a/n: read chapter 3 and forward: redone and changed . Mnemosyn
Memory:
"Where are they?!" Duo shouted to the young girl who looked quite like she was going into shock. "Please." He said calmer to her, gritting his teeth together making an odd enough sound.
"A s-scary man took them and then window." She pointed to the window with a shaking index finger. The curtains tossed in the breeze wildly. A storm was brewing, and it wasn't just the weather either.
"Do you remember how this scary man looked?" Quatre questioned the rattled child. He was more patient and kind hearted than the others when it came to children who were sensitive like him.
"He was tall and he hit Heero really hard and made him stop moving." Some tears fell from her orbs. "He took R-Relena and him." She wiped her nose on her sleeve. She had a bad feeling about this. The image of the sinister grinning man flashed back at her: "He had brown hair and gray colored eyes. He had a fuzzy beard." (He looked somewhat like the person who Wufei bought supplies off of in the first episode or so).
"Is there anything else that you can remember?" Trowa asked quietly, startling her that he spoke. He had remained quiet and emotionless the whole while.
"Red. Something Red birds." She said, her memory hazy of what he was talking about when she noticed his presence.
Quatre looked at her, eyes widening a bit. "Red Doves?" He said, hoping that it wasn't what she was trying to tell them it was this group.
The girl nodded her head. "That was it." She whispered and hugged a teddy bear that she had. Heero had gotten her one to hug when she was scared and to think of him.
"We had better get to the Preventer's headquarters." Wufei said, turning on his heel. 'Figures that him and her have gotten into trouble. Again.' He inhaled deeply and the others followed him with Wuatre holding the little girls hand.
"What?!" Une shouted angrily to the other Gundam pilots. "What did you say?!" anger seething and radiating from her body.
"Heero and Relena were abducted." Quatre said. "I'm going to go and get her settled in the faculty room." Quatre said, leaving with the girl who was still holding her teddy bear and Quatre's hand.
"How could this happen? They were captured right under your noses?" She said with exasperation, massaging her throbbing temple. So much work and so little time.
A loud beeping noise filled the air and Une went to her laptop on her desk and then opened a link for the sender to talk to her.
"Yes?" Une said with some anger still in her voice. 'Heero is still too weak to do anything and the whole ESUN rides on his future and Relena's. Without them, the whole thing would collapse.
"Hello." A woman said with purple hair, which covered her face partially. "This is Fire and Wind reporting." She explained.
"Read you loud and clear, please give your stats." Une said, concentrating on this first.
"We managed to intercept a ship with some hostages on and you'll never guess who they are." Noin said partially happy.
"Who were the hostages? Workers in our department?" Une asked, not liking guessing.
"In our department, oh yes." Noin said, almost grinning from cheek to cheek. Zechs appeared behind her.
"Heero and Relena." He said. "Why was my sister on their hostage area?" He questioned. "She woke up about three minutes ago, but she seemed very stressed about something." His cold blue eyes bore into their souls, saying they better give him a good reason not to kill them for letting his sister be abducted.
"What about Heero?" Duo asked, ignoring the questioned.
Zechs eyes shown an unknown emotion for but a minute and faded. "Not good. His condition is deteriorating and he's showing very erratic signs. We found some unknown drugs in his system, but we can't neutralize them or anything."
"Sir, the two captive have escaped." A soldier replied after saluting the doctor, Gerd who was in charge of the whole operation.
"This isn't good." He said to the commander in a nearby chair. "If the chemicals aren't administered today at a certain time, his body will have the withdrawal effect."
"What would that be?" The commander said with some interest.
"His body is too used to the drugs and without them administered, his boy will have fits and functioning problems until an antidote is administered or the drug. He'll be in pain. More than he was when he was given the drug the first time." He explained thoughtfully.
"I see, well, I guess we'll have to send our men to go and fetch him back then, won't we?"
"He will be heavily guarded." Gerd pointed out, making some notes into his science journal.
"That's what will make the fun of it." The commander said with a tone of insane in it. He got up from his chair stiffly and briskly walked out of the room, closing the door gently so as not to disrupt the doctor from his twisted and demented thoughts.
"That man is something else." He said more to himself as he looked down at the picture of a young boy with unruly mahogany locks and deep prussain eyes with little and masked emotion. "And he will do anything to get you back. After all, you are his weapon." He whispered. "Barton died and he wants you for revenge and world domination. Whether there can be peace with you, or war." He said to the picture, which remained quite in response, staring at nothing and not moving.
Author's note: Thought I'd give my favorite people something more to read. NEXT CHAPTER & MORE WRITTEN BELOW!!
A Haunting from my Demons
...And one angel...
He screamed in pain. His unconscious state was filled with pain and his waking moments were in even more. His body was reacting to every single touch. The IV in his arm making him be hydrated, though he was constantly throwing up nothing but bile when he was awake, his body seemingly dying...
A fever ravaged his body, as he had to be iced down some times and have alcohol baths at times to keep his temperature the same. It was about 103.5 degrees, and raising slowly but steadily.
The more chemicals and medication they pushed into his blood stream made his body react even more than he could stand, though he seemingly wouldn't die. He had developed pneumonia in his lungs and he had to be restrained from the thrashing he did while in his fever-ridden nightmares that deluded him from reality and fantasy.
Was there anything to stop his pain?
Something...anything...the wave washing over him, dragging him under. Drowning him with nothing but the pain, both mental and physical. He was unable to protect her. It was his fault. The thought of living was too painful, but then...who would save her from danger? He didn't trust the other Gundam baka's, Duo. The others wouldn't be as helpful to her...
It was him in danger now, for he had something that could save Relena. He couldn't live to see her in pain. But who was going to save the protector? He had saved her, once to many times maybe. Did it matter to him?
No, it was worth it all the time.
That brief second drew his thoughts away from the blinding pain rushing through his every being and then, he was brought back to it, full force as he dealt with what he had not experienced...
Relena stared at him with fear as tears fell down her eyes. 'That would be me if they didn't do something to my blood.... Why?' She looked up to the ceiling in a pleading way as Heero's breathing turned erratic and his heart beat on the EEG displayed the erratic movements and did the wires on his chest. He looked like a robot connected to all those machines. The beeping of the machines we loud as doctors rushed in to try and help their patient.
He had been given constant round the clock watching and monitoring as his temperature was soaring higher and higher, more chemicals pushed into his blood stream, killing his system even more like poison. Sally tried to get reason into them, telling them that it wasn't helping and it was making it worse.
Lady Une was coming as fast as she could when she heard the news about Heero being in the hospital. Her best Preventer couldn't and wouldn't die while she was around.
'Why? God? Why him!' She cried, tears renewed by this thought streaming and coursing down her defined cheeks, red like her eyes from crying herself to sleep sometimes.
He screamed in pain. His unconscious state was filled with pain and his waking moments were in even more. His body was reacting to every single touch. The IV in his arm making him be hydrated, though he was constantly throwing up nothing but bile when he was awake, his body seemingly dying...
A fever ravaged his body, as he had to be iced down some times and have alcohol baths at times to keep his temperature the same. It was about 103.5 degrees, and raising slowly but steadily.
The more chemicals and medication they pushed into his blood stream made his body react even more than he could stand, though he seemingly wouldn't die. He had developed pneumonia in his lungs and he had to be restrained from the thrashing he did while in his fever-ridden nightmares that deluded him from reality and fantasy.
Was there anything to stop his pain?
Relena stared at him with fear as tears fell down her eyes. 'That would be me if they didn't do something to my blood.... Why?' She looked up to the ceiling in a pleading way as Heero's breathing turned erratic and his heart beat on the EEG displayed the erratic movements and did the wires on his chest. He looked like a robot connected to all those machines. The beeping of the machines was loud as doctors rushed in to try and help their patient.
He had been given constant round the clock watching and monitoring as his temperature was soaring higher and higher, more chemicals pushed into his blood stream, killing his system even more like poison. Sally tried to get reason into them, telling them that it wasn't helping and it was making it worse.
Lady Une was coming as fast as she could when she heard the news about Heero being in the hospital. Her best Preventer couldn't and wouldn't die while she was around.
'Why? God? Why him!' She cried, tears renewed by this thought streaming and coursing down her defined cheeks, red like her eyes from crying herself to sleep sometimes.
"What is going on?!" Une shouted, rushing into the room to find the doctors swarming around Heero who was thrashing wildly on the slightly padded observation bed he was restrained on.
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface. Consuming. Confusing.
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending.
Controlling: how I can't seem
To find myself again, my walls are closing in.
Without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that it's just too much pressure to take.
I've felt this way before: so insecure!
Crawling in my skin,
These wounds they will not heal!
Fear is how I fall,
Confusing what is real!
The other Gundam pilots, whom were also working with the Preventers rushed in just as Heero let out an excruciating cry of pain. His head fell to the side, away from the doctors who were pushing more chemicals into his blood stream.
A tear fell from his cheek. Not from the pain, but from his eyes being so tightly shut together. Waves of pain washed over him, threatening to consume him whole and take him plummeting with them to hell.
His breathing got heavier and labored as sweat formed more than it already had on his body. He wore his black spandex shorts, his threadbare green tank top laying discarded elsewhere and away from the room.
The doctors were rushing around, trying to help the boy in immense pain.
"What's going on?" Duo shouted loudly, wanting an answer while looking through the glass at his buddy, who was far too pale for anyone's liking.
"They drugged him." Relena said, shuddering involuntary at the pain she remembered. It hadn't been this bad for her...what made her so different?
Trowa was quiet, too quiet. He reached for the medical report, letting the others read over his shoulder as he took in everything that was going on in the current situation.
His heartbeat was over what it should be, after being strained. He was in constant pain, even in an unconscious state. His temperature was sky rocketing and raising higher and higher. His body was becoming dehydrated.
"They are straining his body too much with all the chemicals that they are pushing into his blood stream." Wufei said solemnly.
"Yeah..." Quatre said with a worried tone in his voice. Who wouldn't be at a time like this? If Heero was crying out in pain, then it must be bad.
Relena felt lightheaded as she fell into a chair. Something didn't feel right. Her vision started to get blurry as she tried taking deep breaths, which earned her stares from the others.
"Miss Relena?" Une asked with worry. Her eyes opened wide with terror. "Did they give her the same drugs?" She rushed over to find out if they had and she faintly nodded her throbbing head, sending another rush of pain to it.
Quatre rushed over and put his hand to her forehead, feeling how she was slightly warm to the touch. His eyes opened a little wider as he called for a doctor to take her to a bed. They dragged her off and Une went over to see how Heero was holding up before visiting Relena.
He hadn't said a word, being in too much pain to mumble even the slightest thing but moan. She walked into the room, a heavy burden entering her chest as she looked at the pale, actually silent figure.
She walked over and took a chair by his side, grasping his hot hand in her more cold hand. His eyes slowly opened as Une gasped, he didn't cry out in pain. His eyes looked at her slowly.
He looked exhausted as he shuffled for something. "Don't move! You need all your strength!" She said, though he pulled out a vial of red liquid.
His crackled lips opened as he managed to mumble to her. "Save...relena...andti—" He wasn't even able to finish as he gasped as a wave of pain hit him, not even sparing him for five minutes to tell her to save Relena. The pain was too much. He let the vial fall into Une's hands before it fell to the floor.
His heartbeat slowed down...his breathing becoming less and less...
"Heero!" The alarms inside the room went off as doctors rushed in, checking the monitors and then hooking up more devices, a frantic worried look that was obvious in their eyes.
They ushered Une out of the room, she was dumbstruck with what Heero had done. She was about to head for Relena's room but a doctor stopped her with sad news.
"It seems that our patient, Heero Yuy, he has entered a coma." He said, "We aren't sure when he will wake up, or if he will. His body is pushed to the extreme with whatever is doing this, thus causing him...extreme pain." He left, leaving her for the news to sink in as he went to go and get some much-needed coffee.
Une walked like a robot to the room Relena was housed in, unaware of her movements. She opened the door and the other four Gundam pilots greeted her with happier faces. Relena was definitely in less pain than Heero, which was good.
"He's in a coma." She said, still holding the vial.
"What?!" They all exclaimed, their eyes widened in shock as it sunk it.
Relena's eyes flashed open as waves of pain hit her full force. She gritted her teeth and let out a strangled cry through the sheets she clenched so tightly her knuckles were white.
"Relena!" Duo shouted, frantic as he spun around on his heels to face the sickly teenager.
Une fumbled around with something and walked over hurriedly to Relena who looked at her with pain-filled eyes. She held the crimson-filled syringe and injected it into her upper arm, Relena's eyes softening a bit as she let her head fall to the side, in a deep, deep sleep.
"Heero?" Relena called into the swirling fog shrouding her small form in the dark place where she was. "Heero? I know that you are there." She said with confidence, having the feeling that nothing could touch her when he was around. It was weak this time, but it was nonetheless still there.
"I'm not...." His faint voice was distantly heard.
"Yes, if I am here, then you are." She said, getting the same reply that sounded like a broken record repeating.
A figure appeared before her, not Heero, but a little girl with a dog.
"Who are you?" Relena asked, still letting her eyes trail around for a bit to look for the young boy she had fallen in love with too many times.
The girl shook her head. "He's not here." Relena snapped her head back to look at the young girl with almost a glare set on her face.
"He gave you the antidote. He's lost now, somewhere where not even I can reach him." The girl said sadly, the dog looking like the girl with a long expression.
"Who are you?"
"Someone who he believes should be avenged. Guilt lead to this and the pain from having to undergo...training again." She said sadly. "I am nothing but a shadow that thrives from his memories, though I can change the appearance of myself to better suit...how one would look after what had happened. Mary still has some difficulties."
"I don't understand."
"I didn't expect you too, for this is something that involves me and him, your part hasn't entered until you met him."
"You talk much wiser than you appear."
"One only speaks from what little experience one can built upon. There is life, then ther is death. One such as myself won't be permitted into neither without passing a danger threshhold that would hurt others, even their pyshe."
"So," She spoke slowly, trying to comprehend the long speech the little grl had given her. "You are a ghost." The girl shook her head, denying this.
"No," She siad tenderly. "I am nothing but a memory fueled by the fact that he won't give up on me. He will avenge my death." She said sadly.
"Who killed you?" She noticed the girl lowered her head.
"He did. He will do anything to make sure that the promise he made to himself is fulfilled after his purpose is done: he promised vengence for their deaths. He's going to claim his own, until you came along and gave him light."
Relena didn't say anything.
"You have to wake up. Please, save him from the nightmares he can't rid himself of. Tell him that it will be all right, listen to his pain. See his tormented soul..." The girl whispered, dissipating into the fog as Relena shouted for her to come back, trying to force herself awake to the world of reality.
"What did you do?" Trowa asked, the question in his eyes sharply, though he said it calmly enough through his masked face. Such like the mask he wears for the circus.
"Heero gave me something to give her." Une said sadly, "He said it was the antidote."
"The antidote?!" Duo screamed. "He was willing to—"
"He was willing to let himself die to be sure Relena would live. He finds her life of more importance than his own." Trowa said, a small hint of sadness weaving into his normal emotionless voice.
Une looked at Relena sadly but then perked up when she heard Relena move in the bed, sharply as her eyes flashed open with fear in them. She jerked upright.
"Relena!" Wufei looked at the sudden outburst of Sally, who had walked into the room to notice that the young girl was awake and not in pain. In fact, she looked perfectly fine and all the monitors said so and nothing poisoning was in her bloodstream, not even the drug in her body. It had vanished.
"Where is Heero?" She asked, breathlessly as she jerked the IV out of her arm, feeling the rivulets of blood pool from the cuts from it. She didn't care; right now that was nothing compared to what she was feeling at the moment.
Sally looked at her with a depressed look in her eyes. "Relena," She started. "Heero...the pain was just to much for him, he's entered a coma." She said depressingly. "We don't know when he will wake up. If he does." The pain was clearly seen through her light blue eyes. She seemed to have a close tie with the young boy, who she had so long admired and though of, closer than a friend sometimes.
"No..." Relena said, looking at the emptied syringe and knew it was no "dream" that she had. She jumped out of bed, rushing off to where Heero was still in the critical care unit.
Doctors were rushing in and out of his room in a frantic. A doctor stopped in front of her. "He's awake, he seemed to drift into a deep unconscious state, but now...he's awake." He said breathlessly.
Relena's eyes brightened up. 'Of course he wouldn't give in so easily and succumb to something lesser than him.' She thought happily.
"There's more to this then what it may seem, Relena." A voice said to her as she whirled around to come face to face with her old brother, Zechs.