the ground as an assassin opened fire upon representatives in Germany.

Once Jason was gone did either of the guys say anything.

"Still have that ingenious plan of yours?" Duo inquired as the sound of a car taking off was heard.

"It's not ingenious but I do have a plan and I have a chore for you and Hilde to do," the former Zero pilot informed as he got off his bed and pulled out a duffle bag from under the bed.

Duo added, "You mean other than her and I searching Relena's friend's rooms for any clues?" It had at first bothered Duo, the idea of trespassing into a stranger's room and digging around for information about Relena, but now as he didn't care. "What's the new chore?"

"I want you two to find out who this person is that Jason is meeting there, family or friend, it might be Relena that she's going to meet there."

Trowa was busy packing his bag so he could get to Philadelphia in time to go out with Quatre as planned. There was just this feeling of anticipation that flared up in his body.

"Well, I suppose Relena would be proud of me," Trowa muttered, glancing in the mirror as he mentally recalled what Relena, as Salimar, had told him.

It was strange; to feel that is. During the Eves' War he had stated that his heart had been empty for quite some time and that he was unable to feel, now, over a silly dinner date…Trowa froze for a moment.

Date? The simple word scared him witless. No, he reminded himself, it's not a date; we're just going to do something together as old friends, nothing more. That was the disappointing part; they were only going as 'old friends'.

"Trowa!" Catherine called as she entered the trailer. "There you are. Are we going to Philadelphia or not? I kind of would like to go see Quatre and even go see Ms. Po again." After the Mariemaia Rebellion, Sally Po and Catherine had kept in some contact, especially since Trowa would get involved once in a while despite Catherine's disapproval.

"I'm coming Cathy," Trowa assured, looking at himself one last time in the mirror. No need to impress anyone, he assured, it's just Quatre. The assurance was not making the former Heavyarms pilot relax.

"Here goes nothing."

As Trowa was about to leave the trailer before a message on his computer popped up telling the clown that he had a message from Duo Maxwell. Opening the e-mail, Trowa scanned it as it inquired his whereabouts as well as Quatre's, apparently Quatre's secretary only said that he had taken a vacation.

Glancing at his watch, Trowa sat down in front of the computer and quickly typed his reply stating where he was and where Quatre was.

"Trowa, sometime today would be nice," Catherine uncharacteristically reminded. Trowa didn't understand women that well but he knew Catherine well enough to know that she wanted to go to Philadelphia soon so that she could actually see her friends instead of 'just miss' them.

"Coming," repeated Trowa, finishing his e-mail and sending it to Duo.

Heero met up with Zeches at the airport at 5:25 a.m. and they got their tickets, through security in less than an hour before they went to wait for their plane to Philadelphia.

"Is everything in order?" Zeches inquired as they sat waiting for their plane to arrive at 7:05.

"Duo and Hilde have already begun their search for this person who Jason said she was meeting, and they should be currently looking about for clues," Heero answered, leaving out the fact that Duo and Hilde would be invading others' bedrooms.

"Good," nodded Zeches, not bothering to question how the other two preventers came to be in Wisconsin. "You had better hope that this works Yuy or I'll arrest you for interfering in a preventer search."

Heero was not about to point out the fact that he was the one helping Zeches because in the end it didn't make a difference. He was interfering in a preventer search and could very well be arrested for it.

"Don't need to worry about that, if I can't catch her this time then I'm going to let her go. She has been more than willing to get on with her life while I have not," Heero explained, pulling an envelope out his pocket.

Zeches gave the younger man a questioning glance. "You know this how?" he demanded softly.

Rather than using words, Heero handed the envelope to Zeches and had him read it. Inside the envelope was the letter from the train station in Italy that Heero had followed Relena to the last time.

Just give me one chance to get her back and I will take that chance, Heero mentally implored as he closed his eyes for a moment. This is something I truly need to do.

"Now boarding seats H-16 to H-23 for gate 37, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," came the announcement over the loud speakers.

Heero received a kick in the shins from Zeches as the older man got out of his seat, grabbing his bag. He did not have any intentions of returning to Wisconsin after this.

"That's our call Heero."

Opening up his eyes, Heero rose to his feet, stuffing his hands into his pockets as his ticket rested on the inside pocket of his jean jacket. Now he was partially mentally prepped for the day.

"This is going to one hell of a day."

"I should think so," commented Zeches dryly as they stood in line to board the plane.

I'm going to catch you this time Relena, I have to this time.

Frankie-4

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Joey-1

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