Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own the Gundam Wing characters. I only created the bad guys. Now let's get to the story. This is the final chapter and I hope you like it! Thanks for reading!
Chapter 5
Blade returned to his mansion and began looking for his brother. "Alan! Alan are you here?" There was no answer. Blade wondered, "Is it possible that he could have found them?" He wished that he knew. He had no way of contacting his brother.
Just then the phone rang. Blade answered it. "Hello?"
"Hey boss. This is Kino. We've located the Gundam."
An exasperated look came over Blade's face. "Well that's just great, but now we have no one to pilot it!"
"What do you mean, boss?"
"I mean we've lost the boy and girl. Mark the location of the Gundam and get back here and help us find them."
Kino nodded. "Sure thing!"
Blade hung up the phone. "This is just wonderful. No we have a Gundam and no pilot!" He punched the wall and ran back out to his truck. He needed to find Alan.
Back at the log cabin, Duo was pacing back and forth. "Where do you think they are?"
Quatre just shook his head. "I don't know. I thought they would be here by now."
Duo pounded his fist into his other hand. "This is crazy! What if something happened?" Then he shook his head and chuckled. "Now I'm going crazy. Why am I so worried? This is Heero we're talking about!"
Trowa nodded in agreement. "But it has been kind of a long time. I think we should head back out and search the road that Heero took."
The others nodded and soon they were back on the road.
"Let me go!" Relena yelled. She kept banging on Alan's back hoping he would let her go.
"No way! I just got you back and I'm not losing you again!" Alan said with an annoying cocky attitude.
Relena struck out at Alan again. "I said let me go!"
This time one of the punches hit home and Alan cringed. He threw her off his shoulder and held her up against a tree. "Shut up!" He lifted his arm and hit her across the face. Relena looked up at him fearfully. She felt tears beginning to well up in her eyes, but she forced them back. She didn't want to show any weakness in front of him.
About thirty feet away, Heero was hiding behind a tree and watching. His eyes were glaring dangerously and his fists were clinched. He was furious. "How could this guy say he cared about her at all? All he did was hurt her!" Heero thought to himself. "I'm the one that loves her!" He couldn't believe that now that he had realized his feelings this had to happen. He wanted so badly to jump out and beat Alan into the ground. He wanted Relena back, but right now was not the time. He would be putting her at risk if he acted irrationally. He had never felt so helpless.
Alan grabbed Relena's arm and held her close to him. "If you knew what was good for you, you'd behave yourself. I really don't want to hurt you, but if you insist on fighting me then I'll fight you right back!" He leaned down and kissed her lips hard. Relena tried to push against him, but she felt his grip on her arm tighten. She felt pain shoot up through her arm and felt a trickle of blood on her lip where she'd been struck. She wanted to pull away, but she was scared of what he might do to her. The tears came to her eyes again, but this time she couldn't hold them back. This wasn't right. She wanted Heero!
Alan stepped back and looked at her. There were tears running down her face and he reached up to brush them away. "Well, what do ya know? You can cry. I thought you were too tough for that." He teased her and she looked at the ground.
Heero, who was still watching, couldn't bear to see her like this. It was killing him. This was the girl he loved and he wanted to be the one to wipe away her tears. He wanted to take her in his arms and kiss every scratch and bruise. He wanted to comfort her and take away her pain.
Alan took her arm once again and pushed her in front of him. "Come on, let's get going." After waiting only a few moments Heero eased his way forward as well.
The other Gundam pilots were still on the dirt road trying to find their friends. As they crossed over the top of a hill they noticed Blade's truck just ahead.
"Hey that's Blade!" Duo yelled.
Quatre sped up to catch up with Duo. He looked over at him and smiled. "Let's get him!
Duo nodded his agreement and sped off. "Yee-ha!" He pulled out his gun and as soon as he was in range he shot out the back tires. The truck squealed and skidded and finally came to a stop on the side of road.
The pilots pulled up beside Blade and held out their guns. Blade slowly got out of the truck and held up his arms. Duo came to the front of the group. "Okay, what have you done with Heero and Relena?"
Blade gave him a questioning look. "I haven't done anything! What have you done with Alan?"
The four pilots looked at each other. Alan was missing! He was the one that had been so fascinated with Relena before. Quatre shook his head. "I bet he's with Heero and Relena."
Duo groaned. "Man, we got the wrong guy."
Quatre nodded slowly. "But we'll keep him here anyway. It'll give Heero a better chance."
Meanwhile, Heero was having a hard time controlling himself. Alan was constantly pushing and shoving Relena around. He was doing whatever he felt like. They had been walking in these woods for hours and it was starting to get lighter. Suddenly Alan grabbed Relena's arm and told her to hold still. "Stop! I thought I heard something." He reached into his jacket pulled out his gun. Heero stood as still as possible. Alan looked in all directions and began circling around the area. He turned his back on Relena and started walking right towards Heero! Relena thought quickly and decided to take advantage of this. She quickly turned and began running as fast as she could. Alan spun around and immediately started after her. "Get back here!" She didn't look back. She just kept running. She knew it was her only chance.
Heero jumped out from behind the tree and started chasing Alan. He knew he had to catch him before he got to Relena again. Alan was growing closer and closer and she could feel his heavy footsteps behind her. Heero was getting worried. He had to catch Alan. He had to help Relena!
Just as Alan was about to grab Relena's shoulder, Heero ran up and plowed into him. Alan fell to the ground and Heero pinned him down. Alan struggled frantically. Relena gasped and turned around. "Heero!"
Heero looked up for only a second. "Relena get out of here!"
She took one last look at him and turned to run.
Alan scrambled underneath Heero. "You're letting her get away!"
Heero just chuckled. "That's exactly what I want."
Alan continued his struggle and finally managed to free one of his hands. He reached up and hit Heero in the face. Heero fell back and Alan jumped up. He started to make a run for it, but Heero quickly overtook him. He turned Alan around and punched him as hard as he could and then threw him to the ground. He pulled out some rope and tied his hands and feet together. As he started to walk off Alan began shouting. "Hey, you can't just leave me here!"
Heero smirked and looked back. "Just watch me!"
Relena was still running, but she was beginning to tire. She stopped and leaned against a big tree. Her heart was pounding. She hadn't ever run that fast in her life. Suddenly she heard a noise come from behind her. Then someone touched her shoulder. She screamed and turned around. She couldn't tell who it was. The figure was hidden in the shadows and she began to back away. Then she heard a familiar voice. "Relena, it's okay. It's me." Her heart leapt. It was Heero!
"Oh Heero!" She cried as she ran into his arms. He pulled her into his chest, determined not to ever let anything hurt her again. She tried to keep from crying, but she couldn't. She felt the tears run down her face and drop onto his shoulder. Heero held her closer and stroked her back.
"It's okay now. You're safe. I'm not gonna let anything hurt you."
Relena looked up into his eyes and saw the warmth in them. "Thank you Heero. Thank you so much."
He smiled down at her and gently kissed her tears away. With each tender kiss, Relena felt a little shiver run up her spine. She smiled and melted into his arms. He leaned closer to her and whispered right into her ear. "I love you."
She thought her heart was going to jump out of her chest! She gave him her biggest smile. "I love you too."
He smiled down at her and then gently kissed her lips.
When Heero was certain that she had calmed down, he took her hand in his. "I think we need to try and head back. I can see the road from here. Once we get to the road I'm sure we'll be able to find our way back."
As they got closer to the road, they began to see a small crowd of people. Heero looked a little suspicious, but as they approached the road he began to make out the faces. "It's Duo, and Quatre…and…everyone! They've got Blade too!"
Relena grinned. "Then what are we waiting for?" She jerked Heero's arm and ran towards the road.
Duo looked up at that same moment. "Hey guys, look! It's Heero and Relena! They're okay!"
They came running out of the woods and everyone started bombarding them with questions. Heero and Relena ignored the questions and looked at each other. They were so glad to be back.
Suddenly Duo tapped Heero on the shoulder. "Hey Heero, what's going on?" He asked with a raised eyebrow and looked at Heero and Relena's interlocked hands. Heero just looked back and smiled. Duo smiled as well. "What do ya know? It finally happened. I knew you had it in ya Heero."
On the way back home Relena and Heero filled everyone in on what had happened. Well, they did leave out some certain details involving themselves. Heero tended to Relena's cut lip and promised to "kiss it and make it better" later. Relena smiled. Her birthday hadn't turned out exactly the way she'd thought it would, but she wouldn't change it for the world. She sighed contentedly and snuggled into Heero's shoulder. Her last thought before she drifted off to sleep, "Everything is just perfect!"
