Rage Of Hope
Chapter Four
The day of death came all to soon. Relena and I were brought out first. Relena wasn't to badly hurt. Were ere lead to a large open court yard of the Oz base. The General stood smiling and joking on a large wooden platform. There were three other men armed with high power riffle. We were put on the right edge of the platform away from the shooters. When the General was sure we were in place he turned back to the cell doors. "Bring out the prisoner." He yelled. The cell doors opened againt and two officers I think there were the same ones as before, dragged Serena's broken body towards the platform. She no longer wore the bloody sliver dress but a plain white dress and no shoes. The people who watched were people who watched were people from the nearby town. They had came to watch the death of the great Gundam Pilot who had protected their homes. There were several Oz officers in the group who were booing her and throwing food at Serena. The other people did nothing, afraid to speak up, afraid that they too would fall victim to Oz's guns. The two Oz officers dragged Serena's body up the stair onto the platform and tied her to a large post. I looked around to make sure their was no camera's recording it. There wasn't which was good no one but the people who were here knew what she looked like. Now all we can do is hope that the other pilot hear and come to get them. The general walked over to Serena. "You have been charged and found guilt as a trader to Oz and has been sentence to death, but if you tell me who you work for I may show mercy."
Serena looked at him and I sucked in a breath "Serena don't" I thought. Serena looked up at the General and spit in his face. He slapped her across the face, then grabbed her hair. "Before we killed and your friends we want to see your precious Gundam being blown to bits." He pointed to a large screen to the right of the platform. Everyone turned and looked as ten men in spacesuits were putting little black boxes on Rage Of Hope as it floated in space. They got off and returned to the ship. Serena's eyes filled with tears as she looked over at the General as he let go of her hair and moved away from her going to the table and picked off a black box with a red button on it. He smiled and still looking at Serena he hit the button. Serena looked back at the screen to see Rage of Hope blown up in flash of color. I think that finally broke Serena. She stood there fighting the urge to cry. The general sat the box back down on the table and picked up a black blindfold and walked back to Serena lifting it to tie it around her eyes but she pulled her head away. "No, I'm a warrior and I will died like one. I will die doing what I belive in right." She said weakly. She looked back at the screen, the dust was just starting to disappeared and you could see the remains of Hope. She looked back at the General her eyes filled with hanger and coldness. "You may destroy me but you wont stop our cause, you will fall.Others will replace me, you'll never get ride of the Gundams. We will have peace." She whispered in his ear. The General smiled and punched Serena in the stomach. Relena screamed in surprise. I know that even Relena Peacecraft was scarred for the pilot's life and her own. Serena bent her head and coughing up blood. I want to run toward her, to help her but the two large officer holding they gun deep in our backs and wont let me. Serena swore under her breath and gave the general a dirty look. The General walked over to beside the men with the ruffle. "Ready."
The men raised the guns. I wanted to tell her how I felt before...oh god I couldn't let her die without knowing the truth. I pulled everything I had. "Serena" I yelled at her. She turned and looked at me. "I love you." She smiled and nodded. "Aim"
Serena's eyes never left mine, her eyes full with fear and sadness but she never failed as she stood tall there. She was the perfect soldier.
"Fire."
The gun fire echoed throughout the court yard and Serena's body fall forward againt her restrains. I broke away from the guard and ran to her. I untied her and she fell into my arms. I pulled her close to me and sat on the platform her head in my lap. I didn't care if people saw me crying. I loved her. I let a tear fall down my checks and landed on her forehead. "Don't worry your going to be joining her soon." The General said looking down at me. I looked at him angrily. His face changed into surprised and he shook his head. "Your one of them, well my lucky day two for the price of one." He raised a gun at me. I just sat there unable to move. 'I'll be with you soon my love." I whispered closing my eyes waiting for the shot. I heard it go off but felt nothing. I opened my eyes after a moment and saw the General fall forward. Relena was standing behind him gun smoking in her hand. The other officers were shocked at first but then ran at her gun blasting. Their was a explosion behind the platform they went flying and the Gundam Deathscyth appeared above them. I set the body of Serena down and stood beside Relena. The General crawled over to the table and took the black box. Relena was the first to see him. She yelled at me and I turned to see him. 'If I go down, I'm taken you with me." he mumbled. "Shit, there's a bomb under the stage." I mumbled. There was no time to stop the mad General, I grabbed Relena off the stage into the softly as the stage exploded. After it was over I got up off Relena and looked at the burning stag, There was no sign of serena's body. The door of Deathscyth open and Duo appeared smiling. He jumped down and helped Relena up. "I see you really didn't need my helped, huh buddy?" I laughed softly still looking at the stage.
It had been a day since the death of Serena and rumor got around the school that Serena had been a accident and they wasn't sure id she would live. I had gotten flowers from students and teachers all day. The female students all wanted to know if I need anyone to talk to. I sat alone now in my dark room, all the curtain had been shut and everyone had left for class. Relena had talked to the head of the school and got me out of class for a few days. I sat on my med tears still running down my checks. I stared at Serena's unmade bed. I missed her so much. A knock on the door pulled me out of my deep thought. Maybe they would just go away. I waited a moment later their was another knock. More flowers or another female student anyway I really didn't want to deal with it right now. I got up and wiped the tears from my eyes walking towards the door. Another knock louder this time. 'Coming, Coming." I got to the door and throw it open, in the dimly lit hallway stood Millirdo Peacecraft, Relena's older brother. he was missing and thought to be dead. In his arm he carried the body of Serena. How he had got her off the stage in time and here without anyone seeing was beyond me. Millirdo lied Serena down on her bed, then turned to me. "If she she lives gives her this." he handed me a small envelope. "But why?" I asked talking the letter and put it in my pocket. "Just give it to her, it will tell her everything she needs to know.' He said leaving me with Serena. I turned and looked at he, she wasn't moving. I had to get her some help.
I got her to the ICU of the local hospital within mins, They had to help her. I spent the next four weeks by her side. Reading to her in Arabian, or telling her the funny things that Duo did that day. She had always loved it when I told those stories. The others came and visited us as much as they could between mission which had picked up since the sixth pilot shooting. Duo came the most, He would come and sit at the foot of her bed for hours only to fall asleep his chair leaning back his hat over his eyes and his leg up on the foot of the bed. After six weeks in the hospital Serena woke up. I stood by her side holding her hand as the doctor looked over her chart. He had a long list of injuries, Five broken rib, her right leg was broke, a dislocated left shoulder, cuts and brushes all over her body, burn marks on her arms and legs and the gun shots which she was lucky it missed all her organs. Of course they were still running test on her but I was just happy she was alive.
After the doctor left I gave her the letter she opened it reading it out loud for me to hear:
Dear Serenity Jo Pendragon
I hope this letter finds you well. I know of your shadowed past and I write this letter to shade some truth. Its true that Dr. Pendragon adopted you as a baby. He found you in the ruins of the Peacecraft manor. What isn't known is that the Peacecraft had three children. Myself, and twin girls Relena and Serenity Peacecraft. You are her sister I came to see that after talking to Relena about you. I hope you understand that after the fall of the Sank Kingdom, our parents did everything they could to protect their offspring. I do hope you will come speak to me when your better.
Millirdo Peacecraft
After reading it she smiled "I understand now..." She held the letter close to her chest as she sat on her bed. I as happy for her, she finally knew her past. She knew who her parents were. I smiled sitting beside her laying a hand on her shoulder.
Against doctors orders she left the hospital three days later, she had to keep up the look up that she had died so she returned to their room. She know that the millirty was on to them and they would have to leave the school as soon as possible. The others had to leave a mission the day before we were leaving. He won't let Serena go,he said that she was still in no shape to go. I stayed behind to watch her. I think he did it just to leave us alone. I took a shower and let the water flow over me. I turned the water off after a while and reached out and grabbed one of the white towel that Duo stole from a hotel. I wrapped the towel around my hips and opened the door. The room was cold and I shivered as I stepped into the room, water dripping off my skin and hair onto the floor. Serena stood near the wall. She wore a bra like top that zipped up the front and cut off jean shorts. She kept hitting her shoulder againt the wall as hard as she could and cursed under her breath. I know what she was doing. She had left before they could pop her shoulder back in place. I slipped on a pair boxers under the town and then sat the towel on the bed. Serena looked over at me, smiled and fingered me to come over and help her. My hair was wet and stuck to my bare neck and I was just wearing a pair of boxers but I walked over and just stood beside her. Serena took my hands and put them on her bare shoulders. Her shoulder felt like fire on my cold hands. "Just hold it tight." She whispered. I put as much presser on it as I could. Then she yanked her shoulders and there was a loud wet "Pop" as Serena popped her shoulders back into its socket. She didn't even cry out. She looked into my eyes and I was about to kiss her when a loud knock made us both jump. "You want to answer that I'm suppose to be dyeing in some bed." she joked walking to the bathroom and shut the door behind her. When I was sure she was hidden, I went to the door and opened it. A young girl from her class stood there, still dressed in her school uniform. She had bright red hair that went down her back and shape green eyes like Trowa's. She carried a basket of red, pink and white flowers. She looked at me standing there in my boxers, I blushed slightly shutting the door throwing some pants on before opening the door again. "Sorry I just got out of the shower." She smiled and handed me the basket. "Here Quatre I thought you could use these." I looked at the flowers then at her. "Quatre are you alright?" She asked trying to look into the room, but I blocked the way. "I thought I heard voices, do you have company?" she asked.
"No" I replied quickly not letting her see inside.
"Are you sure because I'm sure I heard..."
I was growing tired of her already. "Yes, I'm alone."
She looked up at me. "I'm sorry Quatre you must feel horrible right now." I nodded slightly. "Tell me something, Is she your girlfriend?" I was shocked by that. I never thought Serena as my girlfriend but I did love her. I didn't know what to say.
"Aa"
I heard myself say, she lowered her head as if she had lost a great battle. We both heard a crash from the bathroom.
"Thanks"
I said and shut the door before she could ask. I felt really bad about slamming the door in her face but she couldn't know about Serena. "Well if you need someone to talk to, you know where to find me." Her voice called through the door. I heard her footsteps walk away, I walked over and opened the bathroom door. Serena was standing there smiling from ear to ear.
"Sorry" She mumbled.
She stepped out of the bathroom and turned to me, she ran the back of her hand softly down my check. "Is it true what you said...About me being your girlfriend?"
I touched her face where she had a black eye, but she pulled away from her and turned her back to me. "I don't..I don't want you see me like this." I pulled my arm around her hips and did something even that surprised me, I yanked her around to look at me." I don't care what you look like." I leaned over and kissed her. She returned the kiss and I wrapped my arms around her. She pushed me over to the bed still kissing me.
Before I know it, it was over and I was laying in bed with her covered in a thin sheet. Serena's head laying on my chest, her arm around my hip and her body pressed againt my side, our legs where tangled together. Serena was asleep and I kissed the top of her sweaty head. We both were still breathing hard. Then the door open and I didn't have time to react. Hero came into the room with the others right behind him. They were arguing about something. They stopped mid sentence when they saw us. I heard someone drop something glass on the wooden floor. I think it was Trowa or Wufie. Duo stood by Heero his mouth wide open in deep surprise. "Uh..hi guys your back early." I said poking at Serena trying to get her up. She finally woke up, when she saw the others she jerked up taking most the sheet with her.
"Um..hi guys whats up?" she asked trying to act as if nothing was wrong but it was kind of late for that.
"Talk about being out of character, who are you and what did you do what are sweet young Quatre" Duo joked the others laughed but Heero just stood there. This was the beginning of a new adventure for the Gundam Pilots.