PhantasyDreamer: Well I'm back at last with another chapter for the year 2006. I know I haven't gotten a lot of reviews for this story but I'm not going to let them stop me. On another note, I don't own Gundamwing only my characters. Go on and read. I hope you enjoy this.
A Soldier's Wish
Chapter 2: A new war?
Last time: 'Wow! These are great!' Quatre thought looking to his right to see that Duo had disappeared, 'Why does he keep doing that?' He asked himself frowning.
"Hey there's something on the news about Relena!" Duo yelled at the boys while looking at the screen.
The two guys walked out of the mechanical shop and stared as the TV screen. They remained quiet as they saw Milliardo Peacecraft speaking on the news. Something wasn't right whenever Millardo showed something was always wrong.
The story continues…
Wufei stood next to a brown ledge practicing his martial arts and swordsmanship. He stopped for a while, placing his sword on the floor as he took a look at the tranquil sight before him. The sun was rising slowly on the horizon, spreading its golden rays across the light blue sky. Pink and orange shades collaged placing a feeling of hope in the sky. Other brighter colors formed above expressing the magnificent colors of the rainbow.
He sighed at the sight. How he missed fighting, it was something he was accustomed to and yet it was taking away so easily from him that he almost forgot what the thrill of fighting felt like. And for the pass two years he did nothing more than miss it. Sure he had to get a job and find something useful to do with his life but he always missed the times he had with his Gundam. It was the part of his life, a life that he thought would never end.
He wore a Chinese uniform that he would always wear when he does his training. Both pants and shirt were white and black shoes accompanied the suit. He had jet-black hair that was combed back in one. A rubber band held it back and the remainder of his short hair tipped his shoulder.
"Chang." came a deep voice from behind him.
He turned around to see a man in his mid fifties looking at him. He had silky black hair like his and dark brown eyes. He wore a white short sleeve shirt and black pants. Sighing Wufei leaned off of the ledge.
"Yes Grandfather." he replied in an unenthusiastic voice, as he face the man that he had stayed with for the past two years.
"Aren't you supposed to be feeding the animals for me?"
"Yes grandfather. I have but I was just taking a break enjoy the sight before me." he looked sternly at his father figure.
The elderly man chuckled a bit. It was just like him to say that. He knew the young lad had missed fighting since he could see the longing in his eyes. It was just something he knew for sure and he couldn't blame the guy. He smirked as he remembered the days of old when he used to fight in battle. He knew how much he loved it and he could understand exactly what his grandson was going through.
"Okay." he paused as Wufei turned around to look back at the sun that was still slowly rising, "I know you miss it."
He said taking the young boy by surprise. Wufei's eyes widen in shock as he just looked at his grandfather wondering how he could have guessed it.
"How did you…?" he started but was interrupted by him.
"I know exactly how you feel Chang, but it is up to you to do the right thing." he sighed taking the young man by surprise while placing his hand on his shoulder, "There is a rumor that a new war is on the verge of commencing. I think maybe you should look into it."
Wufei arched his eyebrows as he looked at the man he knew to have raised him.
"What?" he asked, his voice growing with excitement.
"I've been told about a new group of rebels who want to overthrow the government," he paused coughing a little, "but that's about all the information I could get. You see I'm not as young as I use to be."
He chuckle making Wufei smile a little. The tall young man nodded at his grandfather and rushed into the house. He then came back out with a bag and his sword clinging to his side. He walked over to his motorcycle that was leaning on the ledge in front of the house. He jumped onto it, revving it, as his grandfather came up behind him stopping him by the wrist.
"Don't worry Grandfather, I can take care of myself," he assured with a smile, "and besides that I really think I won't mind fighting again beside my gundam, Natuko. I think it's best if I try and find my fellow gundam pilots."
The old man looked at him seriously.
"I understand Chang whatever makes you happy. Just be careful." he warned placing an item into the young man's hand, Wufei looked up at him in shock, "Take this, it was your mother's. She gave this to your grandmother and me before she was killed by the mercenaries. She wanted you to have it and I think now is the time you should have it."
Wufei frowned at the item in his hand. It was the only thing he had of his mother since she was taken from him when he was only five years old. He vaguely remembered her but he never forgot her smile and how much he missed it. He rubbed his thumb on the golden necklace. Slowly he opened it and looked inside to see a picture of his mother holding him as a child. Her long black hair was held up in a bun and her dark brown eyes shone with admiration for the child in her arms. He sighed feeling a tear that creep up in the corner of his eyes but he refuse to let it fall. He revved up the motorcycle once again and turned to the plump man.
"Thank you grandfather." he replied giving the man a hug, something he rarely did and then drove off down the dusty road.
'I know you can do this, Chang.' the man thought as he walked back into his house.
RELENA'S MANSION
"So, what's the big news now Milliardo?" she asked with a little sarcasm trailing in her voice, "Did someone try to steal your Porsche again?"
She heard him give a loud grunt over the phone as she giggled a little while putting back on her shoes.
"Hmm, you make me sound so whiney." he stated sounding a bit hurt, "Actually, I have really bad news."
She sighed waiting to hear the worse. It wasn't as if her brother had a nice way of saying good news anyway. He was so blunt that even when he was telling good news you would think it was bad news.
"This morning, I received a threatening note against your life." he replied sternly over the phone, "I'm not taking this threat lightly so I've sent out a chopper to pick you up until this has cleared up."
"But Milliardo, it can't be that serious, can it?" she asked still surprised by what she had heard.
"It is, because this is the third threat this week." his voice was deep carrying a little hint of worry, "The guys should be arriving anytime soon, so get ready."
Relena listened to her brother speak. Something was just not right. After the last battle with Made Maya everything had changed and she thought for sure that people would try to solve their differences and forget about wars. Besides what did they want with her anyway? What did they think they could accomplish by kidnapping her?
'I just hope this is not too serious.' she thought still gripping the phone.
"Relena…" she heard her brother replied but before she could respond she saw a chopper hanging above.
"Milliardo, they have arrived!" she smiled waving to them with the phone still in her hand.
"Relena!" he yelled to her desperately, "Relena, that's not the helicopter I've sent for you!"
"WHAT!"
"The helicopter I'm sending for you hasn't left yet!" his voice held anger and frustration and she could feel the fear in his voice as well. If this wasn't the chopper then whose was it? "Relena, do me as favor and get out of there, NOW!"
"O-Okay." she replied quickly pressing end on the phone.
She ran towards the mansion while the helicopter made its way to the grassy ground below spinning green grass high into the air. She stopped running for a minute and looked back to see five masked men in black glaring at her as they came out of the helicopter. One jumped out of the helicopter and started to set up his equipment on the ground while the other secured the perimeter of the mansion. They had military arsenical in their possession and she turned back around in fear as she continued to run to her house. Looking ahead she saw Dorothy and Pagan looking at her confused as to what was going on.
"Get back inside!" she yelled desperately running for her life, "Please go back!"
"Relena, what is going on!" Dorothy yelled confused.
She couldn't understand what was up. But when she looked up ahead to see a couple of men she then realized that they were under attack. Dorothy took out her cell phone and called the security personnel who were in the mansion. But there was no answer. She then looked at Pagan, the elderly guy that stood right next to her. He was serious but by the look on his face she knew that had an idea of what was going to happen. They were going to kidnap her. Dorothy tugged on the butler's hand and issued for him and her to go inside but he just stood still like a statue.
"You heard the lady!" she yelled as she rushed back inside with him.
Relena's expression relaxed when she realized that they had retreated back into the mansion. But her only problem now was that they could get caught or worse killed. She stopped running to see the man that was setting up the equipment. He was aiming a large grenade launcher at the mansion. She gasped in shock when without warning he fired it igniting the mansion on flames. Her blue eyes widen in fear as she looked at the damage it had caused.
"Dorothy, Pagan, NOOOOOOOOO!" she screamed falling to her knees as her blond hair covered her eyes.
The blond stood on her knees crying her eyes out while wrinkling her blue dress. She couldn't understand why someone would go to the extent of doing this to her. After all, ever since the wars that took place she had kept her distance from enemies and she thought she was doing a good job of handling threats she had received by hiring fully trained guards. But she was wrong. She slowly looked up to see her entire mansion on fire. How could this have happened to her? What wrong had she done to deserve this? She got up to her feet immediately and stared coldly at a man in a black suit that stood before her. She was angry more than she had been in the past. She just felt like she couldn't control herself.
"Ms. Peacecraft, you're coming with us." the man commanded stepping a few inches towards her.
She scoffed giving him a look of disgust. He was very tall and well built.
"How dare you come on my property and demand such a thing!" she asked angrily clutching her fist.
The guy laughed as he threw a smoke bomb at her. Smoke filled the air making it almost impossible to breath. She coughed placing her hand over her mouth and eyes trying to get away. She walked some more until she felt a hand creep up on her shoulder. She stiffened and launched a punch in the direction of her attacker but he blocked it.
"Hmm, it seems that I underestimated you Miss. Relena." he sneered squeezing her fist tightly while causing her to cry out in pain as she moved slowly to her knees, "You're quite the feisty one aren't you?"
He smirked as the smoke slowly cleared. Relena frowned kicking him hard in the forbidden zone. He winched, falling to his knees in pain as he let go of her fist. She then got up and hit him hard in the stomach with her shoe that was barely on her feet. He lay on the floor motionless. Scrambling as fast as she could, she made her way towards her mansion that was still burning with flames. She stopped only a few feet in front of it completely forgetting that there were armed men behind her. The windows were filled with fire and the smoke was so thick that it could be seen from a mile away. Relena felt tears welding up in her eyes as she looked at her once home. Everything she had was gone in the wink of an eye, her friends and everything she owned was lost forever.
She bowed her head when she received a hard shove from someone that sent her straight to the floor. Immediately she got up and looked at the masked man. This guy was different, he was also tall and had a great built as well. He smirked as he looked at the young girl before him. His dark suit was a mixture of silver and gray instead of black like the other men wore. Relena soon figured that he must have been the leader from the tag on the left of his chest. Although she couldn't figure out who he worked for she knew that she was gonna have to fight her way to victory. Literally.
'I hope Dorothy and Pagan are safe.' she thought taking a karate stance.
He did the same and rushed after her. Relena dodged the attack and swung a high kick at him that hit him on his left side. He held his side in pain almost falling to the floor. He gave her a hard glare. He wasn't expecting her to be able to protect herself. To his knowledge she was just a weak girl who hid behind security guards. But he was definitely not expecting this at all. He rushed after her again and she retaliated hitting him back with the same moves he gave her. But before she knew it he hit her hard across her mouth. The impact of the blow sent her flying to the grassy floor. With that the guy smirked, hearing his friends cheer from his back view at his victory. He walked steadily to Relena's still form. She was breathing but slowly. He knelt down getting ready to take her up in his arms as the other guys went to gather whatever else they needed from the wreckage of her home.
But before he could touch her, she turned around and hit him with her wrist in his nose. He fell backwards landing on the grass. He held his nose tightly while opening one eye. He growled at her. She wiped away the trace of blood that stained her face from the blow he gave her. She looked at him with icy cold eyes, the ones Heero had given her the first time they met.
'She's even tougher than I thought.' he thought looking at her with his green eyes, 'Lord Draka would be very furious if I fail this mission.'
"So you've learnt some martial arts huh? My sources told me you were not a fighter." he sneered holding his nose firmly as a piece of his blond hair could be seen through the mask, "No matter, your skills will come in handy for our purpose."
"I don't know who you are or what you're planning but there's no way your going to take me anywhere!" she glared at him giving him a look that could kill, a look no one thought Relena could give someone, "I am Relena Peacecraft and I will fight you until there is no breath left within my body. My brother taught me well and I will do whatever is in my power to stop you."
She got up to her feet and rushed after him tackling him to the ground. They rolled over and over in the grass until he got the upper hand, pinning her to the ground. She kicked him and broke free from his grasped. She stood still breathing heavily while waiting to see what his next move would be. With a quick motion he somehow managed to get behind her without her noticing it. He twisted her left arm causing her to scream out in serious pain. Relena's eyes widen in fear as he placed a mask over her mouth. She tried not to breath but it was too late the gas had already taken effect.
"You won't get away with…" she whispered as she felt limp against him.
He smirked as he lifted her over his shoulder. At least now he had accomplished his mission. He walked back to the helicopter nearing his friends who were smiling.
"Humph, she got you bad huh Raki?" one of them teased making him growl.
"Yea, you almost got beaten by a girl." the other joked receiving a hard glare from him.
"No she did not. Unlike you Jeff, I wasn't the one that got hit in the stomach with a shoe. Besides I was just toying with her." he stated sternly placing her into the helicopter while they all jumped aboard, some laughing at his comment, "I don't know what it is about her but she will be a great asset to our team."
'And to me.' he thought taking off his mask to show his short brilliant blond hair and his captivating green eyes.
HEERO'S APARTMENT
Heero looked intently at the screen while raking his brown hair. Milliardo was speaking to a reporter about the threats he had received earlier this morning about his sister. The news bulletin was taped earlier in the morning and was just being shown on the five o'clock news. They all waited intently to see what he had to say.
"So Zechs Marques, is it true that there have been some rumors going around about our Vice Foreign Minster Dorlin?" the young brunette asked shoving a microphone in front of Milliardo's face.
He frowned at her but decided to answer just to get her off of his back.
"If you mean has there been threats against her. Then yes but it's nothing that my guards can't handle." he reassured trying to walk away but stopped when the lady continued to follow him, "But just for the record, Relena is in good hands so I assure you there is no need to worry."
He walked away leaving the woman alone.
"And there you have it folks. Our Vice Foreign Minister is in good hands according to her brother and the rumors are not true about her stepping down from her position. Now onto further news…"
Duo smirk a little as he turned off the television. It was always Zechs way of keeping things on a low key. The three boys knew by the look on his face that something was wrong but they just couldn't figure out what. Heero scoffed loudly. He couldn't take it any longer. He put back on his jacket and headed towards the door.
"Heero, where are you going?" Quatre asked curiously.
"I'm going to find Relena." he stated sternly, "If there are threats being carried out against her those people might look to enforce it soon and I won't let that happen."
"Wait Heero!" Duo yelled stopping him dead in his tracks, "I think we should wait and see what happens. Besides her brother did say that they were handling whatever problem they may have had."
"But that was nine o'clock this morning and it's now five in the afternoon, suppose something bad has happened." he argued.
"Heero, Duo's right there's nothing we can do right now. Let's just wait until the dance tonight and if she's not there then we can make a move."
Heero stood still for a moment, processing what his friends had said. Although he didn't want to agree with them they did have a point. He sighed.
"Alright, I'll wait until the dance." he frowned rolling his eyes.
"Great!" Duo smirked walking towards the door, "Now can we go out and get something to eat?"
"You're always hungry aren't you?" Quatre asked sarcastically as he closed the door.
"Hey what can I say I have a very high metabolism." he chuckled folding his arms behind his head as they left the apartment.
MILLIARDO'S PLACE
Milliardo stopped moving suddenly and placed the phone back on the receiver. He had been staring at the phone for the last fifteen minutes uneasy as to who could have sent the chopper to Relena's house. After a few minutes of waiting he decided he should go and see what was up himself. It was still three in the afternoon and he was getting more agitated by the minute. He walked out of his office and onto the platform where the helicopter was. Noin was helping some of the guys with some of their equipment as they loaded them onto the chopper. She smiled when she saw him.
"Zechs, where are you going?" she asked as she saw him enter the chopper.
"I'm going to Relena's, something's just not right." he sighed taking her hand and kissing the top of it, "I'll be back soon, I promise."
"Okay then take care." she whispered as the helicopter's blade began to spin.
The helicopter journeyed into the air immediately heading to Relena's mansion. It took thirty minutes the most to get there and Milliardo was getting anxious by the minute. He had a funny feeling that something was wrong but he couldn't detect what. He let out a heavy sigh as the helicopter made its way to the grassy ground below. He quickly jumped out of it and stood still in shock at the sight before him.
A heavy rush of wind blew violently against his white long hair, creasing his plain white suit in the process. He walked slowly on the grassy ground not sure if he was dreaming or not. The mansion that once stood on the property was brunt flat to the ground without a trace of anyone. Debris was everywhere and smoke still filled the air. Millardo frantically ran closer to see if he could find his sister in the ruble. But unfortunately he had no luck with that. Who could have done this and why did they do this? Thoughts were just pouring through his mind as he looked at the scenery.
"Relena!" he yelled hoping that she was still buried somewhere beneath the ruble.
The other men searched the area desperately trying their best to find any signs of life or anything that could help Millardo figure out who had done this. A few minutes passed by and finally one of the men found something. It was a piece of dark gray cloth that contained a strange symbol. Milliardo frowned.
"Where did you find this!" he asked with anger trailing in his voice.
"I found it wrapped around a broken tree branch close to the mansion, sir." the soldier replied saluting to him.
"Alright, search the perimeter let's see what other clues are left here!" he yelled to the other soldier's that went to work immediately.
He let out a deep sigh as he clutched the cloth firmly in his grasp. Something was not right and he had to figure out what. He examined the cloth thoroughly and was shock at what he saw. A symbol that represented the most deceitful man he had ever known.
"Draka (Drey-ka) Hisomaru." he mumbled while gritting his teeth, "You won't get away with this. I will get her back if it's the last thing I do."
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