Lost Love, Lost Prince and Marriage?
Chapter 1
What Really Happened
By Güera
Friday, August 1, AC 198
Relena Peacecraft sat in her office with tons of paper work to do. But the Vice Foreign Minister of the Earth Sphere Alliance was doing other things. Even with so much to do she was staring out the window dreaming. Dreaming about Heero. She missed him so much. A single tear rolled down her cheek. Then her secretary came in and said "Are you all right Miss Relena?"
"Yes, of course. What is it Holly?"
"The mail is here and there's a package for you."
"What is it? Who's it from?"
"We don't know exactly."
"Bring it in, Holly."
"All right Miss Relena"
"Holly can you do me a favor?"
"Yes, Miss Relena?"
"Just call me Relena, Miss Relena sounds too formal."
"All right — Relena."
"Thank you."
The package was the size of a shoebox, it was wrapped with plain brown paper and had a letter on the top of it. It had no return address 'That's weird' Relena thought. She opened the letter it said:
Dear Vice Foreign Minister Relena Peacecraft,
Your idea of total pacifism is total bullshit! There is no such thing as total pacifism. The desire is to fight is too great to control. Peace will never be won. War is inevitable in this world. The world is in denile of reality which is that peace will never be truly won. NEVER!!
A fellow soldier
Relena's eyes grew wide as she read the letter. 'Who would want to destroy the peace?'
"—Relena are you, okay?"
Milliardo POV
Meanwhile at another building nearby, sat Zechs, commander at Preventers Headquarters doing some paperwork on recent missions by the new Preventers. He was thinking how stupid these new "kids" were. Then his wife and secretary said over the intercom, "Zechs, someone is here to talk to you."
"Who is it?"
"Some woman named Odelia Lowe."
"What does she want?"
"To talk to you I told you that already." She said sounding a little agitated. Noting the agitation in her voice now paid attention.
"Let her in." He said simply.
"All right."
Lucrezia POV
"You may go in, ma'am." Said Lucrezia in a strained voice.
"Thank you."
'She made me so mad.' she thought bitterly. 'Why does she need to talk to my husband anyway?'
"I need a cup of coffee." She said out loud and left. At the cafeteria where she went to get her coffee. Lucrezia sat at a table by herself with the exception of Milli her son. She recalled the reason of her anger.
*FLASHBACK*
Lucrezia was playing with a blond haired little boy who resembled his father except for his eyes, but he had his mother's eyes. His name is Milli and he is Milliardo and Lucrezia's only son. She then got a call from the front office. They said a lady was creating a disturbance at the entrance was demanding to speak to Milliardo Peacecraft. "What should we do with her?" they asked.
"I don't know." Then a lady came bursting in through the door. With her came two guards trying to restrain her. She was about 5 feet tall with Prussian blue eyes and chocolate brown hair in long small braids. She was wearing a jeans skirt with a white shirt and a Jean jacket. She resembled a teenager though her face showed she was at least twenty-four.
"Let me go!" she yelled at the guards but really didn't need to because she knocked them out an instant after she yelled. Lucrezia was staring at the guards on the floor when the woman spoke up. "Where is Milliardo Peacecraft?!" she demanded. Still shocked Lucrezia could only stare at her. She spoke again this time yelling at Lucrezia "Where is Milliardo Peacecraft?!" The yelling scared little Milli and he started to cry this brought Lucrezia back to earth. She picked up Milli and calmed him down and set him down again he then hid behind his mother's leg. Now calmed down by the child's cries the lady asked. "Where is Milliardo Peacecraft?" which seemed to be the only thing she could say.
"What do you want with him?"
"Who are you?"
"I should be asking you that."
"Oh, forgive me, I forgot my manners," 'That's for sure.' Lucrezia thought. "My name is Odelia Lowe," she said curtsying, "and I have come to talk to Milliardo Peacecraft."
"What about?" Lucrezia asked suspiciously.
"Why do you care, you're just a secretary and a babysitter."
This really pissed her off 'Just a secretary! Oh, You Bitch!' "I am more than that, I happen to be Milliardo's wife and mother of this child." Lucrezia said defensively.
"Oh really, then I apologize beforehand for what is about to happen."
"And what would that be?"
"Top secret for Milliardo's ears only." She said smiling really enjoying Lucrezia's frustration. Lucrezia went to her desk and clenched her fists as she walked. She was about to do some damage when she remembered Milli was there and she didn't want to expose a pacifist to any violence. She had to keep her cool. She'll beat the crap out of a dummy later. She called Milliardo over the intercom. "Zechs," she said using his Preventers name, "someone is here to talk to you."
"Who is it?"
"Some woman named Odelia Lowe."
"What does she want?"
"To talk to you, I told you that already." She said struggling to keep her voice calm but still sounded a little agitated.
"Let her in."
"All right." She addressed Odelia. "You may go in, ma'am." She said in a notably strained voice.
Smiling devishly she went in saying "Thank you."
End *FLASHBACK*
'What an awful woman.' She thought 'I better be going back.' "Come to momma Milli we're going back with daddy." Milli laughed as Lucrezia picked him up.
Diff. POV
Back at Milliardo's office Odelia was explaining something to Milliardo but he didn't want to hear it. I'll start from the beginning.
Milliardo POV
A tall woman with chocolate brown braids and Prussian blue eyes walked into his office. She sat down and motioned him to do the same. "Who are you?" he asked.
"Odelia Lowe heir to the Lowe kingdom."
"What do you want?"
"To talk to you, of course." She smiled happily.
"About what?" he asked curiously.
"About an agreement between your parents and mine."
"What kind of agreement?" he asked now really curious.
"A marriage agreement." She said cooly.
"A what?!" a baffled Milliardo yelled.
"Long ago, before you or I were born, our parents, as fate would have it, met at one of the colonies. There they went to see an oracle, for fun. They went in together an old gypsy sat in the dimly lighted room. She told their fortunes she said they each would have one son and one daughter. From there she predicts that a great leader will be born if the blood of a Peacecraft and the blood of a Lowe mix together to produce offspring. Their offspring will be the greatest leader of all time as great as the original Heero Yuy was. 'Look into the Crystal ball,' she said and sure enough there was a man with features from both families. He had light brown hair and Prussian blue eyes. He was giving a speech to the Earths Sphere Alliance." Milliardo was listening carefully as Odelia paused for a breath and then continued with her story, "she also predicted the fall of the Sanc kingdom, 'Your children will do great things, a few terrible things, but others great. They will be lost but will found again.' Both families left and became good friends but couldn't forget the oracle's prediction, but sure enough, the Lowes did have one daughter and a few years later the Peacecrafts had a son. Soon after the Lowes had a son and the Peacecrafts had a daughter they were born on almost the same day. Once they saw that one part of the prediction came true they decided to make sure the other part did too. They decided to have a marriage arrangement between one Lowe and one Peacecraft. Both families signed ti and each kept a copy. A few years after that the Sanc kingdom was attacked and the Peacecrafts died. Their children were lost. Soon my mother died of grief, my father trained me and my brother so that we could protect any attack against the kingdom. He too died of grief when my little brother was five. He got lost one day and we never found him. I was sent to an orphanage. I have been looking for him ever since. I went back to our kingdom. I didn't find him but I did find the old agreement. It clearly states a Lowe and a Peacecraft have to be wed and since my brother is lost. It is you and I that have to get married."
"What? Never!" an outraged Milliardo shouted.
"It's a legal document and it clearly states that-"
"I know what is says." He said cutting Odelia off in mid-sentence, "But I already have a wife and a son."
"Yes I met them. Cute kid and a charming wife." She said sarcastically.
"And we live happily I might add." He said angrily.
"Well yes, of course, I'm sure you do, but this is a legal document signed by your parents and mine. Unless my brother miraculously shows up, you and I have to be married by AC 199."
"That's five months away how can I find him in such a short time?" he said talking more to himself than Odelia.
"You plan to find my brother," Odelia said a little surprised, "I've been searching for him for 13 years and still haven't found him." She said still a little surprised.
"Well, you've never had the Preventers working for you. What's his name? Where was he last seen? And What are his descriptions?" he asked determined not to marry the woman in front of him.
"Well here is a picture of him when he was five, his description and all the details." She said handing Milliardo over a few papers. "I knew you were gonna look for my brother." He took the papers and put them in his pocket.
"I'm going home this is too much, I gotta tell Nion, she is going to kill you, then me."
"Oh dear." She said sounding concerned about her safety.
Zechs started to walk out of the room when Odelia remembered a little detail. "May I stay at your place?" she asked kindly. Zechs turned around to look at her and looked at her like she was an idiot. "My wife wants to kill us both and you still want to stay at my place!"
"Yes, of course. I'm not afraid of her." She said simply.
"All right it's your funeral." He said as he walked out the door shaking his head. "Nion? Nion, where are you?" 'Must have gone home.' He thought. "Come on, we'll get you settled at my place."
"Good." She said happily. They came out of the twenty story building and got in Milliardo's car. He drove them to his "place." They finally came up to the Peacecraft mansion which was huge. It had gardens and even a small pond out back. There were at least forty rooms in it and not nearly enough trees. Odelia gasped when she saw the size of it. "Wow!" was all she could say. They went inside. Milliardo led Odelia to her room far away from his room but not so much that she could get lost which tends to happen with a lot of guests. He left Odelia to go find Nion and Milli. He couldn't find them anywhere so he went to go ask Relena if she knew where they were. Her secretary wasn't there so he just went inside as he opened the door he heard a scream. He thought they said "Bomb". He opened the door quickly and he got hit with a package.
Relena POV
"Relena are you okay?" Holly asked a little frightened when Relena dropped the letter. Relena grabbed the package and shook it and listened to it and sure enough she heard ticking.
"It's a bomb." Relena said out loud.
"Bomb!!" Holly screamed as Relena got the package and threw as far as she could toward the door which was farther away from them. She grabbed Holly quickly and hid under the desk. But before she hid she took one last look at the package which was heading toward the door. Then suddenly she saw Milliardo opening the door. She screamed at him to run but the package had already hit him. He has shocked but he quickly threw the package down the hall but it exploded in mid air very near him. The force of the explosion made him and Relena fly into the wall. Relena was running to help her brother but was knocked unconscious when she hit the wall. Holly quickly yelled. "Guards, guards, call an ambulance. Miss Relena and Mr. Peacecraft got hurt. Hurry!" The guards went to call the ambulance. Holly went to Relena and shook her. "Miss Relena! Miss Relena! Wake up, please, wake up." She cried.
"What happened?" Relena asked in a daze.
"A bomb exploded and you hit the wall and were knocked unconscious." Holly quickly explained.
"Oh," Relena said, "Where's my brother!"she asked frantically.
"He's being taken to the hospital. The explosion knocked him out too. And he is badly hurt." Holly said slowly.
"I have to see him." She said and ran toward Milliardo. He was on a stretcher being carried to the ambulance. Relena ran over to him, to see if he was all right. He wasn't. He had blood all over him and his arm was twisted in a way that wasn't humanly possible. But without the blood and the arm if you looked at his face, he resembled an angel, sleeping peacefully. Relena went in the ambulance with him to the hospital. Before she left, she told Holly to call Lucrezia and tell her what had happened. Two cars followed them. It was filled with bodyguards to protect Relena. Holly went to go call Lucrezia at her office, afraid of what she might say or do. 'She's a nice lady and all but she can be a killer when she's pissed.' Thought Holly. Holly was about to dial the number when a brown haired lady with a head full of braids came in. Holly gasped and remembered what to do in a situation like this. Like she was taught Holly took out her hand gun and pointed it at the intruder. "Who are you?" she yelled.
"Don't shoot. I'm a guest." The intruder said quickly.
"If there were any guests in this house I would know about them."
"I just came here. Mr. Peacecraft showed me around."
"You mean the same Mr. Peacecraft that was just rushed to the hospital."
"He's at the hospital?" She said a little confused. "He was fine a minute ago."
"A bomb exploded and he got hurt, got it? Now who are you?"
"My name is Odelia Lowe." She said curtseying.
"Well I have to arrest you for security reasons and we'll go to the hospital to see if you really are welcome here." Holly said coming closer to Odelia with handcuffs.
"All right." Odelia said slowly. 'I could kill her but I think that just might cause more problems than it solves.' She thought. Holly handcuffed Odelia very confident of herself. 'If you only knew.' Odelia thought. Holly told Odelia to sit down while she called Mrs. Lucrezia. As she dialed the number, Odelia thought the handcuffs were a little too tight so quickly and gracefully she took them off without Holly realizing she had. Holly finally got an answer on the other line. "Miss Lucrezia, this is Holly, Miss Relena's secretary, I have some bad news for you." She said quickly.
Lucrezia
Lucrezia and Milli had made it back to Milliardo's office to find it empty. She went looking for him. At the front office they told her he had already left with a brown haired lady with braids. Lucrezia grew angry. 'He left with that woman, when I find him I am going to hurt him so much.' She thought. "Oh, he was looking for you, he thought you had gone home already."
"Oh, thank you." 'Never mind hurting him.' She thought now calm. "I'm going home, too." She said and was leaving when she remembered she left her purse at the office. So she went all the way back to the office to get it. Milli was taking a nap so she left him on the couch and went looking for her purse. Then the phone rang, quickly she picked it up not wanting to wake up Milli, he was very cranky when he is disturbed while he sleeps. She was about to say 'hello' when the person on the other line spoke. "Mrs. Lucrezia, this is Holly, Miss Relena's secretary I have some bad news for you." She said quickly stopping only to catch her breath.
"What is it, Holly?" Lucrezia asked deeply worried about Relena.
"Well Miss Relena and Mr. Peacecraft both got hurt today."
"What?!" Lucrezia said a million things coming to her mind at once, "What happened? Are they okay? Where are they now?"
"Miss Relena was sent a bomb and it exploded near them, Miss Relena is fine, a few bruises and scratches but Mr. Peacecraft was badly hurt. He got sent to the hospital, where both of them are right now."
"Oh, my god," she said too shocked to say anything else. "I'll be right there." She said quickly hung up. Lucrezia grabbed her keys, her purse and Milli and raced down the halls to her car. She put Milli in his baby seat and sped down to the hospital.
Diff. POV
"I'll be right there," she said quickly and hung up. 'Wow she took it well.' Holly thought. "Come on, we're going to the hospital." She said addressing the intruder in handcuffs who secretly wasn't in them anymore.
"Fine with me." was Odelia's answer. Holly led Odelia to the garage where there were at least a dozen cars half of them limos. 'We don't want to call attention. So I guess we'll take the green one.' Holly thought. Holly unlocked the green car and put Odelia in the backseat thinking she was still handcuffed. Holly got in the driver's seat and drove to the hospital. When they got there Holly parked near the entrance and let out her prisoner. With her arms behind her back, Odelia was let out of the car. 'It would be so easy to take you out.' She thought glancing at Holly who seemed all too confident thinking she had captured a spy. They walked into the hospital getting strange looks from everyone that saw them. "Sit down over there." Commanded Holly.
"Whatever." Odelia responded as she went to sit down at the nearest chair which happened to be next to a six-year-old girl.
"Why are you arrested?" the little girl asked.
"What's your name, little girl?" Odelia asked with a smile.
"Jennie Devaida." The girl said happily.
"Well Jennie, who said I was arrested?" Odelia said holding up the handcuffs she was never in. "Don't tell anyone sugar." Odelia winked at her.
"All right." Jennie said giggling a little. Odelia enjoyed herself talking to Jennie while Holly went to the front office to ask where Milliardo Peacecraft's room was at. Unfortunately the nurse wasn't cooperating with Holly. The nurse didn't want to tell Holly where the room was since she was not of the immediate family. Holly was pissed off but since the nurse wasn't gonna help her. She went to sit down next to Odelia, who made sure she looked handcuffed while still talking to Jennie. "What's got you all bothered?" Odelia asked as sweetly as possible. Holly gave her a strange look but answered her anyway.
"The nurse won't tell me because I'm not of the immediate family." Holly said sadly.
"Well I should tell her I am soon to be-" Odelia was saying but stopped. 'I've said too much.' She thought.
"Soon to be what?" asked Holly curiously now staring at Odelia.
"Nothing, nothing." Odelia said as she blushed, "I was just kidding." She laughed nervously. Jennie started laughing too.
"She's funny!" Jennie said and kept laughing.
Holly was about to say something when Odelia shouted, "Look, there's the Vice Foreign Minister, Relena. Isn't Milliardo her brother?" she asked Holly.
"How did you know that?" Holly suspiciously asked.
Odelia gave Holly her best idiot look and said. "Everyone knows her. She's on tv. Duh!" Jennie laughed.
"Oh, yeah." Holly said a little embarrassed. "Miss Relena." She yelled, "Miss Relena, over here." Relena turned to see Holly, a woman with chocolate brown braids, and a blond little girl sitting in chairs calling her over. She smiled and walked over to them. The little girl was laughing and the woman sitting next to Holly was smirking. Holly didn't seem to be too happy but still smiled sweetly at Relena.
"Hello, Holly what are you doing here and who are your two friends." Relena said smiling at Odelia and Jennie.
"Well, I came to see if Mr. Peacecraft knew this woman." Holly said pointing at Odelia that was smiling innocently. "And I'm really not sure who that is."Said Holly scratching her head and looking at Jennie.
"Forgive me." Odelia said standing up with her hands behind still supposedly handcuffed. "I am Odelia Lowe, heir to the Lowe Kingdom."She said extending her arms foward and curtseying to the surprise of Holly. Relena not wanting to be rude curtseyed back. Jennie just couldn't stop laughing. "I met Milliardo Peacecraft earlier today." Odelia continued. "And this giggling girl beside me is Jennie Devaida. She is my new friend."
"Nice to meet you, Jennie" said Relena shaking Jennie's hand.
"Likewise, Miss Relena. " Jennie responded and curtseyed. Relena was delighted to meet these people. 'So much nicer than politicians.' She thought. She turned to Holly. Holly was frozen stiff staring at Odelia. 'Well better wake her up.' she thought staring at the motionless secretary.
"Holly! Holly, snap out of it." Relena said snapping her fingers in front of Holly's face. She finally responded and woke up.
"I thought I arrested you!" Holly yelled pointing her finger at Odelia.
"You did but the handcuffs were a little uncomfortable so I took them off." Odelia said casually. Jennie just laughed harder. Relena thought it was funny too and tried to hold back her laughter but was unsuccessful. She started laughing along with Jennie. Odelia was just grinning. Holly was pissed off. Relena decided to say something before there was any bloodshed.
"Come on, I'll take you to my brother's room and we'll see if Miss Odelia should be arrested or not." Relena said still laughing a little. Odelia and Holly followed Relena into the hall.
"Bye, bye Jennie I hope we meet again." Odelia said to the little girl.
"Bye, bye I know I'll see you again." Jennie responded. So they walked down the hall, up a flight of stairs, down a different hall, up another flight of stairs, down another hall and just as they were going up their third flight of stairs. Holly asked "Are we there yet?" much like a little girl.
"Yes, we are here." Relena responded and they entered a room near the stairs, Inside they found Milli asleep on a chair, Milliardo on a bed with an IV and covered in bandages especially his left arm. Next to him was Lucrezia sitting next to him. She turned when they came in. She smiled as she saw Relena and Holly walk in but frowned when she saw Odelia. "You!" She shouted.
Diff POV
Lucrezia was driving like hell on the freeway to get to the hospital as quickly as possible. Milli was still asleep thankfully. She tore off the freeway and headed for the hospital. She got there in a record of two minutes and 35 seconds I doubt even an ambulance goes that fast. Preventers HQ is all the way across town so that is amazing. She quickly parked and took Milli in her arms. She headed for the main office. She asked the nurse where Milliardo Peacecraft's room is at. "Who are you?" the nurse asked.
"I am his wife! Now tell me where he is!" Lucrezia yelled.
Clearly frightened the nurse responded her. "He's still in surgery, ma'am."
"Thank you." Lucrezia said and left to the relief of the nurse. She walked around looking around for Relena. She found her. Relena was sitting on a chair on the second floor. She looked exhausted. Relena had a few cuts and bruises like Holly said but it looked like they were taken care of. Lucrezia walked over to where Relena was at. "Are you okay?" she asked sweetly. Relena lifted her head to see Lucrezia and Milli. She hugged them crying. "It's all right." Lucrezia said comforting Relena. "Is my husband okay?" she asked worriedly.
"The doctor," Relena sniffed, " hasn't come yet." She said. Lucrezia put Milli down on a chair who was still sleeping. 'He sleeps so peacefully.' She thought as she looked at her baby.
"Relena," she said addressing her, "Are you okay?" Relena nodded her head slowly.
"Yeah, I'm fine but my brother was so near the bomb when it exploded." Relena said as she started to cry again. Then the doctor came.
"Mr. Peacecraft is going to be fine." He said and both let out a sigh of relief. "He has a mild concussion and his left arm is broken but other than that he should be going home tomorrow." The doctor paused, "You may see him now." The stood up and Lucrezia took Milli into her arms. They slowly followed the doctor. Milliardo's room was on the third floor near the stairs. They went inside. Milliardo was sleeping on the bed. He looked like an angle just sleeping there peacefully. Looking at him like this no one would think he's the strictest, meanest commander at Preventers HQ. Lucrezia laid Milli down on a chair he was still sleeping. Amazing kid! Relena was afraid to go near him. 'I caused this to happen. It's my fault. It's always my fault. I hurt the ones I love most.' She thought. Relena ran out of the room.
"Relena come back!" Lucrezia shouted.
"Leave her." She heard as a strong arm grabbed her. "She just needs to think about some things." The no longer sleeping angel said.
"Zechs you need to be resting." Lucrezia said softly. Milliardo Pulled her down to a chair to sit down.
"How can I rest with you near me?" he asked.
"Just go to sleep. That's an order." She said.
"Oh now your ordering me around?' Milliardo said laughing a little and smiling.
"Yes I am now go to sleep." Lucrezia said softly but firmly.
"Sir, yes, sir." Milliardo said and drifted to sleep. Lucrezia sat there for a few minutes looking at her husband. Remembering how much she loved him. Then the door open, Relena and Holly walked in, she smiled at them but then frowned when she saw who was behind them. 'It's that woman!' she thought. "You!" she yelled. Odelia turned to see a very angry Lucrezia.
"Hello." Odelia said sweetly.
"What are you doing here?" Lucrezia yelled at her.
"Do they know each other?" Holly asked Relena. Relena just shrugged her shoulders.
"Whoa, calm down. Please." Odelia pleaded.
"I can explain why she's here." Holly said and Lucrezia turned her anger over to Holly who was looking very nervous. "Um, uh, after Miss Relena and Mr. Peacecraft went in the ambulance to the hospital, this lady walked in and I-I arrested her." Holly stopped to catch her breath. "I brought her here to confirm that she was a guest at the Peacecraft Mansion." Holly finished now really scared of what Lucrezia might do to her.
"Well, we'll just find out." Lucrezia said as she turned around to face Milliardo's bed. "Milliardo wake up!" she yelled. Milliardo jumped at such a loud noise. 'Wow she must really be pissed she never calls her husband Milliardo.' Relena thought to herself. Milliardo now awake turned to see a very angry looking Lucrezia Nion. "All right, Milliardo," he cringed as he heard his wife say his real name. "How do you know this woman? What did you talk about? And Why is she staying at our house?" Lucrezia asked.
"What woman?" he asked hoping it wasn't who he thought it was.
"That one!" Lucrezia said pointing to the woman he hoped and prayed it wasn't. Odelia Lowe.
"Odelia?" he asked hoping beyond hope that he wasn't seeing what he saw.
"Yes, now answer my question!" she yelled at him.
"I just met her. Old business and she is a guest." Milliardo answered.
"If you just met her then how can you possibly have any old business?" Lucrezia said curiously.
"An arrangement between our parents." Milliardo said.
"About what?" Lucrezia said now curious.Milliardo kept quiet not wanting to tell her the bad news. That unless he found the lost prince of space he would have to marry Odelia. It's legal and he has to do it, there is no loophole. He looked at the woman who was ruining their lives. Odelia Lowe. He despised that name. And looking at her she didn't even look scared. Not one bit. Which really scared him. The look on his wife's face would scare anybody. Odelia was looking at him. "Should I tell her?" she asked Milliardo. He shook his head violently.
"Tell me what?" Lucrezia said turning to see Odelia then turning to see Milliardo. "Tell me what?" she asked again. Both of them avoided her eyes.
"Nothing." Milliardo said quickly.
"You tell me Odelia!" Lucrezia said as she grabbed Odelia by the collar of her shirt. "Tell me now!" she demanded.
"The agreement is none of you concern. Well maybe it is but until Mr. Peacecraft tells you I don't plan to." Odelia calmly said.
"Milliardo, you tell me this instant or I'm putting you back in the Intensive Care Unit." Lucrezia threatened. Milliardo was opening his mouth to say something and Holly and Relena were trying to hold back a very pissed of lady. Odelia calmly walked up behind Lucrezia and put her hand on Lucrezia's shoulder. Lucrezia turned around to punch her lights out when she collapsed. Odelia caught her before she hit the floor. She set Lucrezia on a chair. Holly, Relena and Milliardo were shocked. They couldn't say anything. Then the foreign minister spoke.
"What did you do to her?" she asked still at a loss for words.
"I just put her to sleep." Odelia said without a care.
"You mean she's -she's dead?" Relena asked with her eyes wide open.
"No it means she's unconscious. I put her to sleep so she can calm down and Milliardo can explain to her the details. If I didn't do what I did we would have two dead bodies on our hands." Odelia explained.
"But you didn't kill her, did you?" Relena asked nervously.
"No, I don't do that any more." She said with a hint of pain in her voice. She turned away from them. Like she was hiding tears. Relena instantly regretted the question when Odelia answered it.
"I'm sorry." Relena said after a long silence.
"It's all right." Odelia said. "Miss Relena could you please accompany me to your place I am quite tired." She said walking out the door without even turning around. "We'll leave these two lovebirds by themselves. Mrs. Peacecraft should wake up in a day or two."
"Yes, of course. Just let me take my nephew since both his parents are sleeping." Relena said as she picked up Milli, the amazing sleeping baby. 'Man! He sleeps like a rock.' Relena thought, "Want to join us, Holly." Relena asked addressing her.
"Um, sure." She said. All three ladies and baby walked out of the room. Odelia leading still not turning to see them. Relena followed with a very awake Milli. He was giggling and happily pulling on Relena's hair. Now she had a simple style similar to the one which she had in 195 AC only this time she had four braids and her hair was much longer. Holly followed behind Relena thinking about the recent events. They went home. By then it was lunch time and they sat down to eat. They had simple sandwiches. Relena and Holly went back to work but finished early to spend some time with Odelia.
Diff. POV
As soon as he thought they were gone. Milliardo got up from his bed. He felt some momentary pain from his recent accident. He walked toward Lucrezia who was unconscious on a chair. "Poor thing.' He thought and lightly kissed her forehead and grabbed her purse and began to search through it. 'I know it's around here, somewhere.' He continued to search through it. 'Ah, found it.' He pulled out a small laptop communicator. Then he made his way painfully back to the hospital bed, he lay down on it and turned on the communicator. He set up communication to Preventers HQ. He called Preventer Death. The communication opened and he saw a braided fool's face on the screen. "Hey what's up, Preventer Wind." He said saluting him.
"Duo, I have an assignment for the G-5." (G-5 is the five gundam pilots.)
"Sure, I'll go get them." He said leaving.
"Wait, I have to tell you the whole story first since I am in the hospital I won't be left alone much time. Then you can go get them."
"All right." Duo said as he sat down attentively. Milliardo told Duo the whole story from Odelia Lowe to the bomb to the unconscious Lucrezia.
"Now your mission is First: To try to find the one responsible for the bomb sent to Relena. Second: I want all five of you stationed at my house. You need to protect Relena, me and my family. Third: I want you to start a search and retrieve mission on Odin Lowe Jr. I'll give you the details when you get here. Oh, also if you tell my wife or Relena or anybody outside of the Preventers, I will personally kill you." He said fiercely.
"Right, I'll go get the others now." Duo said with a hint of fear in his voice. "See you later." Duo said as his face disappeared from the screen. 'Well now that's that taken care of I might as well get some rest.' He thought as he drifted to sleep.
Diff POV
'Might as well go get the Perfect Soldier first he'll need some time to think about it.' Duo thought as he headed for the office of Preventer Zero. He headed down the hall and found his office. On the door it said "Heero Yuy" and under it "Preventer Zero" he walked in knocking on the door saying "Hello anybody in here?" He stopped when he saw his best friend, though Heero would never admit it, with this Chocolate Brown hair and his eyes Prussian blue eyes staring into staring into space. 'How sweet.' He thought. He waved his hand in front of Heero's face. He had a smile. He is actually smiling. 'Wow' he thought to himself. Then Heero's face changed from happiness to fear and then just calmed down again. He seemed like he was in a trance.
"Wake up, Heero!" he yelled in his ear. Heero didn't respond much so he yelled again. "Wake up!"
"What do you want?" asked Heero angrily.
"Just making sure you were still alive there, buddy," said Duo said.
"What do you want, Duo?" Heero said. 'Great he's in Perfect Soldier mode. Now or never.' Duo thought
"Zechs had a mission for us." Duo said "What were you doing, anyways?" he asked wanting to tease him a little.
"Nothing."
"You looked like you were daydreaming."
"I was distracted that's all."
"Were you distracted by a certain girl with light brown hair and blue eyes?" asked Duo
"No."
"Liar" said Duo under his breath not loud enough for Heero to hear.
"What's the assignment?" Heero said quickly.
"Someone tried to kill Relena" Duo said slowly not sure how he would react. Surprisingly he kept a straight face. 'That's the Perfect Soldier for you.' He thought.
"Do they know who it?" Heero asked very calmly
"Not a clue."
"Did Zechs tell you exactly what happened?"
"Yeah" Duo said but first we have to get Wing, Desert, and Dragon. I'll tell you on the way."
"Fine." Heero said as he grabbed his jacket and followed Duo out the door.
Güera
Chapter 1
What Really Happened
By Güera
Friday, August 1, AC 198
Relena Peacecraft sat in her office with tons of paper work to do. But the Vice Foreign Minister of the Earth Sphere Alliance was doing other things. Even with so much to do she was staring out the window dreaming. Dreaming about Heero. She missed him so much. A single tear rolled down her cheek. Then her secretary came in and said "Are you all right Miss Relena?"
"Yes, of course. What is it Holly?"
"The mail is here and there's a package for you."
"What is it? Who's it from?"
"We don't know exactly."
"Bring it in, Holly."
"All right Miss Relena"
"Holly can you do me a favor?"
"Yes, Miss Relena?"
"Just call me Relena, Miss Relena sounds too formal."
"All right — Relena."
"Thank you."
The package was the size of a shoebox, it was wrapped with plain brown paper and had a letter on the top of it. It had no return address 'That's weird' Relena thought. She opened the letter it said:
Dear Vice Foreign Minister Relena Peacecraft,
Your idea of total pacifism is total bullshit! There is no such thing as total pacifism. The desire is to fight is too great to control. Peace will never be won. War is inevitable in this world. The world is in denile of reality which is that peace will never be truly won. NEVER!!
A fellow soldier
Relena's eyes grew wide as she read the letter. 'Who would want to destroy the peace?'
"—Relena are you, okay?"
Milliardo POV
Meanwhile at another building nearby, sat Zechs, commander at Preventers Headquarters doing some paperwork on recent missions by the new Preventers. He was thinking how stupid these new "kids" were. Then his wife and secretary said over the intercom, "Zechs, someone is here to talk to you."
"Who is it?"
"Some woman named Odelia Lowe."
"What does she want?"
"To talk to you I told you that already." She said sounding a little agitated. Noting the agitation in her voice now paid attention.
"Let her in." He said simply.
"All right."
Lucrezia POV
"You may go in, ma'am." Said Lucrezia in a strained voice.
"Thank you."
'She made me so mad.' she thought bitterly. 'Why does she need to talk to my husband anyway?'
"I need a cup of coffee." She said out loud and left. At the cafeteria where she went to get her coffee. Lucrezia sat at a table by herself with the exception of Milli her son. She recalled the reason of her anger.
*FLASHBACK*
Lucrezia was playing with a blond haired little boy who resembled his father except for his eyes, but he had his mother's eyes. His name is Milli and he is Milliardo and Lucrezia's only son. She then got a call from the front office. They said a lady was creating a disturbance at the entrance was demanding to speak to Milliardo Peacecraft. "What should we do with her?" they asked.
"I don't know." Then a lady came bursting in through the door. With her came two guards trying to restrain her. She was about 5 feet tall with Prussian blue eyes and chocolate brown hair in long small braids. She was wearing a jeans skirt with a white shirt and a Jean jacket. She resembled a teenager though her face showed she was at least twenty-four.
"Let me go!" she yelled at the guards but really didn't need to because she knocked them out an instant after she yelled. Lucrezia was staring at the guards on the floor when the woman spoke up. "Where is Milliardo Peacecraft?!" she demanded. Still shocked Lucrezia could only stare at her. She spoke again this time yelling at Lucrezia "Where is Milliardo Peacecraft?!" The yelling scared little Milli and he started to cry this brought Lucrezia back to earth. She picked up Milli and calmed him down and set him down again he then hid behind his mother's leg. Now calmed down by the child's cries the lady asked. "Where is Milliardo Peacecraft?" which seemed to be the only thing she could say.
"What do you want with him?"
"Who are you?"
"I should be asking you that."
"Oh, forgive me, I forgot my manners," 'That's for sure.' Lucrezia thought. "My name is Odelia Lowe," she said curtsying, "and I have come to talk to Milliardo Peacecraft."
"What about?" Lucrezia asked suspiciously.
"Why do you care, you're just a secretary and a babysitter."
This really pissed her off 'Just a secretary! Oh, You Bitch!' "I am more than that, I happen to be Milliardo's wife and mother of this child." Lucrezia said defensively.
"Oh really, then I apologize beforehand for what is about to happen."
"And what would that be?"
"Top secret for Milliardo's ears only." She said smiling really enjoying Lucrezia's frustration. Lucrezia went to her desk and clenched her fists as she walked. She was about to do some damage when she remembered Milli was there and she didn't want to expose a pacifist to any violence. She had to keep her cool. She'll beat the crap out of a dummy later. She called Milliardo over the intercom. "Zechs," she said using his Preventers name, "someone is here to talk to you."
"Who is it?"
"Some woman named Odelia Lowe."
"What does she want?"
"To talk to you, I told you that already." She said struggling to keep her voice calm but still sounded a little agitated.
"Let her in."
"All right." She addressed Odelia. "You may go in, ma'am." She said in a notably strained voice.
Smiling devishly she went in saying "Thank you."
End *FLASHBACK*
'What an awful woman.' She thought 'I better be going back.' "Come to momma Milli we're going back with daddy." Milli laughed as Lucrezia picked him up.
Diff. POV
Back at Milliardo's office Odelia was explaining something to Milliardo but he didn't want to hear it. I'll start from the beginning.
Milliardo POV
A tall woman with chocolate brown braids and Prussian blue eyes walked into his office. She sat down and motioned him to do the same. "Who are you?" he asked.
"Odelia Lowe heir to the Lowe kingdom."
"What do you want?"
"To talk to you, of course." She smiled happily.
"About what?" he asked curiously.
"About an agreement between your parents and mine."
"What kind of agreement?" he asked now really curious.
"A marriage agreement." She said cooly.
"A what?!" a baffled Milliardo yelled.
"Long ago, before you or I were born, our parents, as fate would have it, met at one of the colonies. There they went to see an oracle, for fun. They went in together an old gypsy sat in the dimly lighted room. She told their fortunes she said they each would have one son and one daughter. From there she predicts that a great leader will be born if the blood of a Peacecraft and the blood of a Lowe mix together to produce offspring. Their offspring will be the greatest leader of all time as great as the original Heero Yuy was. 'Look into the Crystal ball,' she said and sure enough there was a man with features from both families. He had light brown hair and Prussian blue eyes. He was giving a speech to the Earths Sphere Alliance." Milliardo was listening carefully as Odelia paused for a breath and then continued with her story, "she also predicted the fall of the Sanc kingdom, 'Your children will do great things, a few terrible things, but others great. They will be lost but will found again.' Both families left and became good friends but couldn't forget the oracle's prediction, but sure enough, the Lowes did have one daughter and a few years later the Peacecrafts had a son. Soon after the Lowes had a son and the Peacecrafts had a daughter they were born on almost the same day. Once they saw that one part of the prediction came true they decided to make sure the other part did too. They decided to have a marriage arrangement between one Lowe and one Peacecraft. Both families signed ti and each kept a copy. A few years after that the Sanc kingdom was attacked and the Peacecrafts died. Their children were lost. Soon my mother died of grief, my father trained me and my brother so that we could protect any attack against the kingdom. He too died of grief when my little brother was five. He got lost one day and we never found him. I was sent to an orphanage. I have been looking for him ever since. I went back to our kingdom. I didn't find him but I did find the old agreement. It clearly states a Lowe and a Peacecraft have to be wed and since my brother is lost. It is you and I that have to get married."
"What? Never!" an outraged Milliardo shouted.
"It's a legal document and it clearly states that-"
"I know what is says." He said cutting Odelia off in mid-sentence, "But I already have a wife and a son."
"Yes I met them. Cute kid and a charming wife." She said sarcastically.
"And we live happily I might add." He said angrily.
"Well yes, of course, I'm sure you do, but this is a legal document signed by your parents and mine. Unless my brother miraculously shows up, you and I have to be married by AC 199."
"That's five months away how can I find him in such a short time?" he said talking more to himself than Odelia.
"You plan to find my brother," Odelia said a little surprised, "I've been searching for him for 13 years and still haven't found him." She said still a little surprised.
"Well, you've never had the Preventers working for you. What's his name? Where was he last seen? And What are his descriptions?" he asked determined not to marry the woman in front of him.
"Well here is a picture of him when he was five, his description and all the details." She said handing Milliardo over a few papers. "I knew you were gonna look for my brother." He took the papers and put them in his pocket.
"I'm going home this is too much, I gotta tell Nion, she is going to kill you, then me."
"Oh dear." She said sounding concerned about her safety.
Zechs started to walk out of the room when Odelia remembered a little detail. "May I stay at your place?" she asked kindly. Zechs turned around to look at her and looked at her like she was an idiot. "My wife wants to kill us both and you still want to stay at my place!"
"Yes, of course. I'm not afraid of her." She said simply.
"All right it's your funeral." He said as he walked out the door shaking his head. "Nion? Nion, where are you?" 'Must have gone home.' He thought. "Come on, we'll get you settled at my place."
"Good." She said happily. They came out of the twenty story building and got in Milliardo's car. He drove them to his "place." They finally came up to the Peacecraft mansion which was huge. It had gardens and even a small pond out back. There were at least forty rooms in it and not nearly enough trees. Odelia gasped when she saw the size of it. "Wow!" was all she could say. They went inside. Milliardo led Odelia to her room far away from his room but not so much that she could get lost which tends to happen with a lot of guests. He left Odelia to go find Nion and Milli. He couldn't find them anywhere so he went to go ask Relena if she knew where they were. Her secretary wasn't there so he just went inside as he opened the door he heard a scream. He thought they said "Bomb". He opened the door quickly and he got hit with a package.
Relena POV
"Relena are you okay?" Holly asked a little frightened when Relena dropped the letter. Relena grabbed the package and shook it and listened to it and sure enough she heard ticking.
"It's a bomb." Relena said out loud.
"Bomb!!" Holly screamed as Relena got the package and threw as far as she could toward the door which was farther away from them. She grabbed Holly quickly and hid under the desk. But before she hid she took one last look at the package which was heading toward the door. Then suddenly she saw Milliardo opening the door. She screamed at him to run but the package had already hit him. He has shocked but he quickly threw the package down the hall but it exploded in mid air very near him. The force of the explosion made him and Relena fly into the wall. Relena was running to help her brother but was knocked unconscious when she hit the wall. Holly quickly yelled. "Guards, guards, call an ambulance. Miss Relena and Mr. Peacecraft got hurt. Hurry!" The guards went to call the ambulance. Holly went to Relena and shook her. "Miss Relena! Miss Relena! Wake up, please, wake up." She cried.
"What happened?" Relena asked in a daze.
"A bomb exploded and you hit the wall and were knocked unconscious." Holly quickly explained.
"Oh," Relena said, "Where's my brother!"she asked frantically.
"He's being taken to the hospital. The explosion knocked him out too. And he is badly hurt." Holly said slowly.
"I have to see him." She said and ran toward Milliardo. He was on a stretcher being carried to the ambulance. Relena ran over to him, to see if he was all right. He wasn't. He had blood all over him and his arm was twisted in a way that wasn't humanly possible. But without the blood and the arm if you looked at his face, he resembled an angel, sleeping peacefully. Relena went in the ambulance with him to the hospital. Before she left, she told Holly to call Lucrezia and tell her what had happened. Two cars followed them. It was filled with bodyguards to protect Relena. Holly went to go call Lucrezia at her office, afraid of what she might say or do. 'She's a nice lady and all but she can be a killer when she's pissed.' Thought Holly. Holly was about to dial the number when a brown haired lady with a head full of braids came in. Holly gasped and remembered what to do in a situation like this. Like she was taught Holly took out her hand gun and pointed it at the intruder. "Who are you?" she yelled.
"Don't shoot. I'm a guest." The intruder said quickly.
"If there were any guests in this house I would know about them."
"I just came here. Mr. Peacecraft showed me around."
"You mean the same Mr. Peacecraft that was just rushed to the hospital."
"He's at the hospital?" She said a little confused. "He was fine a minute ago."
"A bomb exploded and he got hurt, got it? Now who are you?"
"My name is Odelia Lowe." She said curtseying.
"Well I have to arrest you for security reasons and we'll go to the hospital to see if you really are welcome here." Holly said coming closer to Odelia with handcuffs.
"All right." Odelia said slowly. 'I could kill her but I think that just might cause more problems than it solves.' She thought. Holly handcuffed Odelia very confident of herself. 'If you only knew.' Odelia thought. Holly told Odelia to sit down while she called Mrs. Lucrezia. As she dialed the number, Odelia thought the handcuffs were a little too tight so quickly and gracefully she took them off without Holly realizing she had. Holly finally got an answer on the other line. "Miss Lucrezia, this is Holly, Miss Relena's secretary, I have some bad news for you." She said quickly.
Lucrezia
Lucrezia and Milli had made it back to Milliardo's office to find it empty. She went looking for him. At the front office they told her he had already left with a brown haired lady with braids. Lucrezia grew angry. 'He left with that woman, when I find him I am going to hurt him so much.' She thought. "Oh, he was looking for you, he thought you had gone home already."
"Oh, thank you." 'Never mind hurting him.' She thought now calm. "I'm going home, too." She said and was leaving when she remembered she left her purse at the office. So she went all the way back to the office to get it. Milli was taking a nap so she left him on the couch and went looking for her purse. Then the phone rang, quickly she picked it up not wanting to wake up Milli, he was very cranky when he is disturbed while he sleeps. She was about to say 'hello' when the person on the other line spoke. "Mrs. Lucrezia, this is Holly, Miss Relena's secretary I have some bad news for you." She said quickly stopping only to catch her breath.
"What is it, Holly?" Lucrezia asked deeply worried about Relena.
"Well Miss Relena and Mr. Peacecraft both got hurt today."
"What?!" Lucrezia said a million things coming to her mind at once, "What happened? Are they okay? Where are they now?"
"Miss Relena was sent a bomb and it exploded near them, Miss Relena is fine, a few bruises and scratches but Mr. Peacecraft was badly hurt. He got sent to the hospital, where both of them are right now."
"Oh, my god," she said too shocked to say anything else. "I'll be right there." She said quickly hung up. Lucrezia grabbed her keys, her purse and Milli and raced down the halls to her car. She put Milli in his baby seat and sped down to the hospital.
Diff. POV
"I'll be right there," she said quickly and hung up. 'Wow she took it well.' Holly thought. "Come on, we're going to the hospital." She said addressing the intruder in handcuffs who secretly wasn't in them anymore.
"Fine with me." was Odelia's answer. Holly led Odelia to the garage where there were at least a dozen cars half of them limos. 'We don't want to call attention. So I guess we'll take the green one.' Holly thought. Holly unlocked the green car and put Odelia in the backseat thinking she was still handcuffed. Holly got in the driver's seat and drove to the hospital. When they got there Holly parked near the entrance and let out her prisoner. With her arms behind her back, Odelia was let out of the car. 'It would be so easy to take you out.' She thought glancing at Holly who seemed all too confident thinking she had captured a spy. They walked into the hospital getting strange looks from everyone that saw them. "Sit down over there." Commanded Holly.
"Whatever." Odelia responded as she went to sit down at the nearest chair which happened to be next to a six-year-old girl.
"Why are you arrested?" the little girl asked.
"What's your name, little girl?" Odelia asked with a smile.
"Jennie Devaida." The girl said happily.
"Well Jennie, who said I was arrested?" Odelia said holding up the handcuffs she was never in. "Don't tell anyone sugar." Odelia winked at her.
"All right." Jennie said giggling a little. Odelia enjoyed herself talking to Jennie while Holly went to the front office to ask where Milliardo Peacecraft's room was at. Unfortunately the nurse wasn't cooperating with Holly. The nurse didn't want to tell Holly where the room was since she was not of the immediate family. Holly was pissed off but since the nurse wasn't gonna help her. She went to sit down next to Odelia, who made sure she looked handcuffed while still talking to Jennie. "What's got you all bothered?" Odelia asked as sweetly as possible. Holly gave her a strange look but answered her anyway.
"The nurse won't tell me because I'm not of the immediate family." Holly said sadly.
"Well I should tell her I am soon to be-" Odelia was saying but stopped. 'I've said too much.' She thought.
"Soon to be what?" asked Holly curiously now staring at Odelia.
"Nothing, nothing." Odelia said as she blushed, "I was just kidding." She laughed nervously. Jennie started laughing too.
"She's funny!" Jennie said and kept laughing.
Holly was about to say something when Odelia shouted, "Look, there's the Vice Foreign Minister, Relena. Isn't Milliardo her brother?" she asked Holly.
"How did you know that?" Holly suspiciously asked.
Odelia gave Holly her best idiot look and said. "Everyone knows her. She's on tv. Duh!" Jennie laughed.
"Oh, yeah." Holly said a little embarrassed. "Miss Relena." She yelled, "Miss Relena, over here." Relena turned to see Holly, a woman with chocolate brown braids, and a blond little girl sitting in chairs calling her over. She smiled and walked over to them. The little girl was laughing and the woman sitting next to Holly was smirking. Holly didn't seem to be too happy but still smiled sweetly at Relena.
"Hello, Holly what are you doing here and who are your two friends." Relena said smiling at Odelia and Jennie.
"Well, I came to see if Mr. Peacecraft knew this woman." Holly said pointing at Odelia that was smiling innocently. "And I'm really not sure who that is."Said Holly scratching her head and looking at Jennie.
"Forgive me." Odelia said standing up with her hands behind still supposedly handcuffed. "I am Odelia Lowe, heir to the Lowe Kingdom."She said extending her arms foward and curtseying to the surprise of Holly. Relena not wanting to be rude curtseyed back. Jennie just couldn't stop laughing. "I met Milliardo Peacecraft earlier today." Odelia continued. "And this giggling girl beside me is Jennie Devaida. She is my new friend."
"Nice to meet you, Jennie" said Relena shaking Jennie's hand.
"Likewise, Miss Relena. " Jennie responded and curtseyed. Relena was delighted to meet these people. 'So much nicer than politicians.' She thought. She turned to Holly. Holly was frozen stiff staring at Odelia. 'Well better wake her up.' she thought staring at the motionless secretary.
"Holly! Holly, snap out of it." Relena said snapping her fingers in front of Holly's face. She finally responded and woke up.
"I thought I arrested you!" Holly yelled pointing her finger at Odelia.
"You did but the handcuffs were a little uncomfortable so I took them off." Odelia said casually. Jennie just laughed harder. Relena thought it was funny too and tried to hold back her laughter but was unsuccessful. She started laughing along with Jennie. Odelia was just grinning. Holly was pissed off. Relena decided to say something before there was any bloodshed.
"Come on, I'll take you to my brother's room and we'll see if Miss Odelia should be arrested or not." Relena said still laughing a little. Odelia and Holly followed Relena into the hall.
"Bye, bye Jennie I hope we meet again." Odelia said to the little girl.
"Bye, bye I know I'll see you again." Jennie responded. So they walked down the hall, up a flight of stairs, down a different hall, up another flight of stairs, down another hall and just as they were going up their third flight of stairs. Holly asked "Are we there yet?" much like a little girl.
"Yes, we are here." Relena responded and they entered a room near the stairs, Inside they found Milli asleep on a chair, Milliardo on a bed with an IV and covered in bandages especially his left arm. Next to him was Lucrezia sitting next to him. She turned when they came in. She smiled as she saw Relena and Holly walk in but frowned when she saw Odelia. "You!" She shouted.
Diff POV
Lucrezia was driving like hell on the freeway to get to the hospital as quickly as possible. Milli was still asleep thankfully. She tore off the freeway and headed for the hospital. She got there in a record of two minutes and 35 seconds I doubt even an ambulance goes that fast. Preventers HQ is all the way across town so that is amazing. She quickly parked and took Milli in her arms. She headed for the main office. She asked the nurse where Milliardo Peacecraft's room is at. "Who are you?" the nurse asked.
"I am his wife! Now tell me where he is!" Lucrezia yelled.
Clearly frightened the nurse responded her. "He's still in surgery, ma'am."
"Thank you." Lucrezia said and left to the relief of the nurse. She walked around looking around for Relena. She found her. Relena was sitting on a chair on the second floor. She looked exhausted. Relena had a few cuts and bruises like Holly said but it looked like they were taken care of. Lucrezia walked over to where Relena was at. "Are you okay?" she asked sweetly. Relena lifted her head to see Lucrezia and Milli. She hugged them crying. "It's all right." Lucrezia said comforting Relena. "Is my husband okay?" she asked worriedly.
"The doctor," Relena sniffed, " hasn't come yet." She said. Lucrezia put Milli down on a chair who was still sleeping. 'He sleeps so peacefully.' She thought as she looked at her baby.
"Relena," she said addressing her, "Are you okay?" Relena nodded her head slowly.
"Yeah, I'm fine but my brother was so near the bomb when it exploded." Relena said as she started to cry again. Then the doctor came.
"Mr. Peacecraft is going to be fine." He said and both let out a sigh of relief. "He has a mild concussion and his left arm is broken but other than that he should be going home tomorrow." The doctor paused, "You may see him now." The stood up and Lucrezia took Milli into her arms. They slowly followed the doctor. Milliardo's room was on the third floor near the stairs. They went inside. Milliardo was sleeping on the bed. He looked like an angle just sleeping there peacefully. Looking at him like this no one would think he's the strictest, meanest commander at Preventers HQ. Lucrezia laid Milli down on a chair he was still sleeping. Amazing kid! Relena was afraid to go near him. 'I caused this to happen. It's my fault. It's always my fault. I hurt the ones I love most.' She thought. Relena ran out of the room.
"Relena come back!" Lucrezia shouted.
"Leave her." She heard as a strong arm grabbed her. "She just needs to think about some things." The no longer sleeping angel said.
"Zechs you need to be resting." Lucrezia said softly. Milliardo Pulled her down to a chair to sit down.
"How can I rest with you near me?" he asked.
"Just go to sleep. That's an order." She said.
"Oh now your ordering me around?' Milliardo said laughing a little and smiling.
"Yes I am now go to sleep." Lucrezia said softly but firmly.
"Sir, yes, sir." Milliardo said and drifted to sleep. Lucrezia sat there for a few minutes looking at her husband. Remembering how much she loved him. Then the door open, Relena and Holly walked in, she smiled at them but then frowned when she saw who was behind them. 'It's that woman!' she thought. "You!" she yelled. Odelia turned to see a very angry Lucrezia.
"Hello." Odelia said sweetly.
"What are you doing here?" Lucrezia yelled at her.
"Do they know each other?" Holly asked Relena. Relena just shrugged her shoulders.
"Whoa, calm down. Please." Odelia pleaded.
"I can explain why she's here." Holly said and Lucrezia turned her anger over to Holly who was looking very nervous. "Um, uh, after Miss Relena and Mr. Peacecraft went in the ambulance to the hospital, this lady walked in and I-I arrested her." Holly stopped to catch her breath. "I brought her here to confirm that she was a guest at the Peacecraft Mansion." Holly finished now really scared of what Lucrezia might do to her.
"Well, we'll just find out." Lucrezia said as she turned around to face Milliardo's bed. "Milliardo wake up!" she yelled. Milliardo jumped at such a loud noise. 'Wow she must really be pissed she never calls her husband Milliardo.' Relena thought to herself. Milliardo now awake turned to see a very angry looking Lucrezia Nion. "All right, Milliardo," he cringed as he heard his wife say his real name. "How do you know this woman? What did you talk about? And Why is she staying at our house?" Lucrezia asked.
"What woman?" he asked hoping it wasn't who he thought it was.
"That one!" Lucrezia said pointing to the woman he hoped and prayed it wasn't. Odelia Lowe.
"Odelia?" he asked hoping beyond hope that he wasn't seeing what he saw.
"Yes, now answer my question!" she yelled at him.
"I just met her. Old business and she is a guest." Milliardo answered.
"If you just met her then how can you possibly have any old business?" Lucrezia said curiously.
"An arrangement between our parents." Milliardo said.
"About what?" Lucrezia said now curious.Milliardo kept quiet not wanting to tell her the bad news. That unless he found the lost prince of space he would have to marry Odelia. It's legal and he has to do it, there is no loophole. He looked at the woman who was ruining their lives. Odelia Lowe. He despised that name. And looking at her she didn't even look scared. Not one bit. Which really scared him. The look on his wife's face would scare anybody. Odelia was looking at him. "Should I tell her?" she asked Milliardo. He shook his head violently.
"Tell me what?" Lucrezia said turning to see Odelia then turning to see Milliardo. "Tell me what?" she asked again. Both of them avoided her eyes.
"Nothing." Milliardo said quickly.
"You tell me Odelia!" Lucrezia said as she grabbed Odelia by the collar of her shirt. "Tell me now!" she demanded.
"The agreement is none of you concern. Well maybe it is but until Mr. Peacecraft tells you I don't plan to." Odelia calmly said.
"Milliardo, you tell me this instant or I'm putting you back in the Intensive Care Unit." Lucrezia threatened. Milliardo was opening his mouth to say something and Holly and Relena were trying to hold back a very pissed of lady. Odelia calmly walked up behind Lucrezia and put her hand on Lucrezia's shoulder. Lucrezia turned around to punch her lights out when she collapsed. Odelia caught her before she hit the floor. She set Lucrezia on a chair. Holly, Relena and Milliardo were shocked. They couldn't say anything. Then the foreign minister spoke.
"What did you do to her?" she asked still at a loss for words.
"I just put her to sleep." Odelia said without a care.
"You mean she's -she's dead?" Relena asked with her eyes wide open.
"No it means she's unconscious. I put her to sleep so she can calm down and Milliardo can explain to her the details. If I didn't do what I did we would have two dead bodies on our hands." Odelia explained.
"But you didn't kill her, did you?" Relena asked nervously.
"No, I don't do that any more." She said with a hint of pain in her voice. She turned away from them. Like she was hiding tears. Relena instantly regretted the question when Odelia answered it.
"I'm sorry." Relena said after a long silence.
"It's all right." Odelia said. "Miss Relena could you please accompany me to your place I am quite tired." She said walking out the door without even turning around. "We'll leave these two lovebirds by themselves. Mrs. Peacecraft should wake up in a day or two."
"Yes, of course. Just let me take my nephew since both his parents are sleeping." Relena said as she picked up Milli, the amazing sleeping baby. 'Man! He sleeps like a rock.' Relena thought, "Want to join us, Holly." Relena asked addressing her.
"Um, sure." She said. All three ladies and baby walked out of the room. Odelia leading still not turning to see them. Relena followed with a very awake Milli. He was giggling and happily pulling on Relena's hair. Now she had a simple style similar to the one which she had in 195 AC only this time she had four braids and her hair was much longer. Holly followed behind Relena thinking about the recent events. They went home. By then it was lunch time and they sat down to eat. They had simple sandwiches. Relena and Holly went back to work but finished early to spend some time with Odelia.
Diff. POV
As soon as he thought they were gone. Milliardo got up from his bed. He felt some momentary pain from his recent accident. He walked toward Lucrezia who was unconscious on a chair. "Poor thing.' He thought and lightly kissed her forehead and grabbed her purse and began to search through it. 'I know it's around here, somewhere.' He continued to search through it. 'Ah, found it.' He pulled out a small laptop communicator. Then he made his way painfully back to the hospital bed, he lay down on it and turned on the communicator. He set up communication to Preventers HQ. He called Preventer Death. The communication opened and he saw a braided fool's face on the screen. "Hey what's up, Preventer Wind." He said saluting him.
"Duo, I have an assignment for the G-5." (G-5 is the five gundam pilots.)
"Sure, I'll go get them." He said leaving.
"Wait, I have to tell you the whole story first since I am in the hospital I won't be left alone much time. Then you can go get them."
"All right." Duo said as he sat down attentively. Milliardo told Duo the whole story from Odelia Lowe to the bomb to the unconscious Lucrezia.
"Now your mission is First: To try to find the one responsible for the bomb sent to Relena. Second: I want all five of you stationed at my house. You need to protect Relena, me and my family. Third: I want you to start a search and retrieve mission on Odin Lowe Jr. I'll give you the details when you get here. Oh, also if you tell my wife or Relena or anybody outside of the Preventers, I will personally kill you." He said fiercely.
"Right, I'll go get the others now." Duo said with a hint of fear in his voice. "See you later." Duo said as his face disappeared from the screen. 'Well now that's that taken care of I might as well get some rest.' He thought as he drifted to sleep.
Diff POV
'Might as well go get the Perfect Soldier first he'll need some time to think about it.' Duo thought as he headed for the office of Preventer Zero. He headed down the hall and found his office. On the door it said "Heero Yuy" and under it "Preventer Zero" he walked in knocking on the door saying "Hello anybody in here?" He stopped when he saw his best friend, though Heero would never admit it, with this Chocolate Brown hair and his eyes Prussian blue eyes staring into staring into space. 'How sweet.' He thought. He waved his hand in front of Heero's face. He had a smile. He is actually smiling. 'Wow' he thought to himself. Then Heero's face changed from happiness to fear and then just calmed down again. He seemed like he was in a trance.
"Wake up, Heero!" he yelled in his ear. Heero didn't respond much so he yelled again. "Wake up!"
"What do you want?" asked Heero angrily.
"Just making sure you were still alive there, buddy," said Duo said.
"What do you want, Duo?" Heero said. 'Great he's in Perfect Soldier mode. Now or never.' Duo thought
"Zechs had a mission for us." Duo said "What were you doing, anyways?" he asked wanting to tease him a little.
"Nothing."
"You looked like you were daydreaming."
"I was distracted that's all."
"Were you distracted by a certain girl with light brown hair and blue eyes?" asked Duo
"No."
"Liar" said Duo under his breath not loud enough for Heero to hear.
"What's the assignment?" Heero said quickly.
"Someone tried to kill Relena" Duo said slowly not sure how he would react. Surprisingly he kept a straight face. 'That's the Perfect Soldier for you.' He thought.
"Do they know who it?" Heero asked very calmly
"Not a clue."
"Did Zechs tell you exactly what happened?"
"Yeah" Duo said but first we have to get Wing, Desert, and Dragon. I'll tell you on the way."
"Fine." Heero said as he grabbed his jacket and followed Duo out the door.
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