"Now then 01," Yuchii said smoothly as he moved near Heero's head, "We'll finish fine-tuning you and then we'll have you under our control."

Somewhere I Belong
Chapter 11
What a web
By: Miguela

Heero lay and endured what seemed to be hours of pain. It felt as though someone had seized the knife at the base of his skull and was twisting it slowly and insistently. He was sure that he had shed some tears of pain in order not to make a sound while Yuchii 'fine-tuned' Heero's implant. Then Yuchii had fun testing it, making Heero struggle against the restraints and say whatever Yuchii wanted him to say. Heero was kicking himself as he divulged many weak points in the Preventers' defensive arrays. He knew that he would have to answer to these answers later and try to rectify his mistakes in sharing with the enemy the secrets of the Preventers.

He was put back to sleep for a bit, and once again he dreamed of Relena.

She wore a long satin night dress, her hair loose and flowing over her shoulders as she came down the front stairs of the Peacecraft mansion to greet him. He had just returned from a rather difficult mission and he was exhausted. He needed rest more than anything right then, but as soon as he saw her, he changed his mind and decided that spending time with her would be more beneficial than sleep at that point. He set his duffle bag down by the door and took off his Preventers jacket to hang it up in the closet.

"How was your day, Heero?" Relena asked him kindly as she reached the landing and walked over to him. She didn't have her slippers on as she usually did, which meant that he had probably woken her from her bed.

"I didn't wake you did I?" he asked her gently as he kicked off his shoes and hugged her gently in greeting. "That bike is so loud, I hate coming home late when everyone is in bad."

"That's okay, it lets us know that you're home safe and sound," Relena said to him gently, "You didn't get hurt did you?" She had a soft smile and her skin was soft as he stroked her cheek with his finger tips.

"No, I'm okay," he said to her gently, "I'm just glad to be home with you, I missed you all day today."

She smiled and it made his heart swell with love for her. She was the only one who made him feel as though his heart were about to bust at the seams with emotions with such a simple move as a smile. "Heero, I think that you and I should-"

Heero's dream was cut short-just when it was getting good too-as his body jerked awake and he realized that he was standing with Duo once again. "Ah 01 has finally come back to his senses," Yuchii said and Heero blinked several times to clear his vision. A small man stood in front of Heero, garbed in a simple lab coat and a jump suite. He looked like a mad scientist that had just escaped from prison, the way his clothes and wild eyes looked. "Good, 01, punch 02."

Heero tried to resist hitting Duo but his will had no chance to try and counter the order as his fist was already imbedded in Duo's stomach. Duo's eyes were pained as his body didn't utter a sound, but righted itself as soon as Heero pulled away.

Yuchii was grinning maniacally, "Good, now we have two perfect weapons," he said gleefully as he turned to the man who was sitting behind him at an oak desk. "Is there anything that you would like them to do right now, Master?"

Halen Chambers sat behind Yuchii, swirling a glass of red wine and one hand and holding something that looked like a remote in the other. "How about some punishment for disobeying us, 01?" Halen suggested cruelly as he pushed one of the buttons on the remote and Heero doubled over in pain as a second pain knife joined the first one in the back of his skull. "Do not disobey again, 01."

The pain vanished as suddenly as it had come and Heero stood again, bowing low to Halen Chambers. Scum, Heero thought viciously, Dirty, pig licking scum! He had no chance to voice these opinions, however, as he and Duo turned suddenly on his heel and they were sent out the door. I wonder what they're going to make us do, Heero thought as he stood by the door to Halen's room where he was talking lowly to Yuchii. They didn't bother to keep their voices down and Heero heard them clearly.

"We need to send 01 and 02 back to Relena to act as a body guard during her next speech," Halen was saying, "That way they can assassinate her from afar and the Preventers who are watching her won't even know what hit her."

"Won't that be a little risky though?" Yuchii protested, "I don't want my devices to go to waste if we're going to just send those two to their deaths. I would like to try and test how far their abilities go. I did some tests with them while they were unconscious. Their bodies respond fine, even if they're asleep, unconscious, or in a coma. They will always move as I command them."

"You have two excellent puppets," Halen said to Yuchii. There was a pause and he continued, "However, we need this to be perfect. I don't want to just injure the Foreign Minister, I want to kill her to be sure that she can't rally support to herself."

"We can arrange that with 01 and 02," Yuchii assured him, "Just give me the orders, sir, and I'll send 01 and 02 on their way. I just have one request if I have to send them out soon."

"And what would that be?" Halen asked lazily.

"I want to have 01 be the one to kill her," Yuchii said devilishly, "I want to be sure that 01's will is broken completely with the death of the girl that he loves at his own hands, that way we can carry out other missions without any difficulty."

Halen seemed to think for a bit and then replied, "I can't see a problem. Just make sure that you feed them and have them sleep for a while so that they don't drop halfway through the mission. I want to be sure that Relena Darlian can't come back to try and stop us a second time."

Heero scowled inwardly, No, he groaned, I will not kill Relena. With every fibre of my being, I will not harm Relena. I can't… I just can't hurt her…

Heero's heart was hurting at the thought of hurting Relena. Even though she had hurt him emotionally and had toyed with his feelings, he still loved her, and he wouldn't let anything bad come to her. He would need every inch of his will power to remain calm so that he could fight at his very best and make sure the he could break free of the control device at the right moment. He slipped into a meditative state of mind since his body no longer was his to control. He would focus on regaining control so that he could prevent Relena from being hurt. That was still his mission and he would not fail.

It was several hours before Heero was released and he was ordered to go back to Relena. His heart was hammering as he sat across from Duo on the shuttle. There's no escape, Heero thought sourly, I need to fight these guys if I'm going to save Relena from being hurt. He started to meditate as his body did as it was told. He completely detached himself from feeling his body so that he wouldn't feel the pain of his agitated wounds. I will not harm Relena, he thought quietly and his thoughts drifted back to the time he had saved her at the Saint Gabriel Institute.

He was focused then, no conflicting thoughts entered his mind, though every once in a while he would sneak a look at Relena to see where she was. He was acting purely on instinct then, not really focusing on Relena, though always consciously aware of her. He couldn't figure out why he had covered her with Wing's shield to protect her from the falling rocks then, but he figured out later on that the young woman who had learned of his secrets had also stolen his heart right out from under his nose. He didn't know he was capable of feeling such strong feelings for Relena as he did then, though now he pulled upon every feeling that he had ever harboured for her.

He found himself up on a balcony with Duo, a sniper rifle in his had. That was quick, he thought to himself as he watched himself position the rifle over the banister so that he could aim at the Foreign Minister. He couldn't help but marvel at Relena's beauty, even from a distance. She was dressed in her best business suite that she owned and had a thin chain that he had given her before they had gone their separate ways.

This must be her way of telling me that she still wants to be my friend, Heero thought as he took aim. As he placed his finger on the trigger, he started to fight the device implanted in his head with all his might. No, he thought firmly, I will not hurt Relena, I can't hurt her, she's too important to peace. His finger started to pull the trigger and he fought with himself even more violently. No, please dear God, don't let me hurt Relena…

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