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Chapter 3

Blade led Heero to a room that looked like some sort of office. "Have a seat. Would you like anything to drink?"

"No thanks. Let's just cut to the chase! What do I have to do?"

"It's simple really. All you have to do is go and conquer the Peacecraft Foundation so that I can become the ultimate ruler. This shouldn't be a problem for someone as well known as you."

Heero glared at him. "And how do you suggest I do that? The Peacecraft Foundation is heavily guarded and if necessary, the other Gundam pilots will fight against me."

Blade raised his eyebrows. "I really don't care how you do it, just do it. A man with your reputation should be able to handle this assignment easily, but just in case you can't, I have Miss Relena to bargain with."

Heero sighed and thought to himself. "I don't have any choice. I have to do this or lose Relena. I can't lose her!"

A few miles from the mansion, four young men came racing over a hill on their motorcycles. "The tracks are heading this way! Come on! We have to hurry!" Duo yelled. They all raced forward at top speed. They didn't know how much time they had.

Back at the mansion, Heero sat quietly trying to think of what to do. Finally he looked up at Blade. "I'll do it, but first I want to see Relena."

Blade nodded. "Very well. Right this way."

Up in Relena's room the door slowly opened. Relena turned her head as far as she could to see who it was. She was tied to a chair and couldn't turn around all the way or get up. A teenage guy walked into her view. Relena looked at him curiously. "Who are you?"

The man gave an evil looking smile. "I'm so glad you asked. I'm Alan, Blade's younger brother. I usually work for him and in return he gives me pretty much whatever I want." He paused and looked her up and down for a minute.

Relena shuttered under his gaze. "So why are you here?"

Alan crouched down in front of her. "I heard you were here and I had to come see you. You fascinate me. I've seen almost every speech you've ever made. I love to sit and listen to your voice. I've longed for the moment when I could reach out and touch that soft skin."

Relena shrank away from his hand as he brushed her cheek. "I think you should leave," she said with what she hoped was a firm voice.

Alan chuckled. "Leave? Why I just got here. We haven't even gotten to know each other yet."

He reached a hand out and placed it on her shoulder. He began to slowly caress her arm and then moved down to her hips.

Relena was starting to panic. What was she going to do? Just the way he looked at her made her fear escalate further.

Suddenly, the door opened and Heero stepped in. He immediately saw Alan sitting in front of Relena. As he took a few steps into the room he saw Alan's hand resting on her thigh. Heero could feel his muscles tense. "Hey! Get away from her!"

Alan looked up at him. "Who's gonna make me? You?" Alan moved even closer to Relena, their faces almost touching.

Heero clenched his fists. "I'm warning you!"

Alan just smirked. "I can do whatever I want." He leaned forward and grabbed the back of Relena's neck. He pulled her towards him roughly and crushed her lips with his own.

Relena squirmed under his relentless kisses and harsh grasp.

Heero sucked in a breath. He couldn't control himself anymore. He clenched his fists as tight as he could and stomped over to Alan. Alan looked up just in time to see a fist smash into his face.
Heero glared at the man on the ground. "I told you to leave her alone! But you wouldn't listen would you?" Heero reached down and grabbed Alan by the hair. He picked him up and then threw him into the wall.

Alan screamed. "How dare you! You won't get away with that!"

Just as Alan started towards Heero, Blade entered the room.

"What the hell is going on in here?" He turned towards Alan. "Get out of here!"

Alan gave Heero one last look and then turned and stomped out of the room.

Blade looked at Heero and then at Relena. "If you'll excuse me, I need to go deal with my brother." With that, he left the room and locked the door.

Heero immediately looked at Relena. "Are you alright?"

Relena gave him a weak smile. "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you."

Heero gave her a little smile and then turned away. "I've decided to fight for Blade."

Relena gasped. "What? You..you can't! He wants you to destroy everything we've both been fighting for. It'll create total chaos!"

Heero shook his head. "I know, but if I don't he'll kill you!" Then his eyes softened, as he looked her in the eyes. "I couldn't live with myself if I let anything happen to you."

Relena was a little taken aback by the gentleness in his voice. "But if you fight for Blade, you'll be killing the people who trusted you. There won't be peace anymore. We'll we ruled by a tyrant and live in a world of war."

"I don't have any choice," Heero stated again as he looked at the ground.

Relena sighed. "Yes you do. Forget about me and save everyone else. I'm only one person."

Heero looked at her. "But, Relena...without you my life wouldn't be the same. You've changed me. You've helped me to become who I am now. Out of all the people there are out there, you're the one that matters the most."

Relena almost wanted to cry. For the first time Heero was actually expressing how he felt. He really was concerned. She could see it in his eyes and hear it in his voice. He sincerely cared for her. She shook her head at him. "Well, is there any other way? Maybe we can come up with a plan of some sort."

Heero looked out the window and at all the guards around the house. "I'll try my best. In the meantime I'll just try to stall."

Relena looked lovingly at him. "Be careful Heero."

He crouched down in front of her. "I will. You look after yourself too." He looked at the ropes around her wrists. "Here, let me loosen these up. That way you'll still look tied up, but if you really need to you can get out."

Relena smiled. "Thank you."

Heero looked up at her and their eyes met. They just looked deeply into each other's eyes for a few moments and then Heero spoke softly. "Relena, I meant every word I said earlier. I really do care about you."

Just then Blade walked in. "I think that's long enough. We need to get to work."

Heero nodded. "Alright," and started to get up.

"Heero!" Relena said before he could leave.

He stopped and looked at her.

"I care about you too."

Heero came back over to her and looked in her eyes. He leaned down next to her ear and whispered, "We'll get out of this. I promise." Then he gave her lips a quick kiss and walked out the door. Relena heard the lock click into place. She closed her eyes and sighed. She licked her lips where Heero had just kissed her and smiled to herself.

Downstairs, Blade led Heero back into the office. "So are you still going to fight for me?"

Heero nodded. "Yes, but I don't have anything to fight with so it might be rather difficult."

Blade just grinned. "Not to worry. We're working on that as we speak. Kino is out retrieving your Wing Zero right now."

Heero glared. "That's impossible! No one knows where my Gundam is!"

Blade snickered. "You're right. Normal people wouldn't, but I'm not just a normal guy am I? I have some of the world's most superior technology and that makes finding Zero a simple task really."

Just then there was an explosion. The front door burst in and Duo, Quatre, Wufei, and Trowa all came running in with guns ready to fire. Blade and Heero rushed into the entryway.

"Put your hands in the air and drop all weapons!" Duo shouted.

Blade, realizing that he was greatly outnumbered obeyed and dropped his gun. "Well, isn't this nice. The cavalry has arrived."

Duo looked over at Heero. "Hey, where's Relena?"

Heero nodded in the direction of the stairs. "She's upstairs in one of the rooms."

"We'll stay down here and watch this guy," Duo pointed the gun towards Blade, "You go and get your girl," Duo smirked.

Heero resisted the urge to pound Duo's head into the ground and ran quickly up the stairs. He followed the long hallway to the room where he last saw Relena. To his surprise, when he got there the door was open and the room was empty. He quickly glanced around as panic started to set in. "Where is she? Please, please let her be okay!" He looked down both directions of the hallway. At the other end he saw some pieces of rope. He ran over and picked them up. He could see skid marks in the carpet where someone's feet had been dragging on the ground. It looked like there had been some sort of struggle. Heero's chest tightened. He ran down the rest of the hall and saw another staircase leading up to a third floor. He took the steps two at a time. For the first time in his life he felt real fear.

At the top of the stairs there was another long hallway. Heero was really panicking now. Which room was she in? There were so many! Then he heard a cry come from a room two doors down from him. It sounded like Relena's voice. He ran to the door and with all his might he rammed the door open. At first he didn't see anything, but as he scanned the room he saw Alan standing in the corner. His eyes grew wide as he got closer and realized that Alan was holding Relena up against the wall. As he watched, Alan roughly pushed her against the wall.

Relena gasped as she hit the wall. She could see all the lust building in Alan's eyes. What was she going to do? She needed help! Then she felt a hand caressing her shoulder and arm. The next thing she knew Alan's lips were on hers and his hand was frantically groping at her dress. He ripped the sleeve of her dress and revealed her smooth shoulder. He began forcing his tongue into her mouth and she tried to push him away. She started trying to scream, but nothing came out. She was too scared. She couldn't get away!