Chapter 3
Later that day…
As everyone was laughing and going in and out of stores Relena was approached by a nice little boy. "Excuse me maim but I can't find my parents and I'm scared." The boy looked no older than eight. "Well then where did you last see you parents young man?" Relena walked with the boy to a candy store across from the store she was at. "So is this where you last saw your parents?" she asked in a nice voice that would help comfort the young child. "Yes they were right over there by that rack of lollipops," the little boy answered in a scared voice. "Well then we'll just go to the register." They walked over to the register and were assisted by a young woman about seventeen. "May I help you ma'am?" the clerk asked. "Hi yes this boy can't find his parents and he came to me for help any chance you could use the speakers to call for his parents?" "Well there is the mall microphone but you can only hear the call if you are near a major store." The young lady answered honestly. "Well if you could at least try he seems very worried and I'm sure his parents are too." Relena replied. The clerk looked over the counter and saw the young boy shaking as he held Relena's hand. "Well I'll try," she answered. "Thank you very much I'm sure his parents will appreciate it too," Relena thanked the young lady and waited as she used the microphone. About fifteen minutes later the boy's parents came in they seemed to be relieved to have found their child. The parents thanked Relena as she went on her way. Relena walked to the store she had last remembered visiting before she found the worried child but the others were not there. She searched high and low through the store looking for any sign of the others but she had yet to find them. She was walking along the sidewalk when suddenly she was grabbed and pulled into a small space between two stores. She tried to resist but there was more than one person holding on to her. The kidnapper pushed her against the wall and started threatening her "Now look Dorling, we wont hurt you but you will come with us. We have yet to give up our claim to the Earthsphere unified nations." Relena didn't know what to say yet she knew one person who wouldn't let her down and she called out his name, "HEERO HEER..." Relena's words were cut off when her kidnapper put a gag in her mouth. But her cries were not in vain. Heero heard her scream at first he thought he was just hearing things but he looked back at his friends and could not spot Relena. "Hey has anyone seen Relena." Everyone looked around and could not find her. "I'm worried we are suppose to protect her but the last time I saw her was at that clothing store near the mall theater and infact I could have sworn I just heard her scream." Heero answered "Well then we should go in that direction shouldn't we." Replied Duo "Well then let's go back there," replied Trowa. Everyone nodded and ran in the direction where they heard the scream. As the kidnappers pulled Relena down the small alley, Heero came in on their little party. "Hey where do you think you are going with her?" Heero yelled at them and then took evasive action against them and in no time at all each kidnapper was knocked out. Heero took the gag of Relena and quickly asked, "are you alright?" Relena was more than pleased to see him and responded, "yeah I'm alright but I'm just confused about what just happened." "Welcome to the club," Duo responded as he looked at three people down on the ground. Everyone soon followed behind him. "They said something about not giving up their claim to the Earthsphere unified Nations," Relena replied as she was still taking in the grasp of the situation. "So do we ask these knocked out kidnappers who they work for?" asked Duo still in shock from what he just heard. "How about we get their ID from of them and take it from there." "Good idea but how about we drag them somewhere less populated, we have already managed to draw a crowd," replied Quatre. Everyone looked behind them to see a huge crowed of people who were just staring in awe. Quickly they covered up the story "Don't worry every one we're just testing our security system," Quatre replied as they shoed them away. Every one walked away nicely then Heero rolled over the kidnaper by lightly kicking him. The perpetrator had red hair and a scar across his face; he squirmed as he ached in pain. Heero then looked in his jacket as he saw a Barton foundation ID it showed a character picture of the man and read Reno Barton. Heero quickly took a second to drop it on the floor. "Who do you work for; huh, answer me," Heero started getting frustrated with war having no end in this time or place and it especially got him flustered when they try to use Relena to there advantage. The guy started moaning again "listen I'm not gonna ask twice," Heero just couldn't take it any more he looked as angry as he could actually be considering he's never shown his anger through facial expression. "Wow, Heero calm down man," Duo said as he saw his buddy getting angry but when Heero turned his head away from the man believed to be a Barton member, everyone saw the rage and anger in his eyes. Heero had a lifetime build up against war and clearly you could tell by looking in his eyes that there would be no mercy. Suddenly the man began to speak "We…we are the … Barton Faction…we are an individualized o-organization that… will revenge the death of…" he then passed out before he could finish. Relena had already had a lot on her mind after she was just kidnapped but now she felt she would explode. "Why can't people just accept peace as it comes but no people want control of everything and everyone. They would rather fight with their lives for political control than live a peaceful life it makes me sick. I'm so angry with this I'm about ready to surrender the whole universe to the highest bidder." "Whoa, Relena calm down people will create fights for power, and as a result the powerful ones are the ones who most commonly win these fights as a result as their truth to what their fighting for. And as you have pretty much already learned people will retaliate against rules and laws because as long as they can commit these wrongs without being caught until afterwards they will do what they want," Said Dorthy in a calm voice. "Dorthy I don't quite want to explode on any one because it's not my nature but it probably can't hurt to yell out the fact that YOU'RE NOT HELPING." "Alright geeze don't go nutz after all we just saved your ass from certain death," replied Duo. "Well I'm sorry if I offend any one but the only one who helped me in this situation was Heero and sorry but by just hanging around him doesn't really make any of you all a hero in my eyes. "Well we probably should head back to the house," replied Quatre a matter a factly. "Oh aren't we a genius today," Relena replied with a sour mouth. "Hey are you calling him stupid?" Duo asked offended by her words. "No I'm just really at my self for expecting peace to come so easily." Relena said with an apologetic tone. Relena felt sorry for herself and all the people she let down. "Hey it's not your fault Relena, people just tend to rebel and there really is nothing we can do about it you know that right?" Heero asked as he lifted her chin up to look at him. "Oh Heero you always tend to lift my spirit even at the worst of times," she said as she smiled and kissed his cheek. "Hey that's my job angel." "Alright that's enough we got to get out of here before something else happens. They all agreed and headed for the house to keep out of trouble. Later that evening Relena was on the love seat reading a book with her legs hanging of the side of the chair and her head against the other side. Quatre and Trowa were upstairs playing the violin and flute. Duo was working on the computer and Heero was watching TV in his room. Relena was enjoying the peace and quite around the house and even the soft melody from the music upstairs was up lifting her spirits. She then decided she would take a break from reading and go into her back yard for some fresh air. She was then surprised to see Heero out on the back porch. "Hey I thought you were watching the TV," Relena said surprised to see Heero on the back porch. "I was but after a while of watching the news it becomes boring as they bring up the same subject over and over again," he said as he sighed with relief. "Yeah I know what you mean. So did you talk to Ms. Une about this new threat to the peace," Relena asked with fear in her voice. "Actually, I did she said she would report on the matter right away and that we should protect you at all costs." "All right then but let me guess we can't go any where out of this house can we," Relena asked with mischief in her voice. "Not a chance in the whole galaxy," Heero said as he felt boredom taking over his mind. Relena and Heero sat out on the porch talking and discussing the new threat to their peaceful lives.