He found a letter inside. The penmanship was familiar to him. He looked at the bottom and found the name "Lisa". Lisa? She must be that blond woman… He read the letter, and this is what's written:
Treize, if you're reading this, it must mean I am dead. I am sorry. I am very sorry, my love. I don't know why my father is against our love, but I love you. I will always love you. Even to death I shall love only you. I have a request for you, and it is to take care of my daughter, my life, my Mariemaia. My dear Treize, I am sorry to leave you my daughter. I don't want my husband to take care of her… especially my father, or my brother… They will poison her mind. I know what my family wants…
My love, I have one last request for you. Please stop Operation: Meteor! Don't let my father… no, Dekim Barton to continue this holocaust! Don't let him destroy our paradise, our earth. I want my daughter to see the place I loved the most. Please, Treize, for me…
With Love,
Lisa
Treize pondered on the letter for a while. "Lisa… Her father's Dekim Barton… Which must mean her name's Lisa Barton…" Treize looked at the laptop, sitting on top of the table. "Hmmm… I wonder if this still works…" He reached for the laptop, brushed off the dust, and turned it on. "Good. It's still working… Hmm?"
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Please enter Password:
"A password?" He said with a smile. "I must have been a very cautious man…"
Please enter Password: treize
/One moment please…
Incorrect Password. Access Denied.
Attempts Left: 2
Only 3 attempts? Damn… What can be the password? Relax… 2 more tries… you can figure this out… You were the one who placed a password… you should know… Romafeller… Colonies… Meteor… Epyon… Gundam!
Please enter Password: gundam
/One moment please…
Incorrect Password. Access Denied.
Attempts Left: 1
Just one more try left… What influenced me the most? Zechs Merquise… White Fang… Lady Une… Lisa Barton… wait! Lisa Barton… "Don't let him destroy my paradise, my earth…" That's what the letter said… Can it be?
Please enter Password: earth
/One moment please…
Password Correct! Access Granted!
Sighs… "Lisa Barton, whoever you are, thank you."
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"Now, let me search for you… Lisa Barton…" He whispered under his breath while he was browsing the Internet.
Lisa Barton (AC 171- 188) is the daughter of Dekim Barton, the leader of Operation: Meteor. Sibling was Trowa Barton, also involved in Operation: Meteor. She was the runaway sweetheart of Treize Kushrenanda. Her father was against it and wanted her to marry someone else. She died after two years of marriage to a man who's name is unknown. They had one daughter who is still missing. Name also unknown.
That's all there is about her… She was my "runaway sweetheart"… Before he could think of anything else, his head started to stingonce more. He held his head in his hands, afraid it might burst any second. He reached for the laptop, and accidentally pressed something. As he looked at the monitor, he saw a video he should not have seen. It was a copy of the Gundam's data videos. First was Gundam01, then so on and so forth. It ended with the Tallgeese. After the video was a document. It contains everything about the pilots of the Gundam mobile suits, and Zechs. "They… they are very good fighters… They… they are… aghh!" He felt that unconsciousness is getting closer to him. He fought it, and, luckily, won. There was a locked document within the deepest part of that file. "What can this be?" he said softly. He clicked the document, hoping it would open.
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This document is restricted. Please enter password:
Damn… password again…He shifted his attention around the room then back to the monitor again.
This document is restricted. Please enter password: earth
/One moment please…
Access Denied.
Please enter password:
Its not earth… Something closely related to me…
Please enter password: epyon
/One moment please…
Access Granted.
"Thank goodness I remembered…"
The document was a short sound file. It was this...
This is Treize Kushrenada. Something must have happened to me if you are listening to this. Listen carefully. The war must've ended now, and peace has ruled the world. I am sure my death wasn't in vain, if I had died. I have messages to the ones I love in life.
To my dearest Lady Une: Oz is no longer alive, you do not have to fight anymore. I have a favor to ask from you, look for Mariemaia Barton. She is my first love's child. Her grandfather took her from me when her mother wanted me to take care of her. I ask you, my dear Lady Une, to take care of her. Lady Une, you are important to me. You are the only person who understood my ideals. My lady, I do hope you will never forget me, as I shall not. Please take care of yourself.
To my best friend Milliardo: My friend, even if you had betrayed me, I understand your feelings. After all, we did have the same goal: total peace. However, it seems we both failed. The Gundams are the real heroes. Milliardo, take care of your sister, she is a great girl. About Epyon, throw it away if you must. Thank you, my friend.
To Heero Yuy: You are one great soldier, Heero. Now, I have gone and the war has ended. Live your life the way you want.
To Wu Fei: You must be the one who finished me. I am happy that you are the one. It is a great honor. I hope that you shall live a clean and just life, Wu Fei.
To the Treize Faction and its former members: I thank you, men, for your loyalty to me.
And to myself: I am very sorry for whatever has happened. I shouldn't have been full of hate. I did it only to fulfill Lisa's wishes.
That is all. Please bring these messages to the people mentioned above. I thank you.
His eyes stared blankly and his mouth gaped open. He was baffled by everything. He was clueless about the whole thing. Then, slowly, very slowly, dimness started to surround him… He was falling unconscious… And falling down to the ground… Until his body touched the ground and there was nothing but black…
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"I am not hiding anything!" said Lady Une loudly, almost to the point of shouting.
The Ice Princess replied with large hints of sarcasm, "Then why the reaction, Lady?" She also accompanied it with girlish giggles, just to add to the annoyance factor.
"That project was cancelled after the war has ended. I have nothing to do with it. And what made you think that I will clone somebody?"
"Project: Twin Stars do not just clone a person's physical appearance, you can also input past memories and emotions to it…"
Angry, that's the only word to describe Lady Une. "How… how dare you? How dare you accuse me of such a thing! Where in the world did you get those ideas?"
Mariemaia answered only with a smile.
"Mariemaia Barton, I shall not accept such rude comments from you!" Une shouted at her. The girl stood up, shocked at what Une just said. "Lady Une, I know your secret! I know it already! You'd better tell me the truth right now!"
Time seemed to stop for Lady Une. Not the kind you feel when you're really happy, but the one when you dreaded certain things. How? How could she know the truth? Should I let her know? No… she mustn't… But… she already knows… She might tell someone else… That'll cause more trouble…Lost in her thoughts, she stared at the floor. Mariemaia stared at her in turn. sigh… It's… better for her to know… It's much better… that way…Lady Une looked Mariemaia in the eye, "Mariemaia…" she said as she relaxed her body and sat back on the sofa. "The truth always comes out… doesn't it?" She said an added a ironic chuckle. She then gazed at the ceiling. "Your father is still alive, Mariemaia. He never died, and I did not clone him. I kept him away from everybody for the past three years. He was in a coma state. All the servants in this mansion are sworn to secrecy, that's why no one speaks of it. If you want, I can introduce you to…"
"Introduce me?" interrupted Mariemaia. "I am her daughter! You don't need to introduce me to him!"
"Mariemaia, your father has lost all of his memory. He doesn't know who you are. Although he does know your name, he doesn't know your face or if you're really his daughter."
Shock and sadness slammed straight to Mariemaia. What now? Father doesn't remember me… How can I prove I am really his daughter? She felt tears streaming down her cheeks. No… I… I shouldn't be weak! He will remember me! I'll make him!
"So, Mariemaia, what do you think? Shall I call for Master Treize now?"
Une's voice got Mariemaia back into reality. "What? Oh… Yes… I suppose I should meet him now…" She said, looking away from the woman in front of her.
"Well then… I shall have him come here." She picked up the phone beside her and dialed a few numbers. "Claude, look for Master Treize. Tell him to come to the living room." She hung up the phone and just stayed there, motionless, watching Mariemaia's every move. After a few minutes, the phone rang.
"Lady, we cannot find Master Treize anywhere."
"You can't what? Sigh I understand… I'll look for him personally..." Her face appeared mad. And she softly whispered, "If you want to get a job done, do it yourself…" before hanging up.
Mariemaia heard the conversation. As soon as Lady Une hung up, she was already standing and prepared. "Lady, let us go." Lady Une, seeing how eager her, let us say "adopted daughter" was, immediately followed suit and walked out the door.
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"Well, Lady Une, do you have any idea where we might find my father?" a bored and tired Mariemaia asked. "We've been looking for him for almost an hour now!"
"A little more patience. There are only a few places we have yet to search. Let's see, the den, the library, the kitchen, and the basement, those are the only places left."
"And where shall we head first?"
"Let's proceed to the library first."
The two women went to the library not saying a single word. It's either they are annoyed at each other, or they just simply don't know what to say to the other. They went in silence, when at last they have reached their destination. As they went in, they didn't see anything out of the ordinary. The library seemed as it should, with everything in their right places. It was until they searched the whole library. One book was missing, and Lady Une found this peculiar. "The library is rarely used… Why is a book missing from this shelf?" She said, a little louder than she wanted.
Mariemaia heard her but not quite clearly. "Is something the matter?"
"Oh, it's nothing. It's just that a book is missing." Une replied, still eyeing the empty space on the shelf. If Master Treize is not here, he must have been here a short while ago… but we've already checked the rose garden… where could he be?
wai! i feel like my head's going to burst out any minute! i am still suffering from the after-effects of torture from my teachers so my brain's out of fuel>- i'm out of ideas so please help me!
just wanna say...
to ama, l.a. une, and lonely-dreamlover- here's the next chap! sorry for the cliffies... i just love'em!
sirithgliniel-thank you soooooo much! you're the best! >-
kiki- thank you for clicking the button! the link to his past is here:D
thank you for taking some of your precious time to read and review! luvyah guys!