A/N: Hey, thanks for the reviews. I made the prologue really short to heighten the suspense. Anyway, hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing and the characters…


Chapter 1

3 days later…(about some time in the afternoon)

Heero's car came to a stop as he reached his open garage door. He narrowed his eyes. Relena's car wasn't there. Nevertheless, he parked it in and got inside the house. He was more than exhausted from his work, so he carelessly dropped his bag on the couch and went to the kitchen. He took a mug from the cupboard and poured some coffee from the coffee maker. As the drink touched his lips, his eyebrows furrowed. Cold… he thought. His coffee was cold, not even a hint of heat in it. It was obvious that Relena didn't make coffee for him that day.

Something's wrong here… he told himself. Relena always made coffee. She almost never uses her car, and the house was too quiet for her to be there. He put his coffee down and nearly ran upstairs to their bedroom. Nothing seemed to be out of place, though the bed was a bit of a mess. He sighed. She probably just went out.

He went into the bathroom and took a bath. With only a towel wrapped around his waist, he went to the study and checked if he had any mail. As usual, Lady Une had emailed him. Another mission? Are they trying to keep me away from my wife for another year? he asked himself, remembering Zechs' almost furious look when he attended their wedding.

He sighed again. Zechs knew how he couldn't refuse to accept a mission…he wasn't trained to. He answered Lady Une's email: Mission accepted.

He got up and went back to their bedroom. He opened their closet and his eyes widened. Most of Relena's clothes were gone. He backed away and ended up falling onto the bed. As he sat up, he heard paper crumpling. He stood up and saw that he sat on an envelope… but he ignored it.

He ran to the laundry room, regaining most of his lost energy. The pieces now start to fit. Relena was gone; either she was kidnapped or she left him, and a part of him, the more irrational part, hoped it wasn't the latter. He almost took off the door to the washing machine as he looked inside. No clothes… He looked at the laundry bins. Nothing… He called the dry cleaners. They haven't heard from her for quite a while… In so much frustration, he pulled at his hair softly and grunted. Relena, where are you!

He slowly walked to the couch, not minding what he looked like. It looked like he had just woken up. His hair was quite ruffled. His eyes were pinkish from lack of sleep or rest. He took his bag and got his cell phone. He called the first person he wanted notified about what has happened.

"What is it now, Yuy? I already had Lady Une send you the things you needed." It was Zechs, and he didn't seem to be happy to be disturbed.

"Relena's gone. She left me. Happy now?" he said, gritting his teeth as he heard Zechs smirk.

"I knew she'd get tired of you. After all, you spent most of your time working. But if it's any consolation, I didn't have anything to do with it." Heero sighed. "Oh, and by the way, you already accepted a mission, so don't even think about going after her now. You have to do your work first." Zechs hung up. With gritting teeth and clenched fists, Heero went upstairs and dressed himself up. He doesn't have much of a choice in the matter, unless he does his work early.

Heero quickly scanned the files. A group of thieves had just stolen an unstable nuclear bomb nearby. Easy, he thought as he got ready.


Meanwhile…

Relena dropped her bags with a sigh. She had just arrived at a close friend's house on colony L2. "Thanks for letting me stay for a while. I'll just find a nice apartment and I'll be off," she said, sitting on the guest room bed. Her friend shot her a worried look.

"Are you sure you're okay by yourself? I mean, you can just stay here if you want…"

Relena smiled. "Don't worry about me, Christine. I'll be fine. Besides, it's better that way. He'll find it pretty hard to find me if I don't live with friends…" Her smile slowly faded.

"Well, alright… Oh, and are these yours? Simon dropped them off a little earlier. He said that you called him." She handed Relena a chunky, brown envelope.

Relena opened it and it was filled with documents and such. There were two fake birth certificates, one for her baby and one for her, and some fake ids with the name Lisa Darlynn. "Lisa Darlynn…" she whispered.

"Sorry, what were you saying?" Christine asked.

"Lisa Darlynn… That's what your gonna call me," she said. Christine raised an eyebrow.

"Isn't that a bit too much? Changing your name?" Relena sighed again.

"It'll be better this way, I know it…" She smiled again.

"Alright, whatever you say… Hey, how 'bout some tea?" Relena nodded and followed her friend to the kitchen.

Back to Heero…

Heero's feet landed softly as he crawled through the warehouse. It was already very dark and the guards would have difficulty in spotting him. He creeped in behind one, and since he was too disturbed to even think about knocking him unconscious, he just shot the poor man. The same happened to ten other guards and soon, he was carelessly walking through the bodies.

"Bad mistake, Mister Yuy," a man said, confidently stepping out of his hiding place.

"What makes you think so?" he spat back.

"Because that just gave me a reason to kill you!" The man charged and he was faster than what Heero expected and got thrown onto a wooden crate. Heero smirked. "I see you like a challenge, Mister Yuy. Don't worry… I won't disappoint you." Heero easily evaded the next attack, but was caught off-guard when the man drove his knee into Heero's stomach. Heero spat blood, but didn't give up; after all, he was just tired. He finally decided to finish it. He easily punched the man in the gut and kicked the side of his head. He withdrew a gun quickly and pointed it at him.

"The bomb…" he said, pulling the man by the collar to guide him. The man did. As they passed a vase of flowers, Heero suddenly remembered Relena. His attention was diverted and the man took the opportunity to flee and throw a grenade into the warehouse. Heero got out just in time for him not to get killed, but he was hurt badly.


Back to Relena…

Relena suddenly lost grip of her cup and it shattered on the hardwood floor. "Oh my, I'm so sorry, Christine," she apologized, picking up the pieces.

Christine took a mop and helped in cleaning up the mess. "It's okay. You're going through a hard time, so just relax. And the teacups were just given to me for free anyway. Don't worry about it."

Relena felt something in her heart. Something must have gone wrong back home.


Back again to Heero…

Heero woke up and saw Duo eating noodles. He was in his house and it was already morning. "Don't make a mess on the sheets. Relena will—" He suddenly remembered that Relena was already gone. "I have to find her!" he said, trying to stand up but he felt a terrible pain go through his body.

Duo turned to him, and Heero was quite surprised that for once he looked serious. "I never saw you work like that… You were so careless," he said. Heero gave him a confused look. "There was no nuclear bomb in the warehouse. They moved it when you got there. The man you fought was just a distraction." Duo paused. "What happened to you?"

"Relena's gone. I thought that if I did the job early, I might have enough time to find her before she goes too far," Heero explained. "So that grenade hurt me bad, huh?"

"Yeah. Well, if it makes you feel any better, Zechs gave you two months to heal up and about half a year to try and find her. After that, it's back to work. And since you're now awake…" Duo turned the TV on and continued to eat noodles beside Heero. "Oh, wait, I think I forgot something..."

"What is it?" Heero asked, trying to sit up but couldn't.

"Oh, I got it. It's some sort of letter. Here." Duo opened the bedside table's drawer and took out the envelope that Heero sat on. He gave it to Heero and he read it:

Dear Heero,

By the time you probably notice this letter I have been gone for about a week. I just want to get something clear and concise. I don't think we should be together anymore, Heero. I love you with all my heart, but I just can't take thinking that there is a possibility that you might not come home alive. Your duty seperates the two of us, and it breaks my heart to think that you would spend more time hurting yourself and others rather than being with the ones you love and who love you in return. I'm saying goodbye, Heero, and I hope that you will understand and respect my decision by not going after me.

Love,
Relena