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Chapter 3

Ideas are more dangerous than guns

Josef Stalin


It was a bright sunny Monday morning, not a cloud was in the sky, the wind was blowing gently in the air, birds were out and singing, and as the sun rose higher and higher many people awoke to this bright beautiful day feeling refreshed and energetic, except for a one Mrs. Relena PeaceCraft.

She was immune to the bright weather and the clear sky, her mind on other matters, as her black limousine went past all the buildings and people walking to work.

Her mind kept shifting from her up coming meeting with the Prime minister to the phone call she had received from her brother Milliardo earlier this morning.

Her vidcom ringing, Relena in a hurry to get ready for work almost didn't answer it but just as she was planning on letting the answering machine get it something stopped her and made her sit down and reach out and press the button to receive the call and when the other person on the line came into focus she was glad she had, for starring at her was her beloved older brother.

"Hello Milliardo it's been awhile since you've called me," Relena said with a fond smile on her face. Her handsome big brother who was starring at her from the vidcom had worry etched all over his face as he looked at her, "Relena is everything all right, you look tired," he asked with concern in his voice, which translated in her mind into you look terrible.

Relena couldn't help but smile at Milliardo's brotherly show of affection and concern. She loved her brother very dearly and so didn't mind his worrying.

After she had almost lost him after the final battle between him and Heero she thought he deserved the right to act the big brother, for the moment she had learned of his supposed death she had locked herself away in her room and had hacked into every program and restricted site she could think of that could help her find her brother for she had refused to believe he was dead, after all he was a PeaceCraft like her and even though she was terribly arrogant of her past, she new without even being told that the PeaceCraft's were terribly stubborn after all she wouldn't be alive today if she wasn't so thick headed.

An so with that in mind she had looked and hacked until her fingers had been stiff, tingling with pain, and turning black and blue from lack of blood circulation but still she hadn't given up even when everywhere she looked turned up the same evidence that Milliardo was dead, and in the end that hard headedness and determination had been what had finally found her the proof she needed that Milliardo wasn't dead and in fact was alive.

She had found him living on L-4 under a new identity, with a new job and respecting his wishes to have the chance at a new beginning Relena hadn't contacted him, after all if she was allowed to begin again without her past catching up to her then Milliardo should have the same curtsey, it was enough for her to just no he was alive.

So with that information in her mind Relena went on living always with the knowledge that her brother was out there and living and that if he ever needed her he new where to find her, not to say she hadn't been happy when Milliardo had finally come out of hiding to save her from the Mariemaya incident, she had been flattered because she new what he had to have sacrificed to come out of hiding. So three years later her on earth and he on Mars with Noin she sat here in her home late for work talking to him.

"Relena are you okay, do I need to call someone." Hearing the frantic worry in her brother's voice snapped her out of her silent musings of the past.

"I'm fine Milliardo, I guess I just spaced out there a second," she said quietly, " I'm fine really, I've been up to my chest in work lately and I guess I've been stressed, and not sleeping very well."

Milliardo didn't say any thing for a minute his face was completely blank, cold almost she couldn't tell what he was thinking but then again she almost never could tell. Milliardo was one of those people who only would let you see what they were thinking and feeling when they wanted you to, in that aspect he was very much like Heero though Milliardo would rather die then a meant to having anything in common with the perfect soldier and the feeling on Heero's part was very much mutual, that much she new for certain.

Turning her attention back toward her brother, who was still studying her with an intensity in his eyes that unnerved her finally spoke, "You no you can tell me anything Relena, I'm your brother and no matter what is going on in your life you can tell me and I will there be there for you, I'd do anything for you," he finished his little speech in his softly spoken voice that carried a wealth of meaning.

Shocked speechless for a second, Relena didn't no what to do; for a second she thought he might no about her past but that wasn't possible, after all the military and all those involved or new about the project had done to not only bury the project but to keep it secret there wasn't any possible way for Milliardo to no about her past.

"No," she thought "he must think I'm having a problem at work, that has to be it," she told herself urgently.

So calming her racing heart Relena answered as only she could by lying after all it wasn't as if she could tell him the real reason she looked like hell, or hadn't had a good nights sleep in days.

"I'm fine Milliardo, I'm just tired that's all." She said with quiet certainty.

Milliardo was quiet for a second, that stern almost cold look still on his face and then he broke out into a smile. Relena let out the breath she had been holding in slowly as to not draw attention to her from Milliardo, attention that certainly would have told him something was up.

Saying a quiet prayer to whoever liked her up there, Relena realized that something she had said must have calmed not only his suspicions but also his concerns because he didn't bring the matter of how she looked or if she needed to talk to him about what was wrong the rest of the conversation.

The phone call went on a few more minutes with light conversation being passed back and fourth between the two siblings. An the conversation probably would have continued that way if it wasn't for a knock that interrupted Milliardo asking how the weather was on Earth, sounded through the door and a second later Pagan's voice sounded through the thick wood that was her door, "Mrs. Relena your limousine is here to take you to your meetings today."

With a sigh and a muttered oath Relena called back "thank you Pagan, tell the driver that I'll be right there."

When Pagan's voice sounded back through the door that he would do as she asked she turned back toward the vidcom and was about to say something to Milliardo, when he stopped her by raising his hand, not one to disobey a direct command she subsided and fell silent worry coursing through her body.

A few second later with a look of apology on his face Milliardo spoke, "sorry about that, I just couldn't take the risk of Pagan hearing my voice, after all, he would definitely be someone who would no what my voice sounds like."

Smiling now in understanding even if she was a little irritated by her brother's over suspicion that every one was out to get him, she told him that she under stood an then with an apology along with the promise that she would call again soon, she hung up the phone.

Sitting there for a second in silence in front of the now blank screen that served as her vidcom Relena couldn't help but smile at what Milliardo had said about Pagan.

After all Relena could have told him that there was no need for secrecy where Pagan was concerned, for it was more then probable that Pagan already new Milliardo had called. As Relena's bodyguard and caretaker he had to be aware of what she was doing and who she was communicating with at all times, if he didn't it completely missed the point of even having Pagan along as he was here only to make sure she kept her mouth shut of the Gundam project an to kill her if she became to much to handle.

With another humorless laugh over the web she lived in Relena stood up pushing the chair she was sitting on backwards and continued to get ready for work.

Now sitting in the limousine on the way to an important meeting Relena couldn't help but turn over the conversation she had had with Milliardo. Pulling out a compact mirror in her purse she flipped open her mirror and looked at her reflection.

After heavy amounts of make-up this morning Relena had to say she looked much better however she abuasively hadn't been able to cover all her problems. For not only had Milliardo commented on her apparent tiredness but other people such as Duo, Lady Une and Quartra had commented on her appearance in the same manner as Milliardo .

With a sigh Relena flipped the compact mirror closed leaned back in her leather seat and closed her eyes still mulling overfacts, and comments people had been saying about her appaerance of lateand how more then one person had suggested she take a break and get some rest, but how did you tell people that the reason why you refused to rest was you were trying to make up for your past sins especially to people who though you considered family new almost absolutely nothing about you.

With a sudden start and the car coming to a halt Releane realized that she must have arrived at her destination so with a smile and a quiet thank you to the driver she opened the door and stepped out only to meet the black eyes of the one and only Chang Wufei.

Relena couldn't help but let a genial smile of pleasure light her face for over the three years Wufei had been a preventer he more or less by Lady Une had been assigned her personal body-guard a mission he took with the top most seriousness, and as the years went by Relena and Wufei had grown closer. In nothing sexual of course for Relena could only ever love one person even if Heero might never return her feelings and not only that but Wufei himself was taken by Sally Po.

Relena's personal doctor and Wufei's partner in preventer headquarters and though Wufei an Sally never clarified what their relationship was exactly Relena had seen them together enough times to recognize the signs of love when she saw it.

Again Relena forced herself away from her thoughts and turned back to the present, an as her mind came back into focus Relena realized that Wufei's hand out and openin silent invitation. An so seeing no reason to refuse Relena took his hand looking at him curiously as she did for it was not like Wufei to ever show any sign of affection.

Wufei led her toward the conference building where the meeting with the prime minister and the repensitive of L-3 was taking place.

However when she was a few feet away from the entrance Wufei let go of her hand and stopped. Relena turned and raised an eyebrow in inquiry. Again Wufei not known for giving information merely shock his head, nodded his head in the direction of the entrance, turned and walked away.

Relena watched him go for a moment and shook her head in confusion. All the men in her life it seemed considered her delicate and something to be protected which meant in her words they were over protective almost to the extreme. Still watching Wufei a moment longer Relena watched him walk a few more feet way from her stop and look around.

With another sigh which she decided she did a lot especially lately, Relena turned and continued her walk towards the doors now confident that Wufei was merely doing his job and that something wasn't seriously wrong.

However the moment Relena reached the doors her opinion that nothing was wrong changed immediately.

Stopping her hand abruptly a hairs breath away from the entrance. Relena realized something wasn't right, her senses were working in over drive her heart was picking up speed, and energy was coursing through her body at an unnatural rate. Every sense she had was telling her danger was near by and was directed at her. Slowly she dropped her hand and turned around. Looking around her she couldn't help but feel something was about to go down, something that would change her life, and not in a better way either.

Taking a deep breath she scanned the crowd walking in the street across from her, one by one she looked at each person, and one by one she dismissed them as the source of her unease that was until her eyes fell upon one man.

Standing directly across from her, leaning against a lamp post by the bus stop, he was dressed well in a brown expensive coat. He stood there as though he had all the time in the world, smiling and wishing a good morning to everyone that walked by. He looked like just a regular, normal person who had a happy and full feeling life, but something told her he was dangerous and that he wasn't here for polite conversation, and never one to mistake or ignore her senses she hurriedly looked for Wufei in hopes that she could warn him that there was something wrong with this whole scenario and that he should be on his guard.

However no matter how hard she looked she couldn't seem to locate Wufei or anyone else that might help her if things got dirty just as she wasabout to give upa hand clapped down on her shoulder startling her from her silent observation.

Turning around quickly she found herself face to face with the Prime-minister's secretary. A smile upon her face she asked if Relena was alright and not actually sure how to put her feelings of immediate danger into words to a woman who couldn't possibly understand Relena decided to take the easy way and say everything was fine.

Deciding to let the preventers and Wufei handle the feeling going on inside of her for Wufei had to have been feeling what she was feeling after all soldiers had a knack for sensing when something was wrong it was how they were able to survive in wars and battles.

An even though Relena new the preventers could handle one man something in her wanted to help, something in her wanted to feel the cold outline of a gun in her hand so that she could turn around and blow this strange mans head off. Which was stupid because she new the moment she picked up a gun questions would begin to follow her everywhere she went for people would want to no why the resident pacifist had a gun in her possession? People would want answers, answers she new she was forbidden to give, they would want expiations, explanations she new she also couldn't give.

So with that final thought Relena followed the woman back toward the doors that were the entrance but the moment she made it to the doors she became aware of a commotion across from her.

An somehow knowing without hearing or seeing anything she new her mysterious assailant was making his move so acting quickly Relena pushed the woman into the building and told her to call the police then swinging around quickly Relena saw Wufei on the ground blood leaking from his nose wrestling with the man that had caught her eye earlier.

Snarling and cursing in a language that Relena had never heard before the smiling, happy man from earlier was completely changed into a screaming madman who was clawing at Wufei in earnest.

The man was fighting Wufei in desperation, and though Wufei was a well known marshal artist and an almost unbeatable fighter in the ring and out; it seemed this man's full out blown furry was even to much for Wufei to handle marshal artist or not.

Looking around Relena was relieved to see other fellow preventers arriving and hurrying on to the scene from all directions, but before they could arrive to help Wufei restrain the man, the assailant was somehow able to sneak in a elbow through Wufei's defenses and hit him squarely in the stomach knocking the wind out of him wasting no time the man took the opportunity and hit Wufei in the jaw an with a resounding crack that seemed to echo. Wufei went down with crash. Not wasting the opportunity the man quickly scrambled up with a gun in his hand.

The man's eyes searched the square frantically until they settled on her then with a mean maniac smile on his face he raised the gun and pointed it at her.

Not breathing not moving, Relena's eyes searched for any possible escape to this delirium. Charging him was out of the question the moment she moved she had no doubt he'd pull the trigger an though she was fast she wasn't that fast that she could dodge a bullet heading straight toward her, using civilians was also out of the question though once a upon a time she wouldn't have hesitated to use people as shields for her own purposes after all to her way of thinking people were just annoying beings that were in the way and interfered in her goals so why not use them but though she used to think that way she new she could never go back to theway it was before she had been sent free, she had been around people, watched them to long to use them like that ever again.

Which left only one option the preventers; quickly looking around she realized with a sinking heart that though the preventers were close enough to help her, they couldn't there were to many civilians in the way and the preventors would never open fire on civilians unless they absolutely thought it was necessary and only at the last possible moment, and by then she new she would already be dead.

Relena new she should have been afraid, after all everyone is afraid to die even if they don't ameant to it or not, but for some reason she wasn't the least bit frightened, maybe it was because of all she had done in her life, all the people she had killed, all her training, all the battles she had been in an fought in, or all the people she had seen die right in front of her eyes she didn't no.

But whatever the cause it didn't matter for all she new all she cared about was she wasn't afraid of dieing and in those seconds when she stood there the gun pointed at her without hesitating, completely motionless she felt her past and her training taking a hold of her once again.

Her face turning ice cold no emotion escaping, her body relaxing, slouching almost, her eyes becoming as hard and as cold as diamonds, she locked eyes with her attacker and smirked.

With a start at her cold expression and obvious show of disrespect the man let out an enraged scream and took a step toward her deadly intent outlined in his every move. Then almost in slow emotion she saw the man pull the trigger, Wufei awake and coherent launch himself desperately and with an angered yell at the man and then she felt nothing saw nothing but pain.

She felt the bullet enter and lodge in her body. Pain as she never new assailed her and looking down at her chest she saw red that was slowly turning gray spread rapidly all over her clothing and drip down to fall to the floor.

Screams permitted the air, screams of the terrified, and screams of anger. Falling to her knees she felt wetness at her mouth raising a trembling hand to her mouth she pulled it away stained with gray.

Her thoughts jumbled and swirling a memory suddenly surfaced, a memory of a long ago lesson, a lesson she had, had when she had still been a soldier. Her mind and body in pain she felt and saw the memory as though it had happened yesterday.

Looking up she saw herself sitting in a lab about six covered in blood from a recent kill. Blood on her face, gore and guts dripping from her hair and cloths to fall to a pool at her feet, her face as hard as stone, her eyes unseeing, cold. Surrounded by equipment of all sizes, a man stood in front of her in a lab coat, blood hair, cold blue eyes and a stern expression on his face. "Did you no Relena that when people die they see gray," came his hated voice as quiet and cold as ever. "They see gray, in every object, in every person, do you understand Relena," he said with a crazy gleam in his eyes, "do you understand, do you," he screamed suddenly madness on his face; as he reached toward her to shake her, but her mind numb and her body cold from her recent kill, shefelt nothing, understood nothing.

Fourteen years later laying on a crumpled concrete floor, her body on fire, blood pouring out of her body like a never ending stream, gray all around her; she finally understood.

As the pain became over bearing she felt her eyes closing as it became too much for her mind and body to stay awake, but before her eyes completely closed she became aware of Wufei shacking her and yelling at her that she better not die on him.

That was the last thing she saw as her eyes closed and the last thing she heard as she passed from the world of living into the world of unctuousness wasn't Wufei's voice, it wasn't the Doctors that raised her, but Heero's voice echoing in her head; speaking words she hadn't heard for more then a decade in her ear, "All things fade to gray Relena when they die, all things."


P.S.- I just thought I might mention this just so everyone knows. This story in a Relena, Heero love story I no it doesn't seem like it now but trust me it is.

Also this story will be in both Relena and Heero's pov. as you will see in the next chapter, though it will probably be more in Relena's but there will be some Heero moments.

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