Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing, I wish though. Haha. I'm happy about the reviews, please review more!! Remember, this is an Alternative Universe for Relena, so no matter how crazy it is, just go with it. LOL. Thank you for reading, here's chapter 2 for " The Power Within"!

"The Power Within"- Chapter 2

Darkness. Just pure darkness. It's so quiet...so lonely. Why do I feel like I've been here before, so long ago? This saddness I feel, this sorrow... why do I feel this way? Am I Relena, or...am I someone else? What's going on with me? I'm just a normal girl, a normal, average girl...or am I? Relena. Who are you? What do you want? I am the real you. The real me? I don't understand. It will makes sense in due time. When you start getting your memories back, I will then explain, but now you have more things to worry about. Wait! Please tell me what's going on! What was that power? What do you mean that you're the REAL me? I just don't understand any of this?! Like I said, I'll tell you when the time is right. But know this, I am not your enemy. Then what are you?! Your protector. What?! This doesn't make any sense! Don't leave! WAIT!!

" WAIT!!!!!!!" I scream outloud sitting up in the bed, with sweat covering my body. What's going on?! I put my hand over my eyes and breath heavy. I hate this. I hate not knowing what's going on with me. Am I going crazy?

" Relena?" I look up and see Heero walking towards me, now noticing that I'm not in my room at home, but in a white room in the hospital. He sits in the chair next to my bed, looking at me with those all-knowing eyes of his. " Are you alright?" I look at him, then turn my head down, looking at my white sheets.

" Heero, why am I in the hospital?"

He looked at me in question, but then answered anyway. " You passed out Relena, what were we going to do, leave you there?" His answer made me flintch a little, but seeing how this is Heero, there is bound to be a smart ass remark somewhere."Relena..what happend back there?" He asks as he looks my way again.

"I-I...I don't know Heero."

"Relena, I can't protect you if you don't tell me the truth." He says to me as calm as he could. I know, deep down, that he is angry.

" I am telling the truth?!" I look up at him, glaring with tears in my eyes. "I don't have a clue as to what happend! I don't even have a spec of an idea of what's going on with me! As soon as I find out, then you'll be the first to know Heero!" I say, also yelling at him to get my point across, to let him know that I'm not lying.

He nods, then pulls out something out of his jacket. "Alright, then take a look at this." He says as he throws a rolled up paper in my lap. I look at him questionably, then starts to unroll the paper and on the front page is a picture of me , glaring as I knocked Heero to the ground and killed the hitman with a unseen barrier, the title reading "Relena Peacecraft, Witch or Politician?" as the headline. My eyes widen, as I loosen my grip of the paper, letting it slip from my hands, falling onto my lap. Witch? I'm not a witch! My eyes tear up, as I clentch my hands on the sheets.

"Heero, do you believe that? Do you believe that I'm a witch?"

"Frankly, I don't know what to believe, but in truth I know that you are no witch." My eyes tear up even more at his words, trying not to cry, at least not in front of him. I then feel his large, warm hand over my small, shaky one. I look back at him, biting my bottom lip. " Relena, no matter what you are, I will always protect you." I believed him, of course I did, this is the man I trust most in this world, the man I...love. Not being able to hold it in anymore, I let a tear slide down my cheek, as I take my other hand and put it over my eyes, crying into my hand. I feel the bed sink in on the side and I feel Heero's other hand on my the side of my face, caressing it. I put my hand down and I look at him, seeing not anger in his eyes, or discust, but worry, worry for me.

"Heero, I know that you are upset with me and think that I lied to you, but I swear, I didn't. I.." I feel Heero's thumb over my lips, silencing me.

"Relena, I'm not upset with you. I was worried. When I saw what happend to you, knowing that I couldn't do anything, I felt helpless and that is something I loath, knowing that you were in danger and I couldn't save you. " He then started to caress my cheek with his hand, putting some hair behind my ears. " Relena, you know that whatever happens from this point on, I will always protect you." More tears slide down my face as I wrap my arms around his waist, putting my head on his chest, feeling him tense up a bit by my sudden movement, then slowly relaxing, putting a hand on the back of my shoulder.

" Heero, I-I'm scared. I don't know who I am anymore! I don't understand anything that's going on! Why is this happening?!" I say as I hold him tighter to me, feeling him slowing rubbing my shoulder.

"Relena, things happen for a reason, it's something that we cannot control. Our destiny is already chosen for us, it's our job to follow the path, no matter how sorrowful and painful it may be." He says to me calmly, in a soothing voice. He gently places his other hand underneath my chin, lifting it up so we see eye to eye. " And, you shouldn't be afraid Relena, because I'm right here with you. I'll protect you Relena." He says as he wipes the tears from my eyes.

" Heero", I start to say as I give him a smile. " Thank you for everything." He nods, as he gives me a half smile, knowing that cheers me up because I don't get to see him smile very often.

" Relena, you should rest. You're under alot of stress right now." He says as he gets off the bed, laying me gently on my back. "I'll stand guard here, I'm not leaving Relena, so rest." At his words, comfortly knowing that he'll be here with me gets me excited and calm at the same time. At his intructions, I close my eyes, letting my mind take me back to my slumber.

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