Chapter 2:

Relena walked to and fro, pacing across the waiting room, jerking her head towards the direction of the slightest sound coming from where Heero was rushed into.

Every single moment haunted her consciousness and even unconscious she heard his barely whisper. Everything was in slow motion and it was unreal. His face was almost deathly white and his chest not moving at all it seemed...

Her thoughts were disturbed by the squeaking of a chair. She jerked her head, craning her head to look at what made the sound that shattered the silence and her thoughts. She came face to face with a restless Duo whose cheery face was destroyed. He smiled slightly at Relena, noticing her gaze, but it turned out to be a twisted demented look. He was forcing himself to look happy, almost a first.

A doctor in a long white coat emerged from the double swinging doors which a sign above labeled 'Surgery'. Relena noticed this right away and rushed over, beating everyone else to swarming him with thousands of questions.

"Is Heero going to be all right?" Relena questioned, looking the tired look doctor over. Her had ruffled sandy brown hair and wire framed glasses that looked like they were for show. He looked exhausted somewhat, probably it was a rough night for him as it was for her and the others.

The doctor sighed heaily, expecting this to happen. They seemed so concerned for the young boy, but then again...they should be. "Well..." The doctor started of. To tell the truth, he wasn't so sure about the boy's condition. "First I would like you to have a seat with me in my office." He said, clearing his throat and then opened his arm to show them the direction.

'That's not a good sigh...' Relena thought sadly. 'Please be all right Heero...' She said, then shook her head, trying not to cry. 'He's saved me again...but now...there's more to risk for my sake...' She followed the doctor and the Gundam pilots followed with Sally and Noin following closely behind.

The doctor opened the door and they all piled silently into the room and they all took a seat with Noin and Sally next to Relena for emotional support. They knew it had to be bad. Sally felt her throat constrict until the doctor spoke again.

"I want you to tell me what happened. T's not every day that a boy like him gets shot near the heart. He doesn't look like a gangster and he was dressed quite well." The doctor said, waiting patiently for one of them to speak.

"There was a group of terrorists and they targeted me, but he used his body to shield me." Relena said simply, flinching a bit when she remembered the feeling of his body tense and then weaken as he fell limply onto her body.

"I see..." The doctor said. "That was very courageous of him." He said, shaking his head sadly. "He's still so young, but he's quite strong obviously. He's still alive, if you wanted to know." The doctor said again, noting the large sigh he got out of Relena.

Relena had let out a large sigh, not noticing sh had been almost holding her breath at this time. She blushed a bit, but the doctor didn't seem to mind. "So how is he doing?" She questioned. She had to be ready for everything. Every last detail involving his situation.

"He's stable, but the bullet went close to his heart. Too close. It didn't hit any major vein such as the aorta so he doesn't have any internal bleeding, but he's sill going to need recovery. In fact, his survival is all thanks to you, Miss Relena." The doctor said, about to explain when Relena gave him a quizzical look.

"Me? What could I have done? It's all my fault he's in this mess. He could have died." The word came out of her mouth and hit her sharply, making her flinch at the sound of even mentioning him dying.

"Well, you see, the bullet was aimed for your heart, am I correct?" The doctor confirmed what he said when he saw a light bob of Relena's head going up and down once. "Well, your height made the difference, you see. Your heart is lower than his is since you're shorter than he is, so..." He said, trailing off so she could get what he was saying.

"I get it." She mumbled half to herself. "It hit him lower than his heart where my heart would be." She said, suddenly grateful for being shorter than him by such a difference, though it wasn't a lot. She was also content with this height so he could sweep her off her feet into a passionate kiss. Of course, if he ever did. In fact, Relena was quite confused about the young boy. He was so secretive and kept everything to himself. This made her love the striking young man even more than she already was in love with him.

The doctor nodded at this. "We aren't quite sure on his condition mentally. This whole ordeal might cause some changes in his possibly." The doctor said, clearing his throat a little bit.

"Changes?" Quatre asked, concerned with what he meant by that.

"Yes, well he may act differently because of this whole episode." The doctor said, trying to keep calm under their stares, but deep down he knew it was to no avail.

"Why would he act differently?" Relena questioned, almost fearing what the doctor would say next. It couldn't be good at all.

"Well, this was a lot on his mind, after all he came very close to dying if you didn't get him here in time. It could be...an overload for example, and his mind wants to shut away all that's happened from himself for his own well being." He explained scientifically.

Trowa looked at the man after registering all that he said. "How sure of this are you?" He questioned, waiting for the chances of probability against them.

"Like I said, we aren't quite sure. His condition is stabile and you all are welcome to stay until visiting hours are over. Knowing that boy, he's probably going to wake up soon from the sedatives.

"Alright." Relena said quietly and got up from the chair and thanked the doctor for his help. She opened the door softly and walked out the door, going to room 680 on 6C sector of the building, which was quite large.

She walked briskly and tensed up to the door, which she stopped at and stared. It held an almost ominous presence to it and she touched the door knob, pulling away sharply, gaining the stares of the other Gundam pilot's.

"Here." Quatre said lightly to her as he opened the door.

The first thing they noticed was two icy blue Prussain colored eyes looking at them almost intently. Relena stopped dead in her tracks, a foot in the air as she was about to step. The other's stared at Heero, dumbfounded. He had been shot so close to the heart and he was awake and looking well to boot.

Relena placed her foot down as she almost tripped when she rushed over to him. "H-Heero!" She cried happily, pulling him into a light embrace. Tears of joy streamed slowly down her rosy cheeks, her smiling just as wide as she could.

Feeling Heero tense when she gave him a small hug, she pulled away slightly from his body, which was now in an upright position, no longer laying flat on his back. She saw his eyes didn't show any emotion. They had never been like that before.

Heero glared at her coldly.

Relena felt her body tense as she received a cold stare from him. She lowered her head, thinking he was angry at her because o the whole incident. Little did she know that wasn't the case.

"Where am I?" His voice said coldly, chilling her to the bone and making her blood freeze in her veins.

Wufei decided to fill in the pilot with what he missed while he was out. "You nearly died, you're in a hospital after coming out of surgery, and I think that's all." He said bluntly.

Heero looked at Wufei, removing his gaze from Relena. The other's held their breaths. He looked slightly confused. "What are you talking about?" He questioned, not really caring if they gave him an answer or not.

"Don't you remember? You were shot!" Relena half shouted, noticing Heero's gaze was elsewhere.

"Hi!" A small voice came, filling the room with her childish giggles. Heero looked wide-eyed in the hall way and gazed at a girl with sunny blonde hair, much like Relena's. She wore a hat to hide the sun from her face and had blue eyes and a white dress she wore.

"Who are you?" Duo said, turning sharply to see the girl. She walked into the room, closing the door lightly behind her. The Gundam pilot's looked at the little girl and back to Heero. They were staring at each other until the little girl giggled and smiled at him warmly.

Heero looked shocked, his eyes wide in disbelief. "W-who a-are you?" He said, staggering a bit while not noticing the awkward gazes he received from the other's in the room.

"I'm Sara!" She said happily. "This is Mary!" She said, holding a leash that connected to the small dogs collar. It jumped around happily and barked at the attention the little dog was getting now.

He never knew her name, but she had told him the dog's name and she looked exactly like she did that one day. "You're a hallucination. You can't be real..." Heero said, shaking his head and closing his eyes.

"Your wrong. Your friends can see me," She said, walking closer to him. "I missed you." She said happily and threw herself at him into a hug. He felt her warmth and he could feel the weight of her body. She wasn't a ghost and she wasn't a hallucination. She was dead though, right?

"H-how?" He questioned.

Relena looked at Heero and looked at him, almost shocked at how he was acting. "What's going on?" She questioned. Heero looked at her, forgetting that she and the others were in the room also.

The girl turned to look at her. She tilted her head. Then looked back at Heero and reached behind her. She pulled out a yellow flower. Heero stared at it blankly.

Trowa raised an eyebrow. 'A flower?' He thought. He stopped standing by the door and decided to take a seat, waiting for an explanation.

"I can help!" Sara said quickly. "Everyone get into a circle on the floor." She said happily as they all formed a cicle. Heero managed to get up, despite the tight tug on his chest. He sat down with a plop and Sara told them all to join hands.

They did so, Relena holding Heero's hand while the other one was held tightly by the other girl. Duo held the young child's hand and his was held by Trowa, who in turn held Quatre's. Wufei held onto Quatre's and Relena's, finishing off the circle in a complete link. Mary hopped into Sara's lap and waited patiently for what happened next.

The girl closed her eyes and the other's followed. A slight wind began to pick up, despite the fact that the window and door was closed.

It was dark. Then there was a light and a slight breeze that lifted their spirits. They opened their eyes and Heero was no where to be seen. They saw someone running down a hill with a military base on top of it. He had a mess of chocolate brown hair, which hung unruly on his head with long bangs, helping to slightly hide his features. He had deep prussain eyes with some emotion in them at the moment. He had a smile plastered on his face, which made Relena's heart leap at the sight. She had never seen him smile in such a way.

"Are you lost?" A young girl's voice rang through the air. Heero opened his eyes and looked at the girl. Relena ran over to him and reached to touch him when she saw her hand went right through him. She pulled away hastily, shocked at this.

"I've been lost ever since the day I was born." He said, closing his eyes again and then opening them.

"We must be in Heero's memories." Trowa said, almost whispering as he was witnessing the mysterious boy's past. Relena and the other's were silent, listening to the whole conversation going on.

"Oh..." The girl named Sara said, "That's so sad. I'm just taking Mary here for a walk." Cheerfully she said, looking at the boy. There was something about him that made her want to stay with him. She gave him a flower.

He looked at it, shocked at her kind gesture. He took the flower that she gave to him and she ran off back towards the town, hopping and skipping all the way.

He continued staring at the flower and relaxed until the sun was setting. Dusk was near an he stood and behind him, the military base was set into flames as explosives shook the ground.

A Leo suit hit another suit after another, doing something he didn't expect. It went crashing towards the town. They saw Heero standing there, wide-eyed as the whole city was destroyed before his eyes as screams filled the air.

The other's stood there too, shocked at what happened. They felt a tight constricting feeling in their chests as they saw Heero walk towards the cinder-colored town. He found the body of a small dog, dead with singes on its fur.

He picked it up gently and buried it, then turned to head back to a hidden place in which he was trained. "Retrain him!" Loud voices filled their heads as they heard people arguing over the young teenager.

They saw Heero in a training session. He was held up by shackles connecting to his wrists where dried blood was from the tightness on them. A person took out a whip and you saw them whip the young boy, doing almost any sort of torture imaginable.

"Oh my god!" Relena cried, covering her eyes from the sight. Heero didn't cry out once.

After that, they were taken to more and more sessions, making everyone who witnessed it stare and be at loss for words. This was the past he had hidden from him. This was his life, why he was so good at what he did. They trained him to be prepared for anything. Even death.

"Emotions are useless and obsolete for a weapon. Our weapon." A person's voice was heard. Relena clenched her fists. 'Who would dare say such a thing?!' She though heatedly.

They saw Heero strapped down to a table, wounds all over his body. His heart slightly beating. "He's in a coma." A doctor told a commander for the Rebellion group, giving the chart to him.

"All right." The commander said, turning to leave. "Inform me when he wakes up." He commanded and the doctor nodded in understanding.

The man left and the doctor shook his head, stealing a glance at the boy, noticing the hardness etches away from his face. He was mature for his age, being only fourteen. "Poor kid." He said and turned to go get a nurse to watch over his condition.

Heero's eyes opened, slowly and confusion crossed his features, which he quickly hid. He tried moving but was struck with a pain. Relena and the others gasped as a wave of pain hit them, but no wounds were visible from their appearance.

"What-the-hell-is-going-on?" Duo asked through clenched teeth as another wave of pain hit him.

Trowa's balance swayed a bit, but he hid the pan that pulsed through his body. "This must be the pain he's feeling." He said with more emotion than he usually put with his words.

There was darkness.

They opened their eyes and came face to face with Heero, who looked at them with no emotion. He looked away and got up, the little girl following him with Mary trailing after him. They sat there, not moving. He opened the door and walked out briskly, feeling a slight bit of anger towards the girl for showing them that. The girl and her dog were enough, but remembering all the training from his childhood was a little too much.

"He's been through a worse hell than me." Trowa said quietly. "No wonder why he wanted to hid it from us. It must hurt to just remember the memories." He said, lowering his eyes.

"We have to go after him!" Relena shouted, running out the door with the other's following him. 'What is he going to do?!' She thought, not being able to predict what would happen next (to let you all know: she was thinking he was going to 'disappear' or go 'missing' or even commit suicide). "Don't do it Heero!..." She gasped while running, letting her feet lead the way to Heero...

Author's Note:

I'm so glad that everyone (well, not EVERYONE) but of all the reviews so far that I checked are good! I just started this story and it will probably take awhile because I'm at a writer's block, not knowing what to do...sigh...

I have other stories (Mainly because of the fact that I dislike the yaoi stories with Duo and Heero since they are just friends. I do Heero and Relena stories, but mainly it's adventure since I'm not good at romance. It's not my thing... . I try to update as many stories as I can, usually I try to work a little on each one though by far 'A Date with Evil' has the most chapter's. I did that one for fun! .

If you have any suggestions or would like to see something happen in the story (I might put it in if I can tie it together) send it in a review or email to me.

I think that that's about it... I try not to ramble on...NO!! I'm doing it now! Arg! Um...I don't do lime or lemon's or any of that stuff, so don't ask. I'm not good with the whole romance thing...shivers and eye twitches  That's all for now 

Mnemosyn (m)