"Forgin Minister Dorlin has been shot."
The report echoed through earth and space, the residual ache and anger of the people followed right after, the wave of sorrow hitting everyone as they stared at televisions and radios in shock.
Far, far away a spaceship launched from Mars increased its speed ten fold.
On earth a young man dropped the box he was carrying.
"Owowowowow! Heero that was my toe!" Duo looked up at his friends face, "What—" The reporter's voice, so faint to Duo a moment before became clear.
"I repeat: Foreign Minister Dorlin has been shot and is in critical condition."
"Heero?" Heero was immobile, his face in shadow. Duo pushed him and Heero sprung into action, walking quickly to the door and grabbing his coat as he went. Dup sat down on the couch behind him, rubbing his foot with a concerned look on his face, "Not good," he muttered, "Not good at all."
"Clear!" The doctor revived Relena for the third time that day, the tall Milliardo Peacecraft standing by, his arms crossed with a pained look crumpling his fine features.
"Clear!" Milliardo clenched his fists. He felt his anger become uncontrollable, but it some how managed to not burst out of his chest and kill everyone in the room. Such a thing, he felt, should not have happened to Relena, he thought, she was such a good person and so young… there was never any justice.
"Clear!" With every shock Relena's heart received, the colder Milliardo's heart became.
Relena lay in a hospital bed, she looked like a beautiful girl sleeping peacefully, but the monitors and IV's that surrounded her betrayed that comfortable notion. Relena wouldn't die, but she was weak from blood loss. Not only that, but the bullet was still lodged in her chest. It was stuck in such a place that it wouldn't kill her but it was impossible to move. The pain it would cause to Relena for the rest of her life would be unimaginable
A young nurse walked in and checked Relena's vitals. They were good. Too good in fact, for a person who had died eight times that day. Relena still living defied logic, the nurse would fix that problem.
The nurse lifted an air filled syringe and began to insert it into one of the many IV's that flowed directly into the young woman, but before she could inject the air, a dark figure leapt from the shadows and knocked the syringe away. In seconds the figure had the nurse on the ground. The ruckus caused a half-away Milliardo to burst into the room; Lucrezia on his heals, flicking on the lights as she came in.
"Heero Yuy!" Milliardo gasped furiously. The nurse lay immobile on the floor. Heero stood, his back to Milliardo in the door way, he stared at Relena in the bed.
"Heero." Lucrezia called to him. Heero ignored them both and went to Relena's side.
"I left this planet," Milliardo muttered angrily, "Because I thought we had an understanding." Millirado had his fists clenched, his eyes downcast, the waves of anger coming from him filled the room, making it hard to breathe. "You were supposed to protect her." Milliardo grabbed Heero and punched him with enough force to knock him to the ground. Heero spat blood. Millirado kicked Heero in the stomach, Heero stayed on the ground, taking kick after kick with no reaction.
"Stop!" Lucrezia grabbed Millirado and held him back, Milliardo didn't struggle against her, but his blue eyes blazed, hating Heero.
"You're right. I've failed her." Heero got to his hands and knees, spitting more blood and panting, the kicks had made him breathless. "It's my fault. I should have been protecting her." Heero picked himself up using Relena's hospital bed as a crutch, he stared at her vacant face again. "She's the only person who truly cared and I've failed her." Heero put his hand on his forehead. "I would have taken that bullet a hundred times for you." He told Relena, hoping silently that she could hear him. Milliardo stared at Heero, shock overcoming his anger and then he stormed out of his room. Lucrezia put a hand on Heero's sholder.
"He just feels guilty he wasn't here to protect her. You couldn't have done anything differently, Heero. Should I call a Doctor? He kicked you pretty hard." Heero shook his head; Lucrezia followed Milliardo out of the room.
The guards came in and dragged out the nurse, leaving Heero alone with Relena.
AN: I am a member of the Relena-must-die club, but I couldn't kill the annoying little brat, that would be me giving in to my hate too much… so instead I shot her and left the bullet in a place where she would feel it forever muhahaha… gosh I'm evil. There's still a lot more to this story, so keep tuning in. Please Review, any review is a good review to someone like me, flame if you must but know that I'll use them to burn down Taco Bell, they spit in my burrito, the bastards.
Mena