Lost Love, Lost Prince and Marriage
Chapter 2
Secret Missions and Secret Kisses
By Güera
* * and - - are Heero's arguing thoughts.
Friday, August 1, AC 198
A million things were going through Heero's mind as he walked with Duo. 'What had happened to Relena? Is she okay? What is the mission? *To protect her. I hope so.* -Why am I even thinking about these things? She means nothing to me.- *She means everything!!*' Heero was fighting with himself yet again. He did every day. It became a ritual. One side was the Perfect Soldier, with no emotions and doesn't care about anyone or anything except his missions. The other side is his human side, full of emotions crying out to express them. Every day that side tells Heero he loves Relena. Both sides are constantly fighting in his head. It drives him crazy. He doesn't know which one to listen to. He once tried to kill himself because of his indecision, Duo saw him and took him to the hospital he lived. Now he's learned to control them, and shut them out before he goes crazy again. When his emotions start to show, he immediately goes to Perfect Soldier mode. Every night he dreams about Relena, that's what keeps him alive and what keeps him motivated to keep the peace, to work hard on his mission so innocents like her don't have to die. He wished he could hold Relena like he does in his dreams. But that is impossible. He hasn't seen her face-to-face for two years. He knows Relena has probably forgotten about him. All this time Heero was thinking and walking they had arrived at their destination. On the door of the office they were facing it said "Wufei Chang" and under that "Preventer Dragon." They walked into the office. There they found a black-haired boy with a ponytail with green eyes arguing with a brown haired girl with two long braids and brown eyes. 'Wufei and Sally are at it again.' Duo and Heero thought. This wasn't unusual for them they did it every day. It came as natural to them as drinking coffee every morning. The argument as usual was about an insignificant little thing. The most common argument is when Wufei calls women weak and Sally disagrees since she can beat up Wufei any day and usually does. Even though he gets beat up every day by a woman he continues to call them weak. There's a rumor that it's his special unique way of flirting. Which is really weird but then again all the former gundam pilots are psychos.
"So, what did you do this time, Wufei?" Duo asked interrupting the arguing couple.
"Nothing." Wufei said angrily.
"Yeah, right." Sally responded.
"Whatever," Duo said shaking his head, "You need to come with us. Zechs has a mission for us for all five of us."
"Fine." Wufei said as he grabbed his jacket and walked out the door before them.
"Bye, Sally." Duo said to her.
"Bye, Duo, Heero." She said to them. Heero nodded his head. Duo waved and Wufei just plain ignored her.
"Asshole." She said under her breath while staring at Wufei.
"So what's the mission?" Wufei asked when they left his office not even bothering to turn around to face them.
"I'll tell you when we get all five of the G-5." Duo said. Heero just stared straight ahead not really looking at anything. More like thinking and arguing with himself again. Wufei was thinking too. Only he was thinking about no matter how many times he said women are weak Sally is indeed quite strong. Duo was thinking of a special someone too. His girlfriend Hilde. He was supposed to meet her tonight but he's gonna have to call her and cancel. 'Oh boy will she be mad.' he thought. All three boys walked in silence down the hallway to the next office. They arrived. On the door of the next office it said "Quatre Raberbe Winner" under that "Preventer Desert." They walked in. A blonde haired, blue-eyed boy was sitting at a desk doing paperwork. They watched him for a while to see if he would acknowledge their presence, he didn't. Duo broke the silence. "Hey Quatre, come on buddy, we got a mission."
"For what and for whom?" he asked politely.
"For Zechs and I'll tell you when we get Trowa." Duo said.
"All right." Quatre said as he got his jacket and left with them. Still, they walked in silence each in their own thoughts thinking about different things. Last but not least they got to the last office. The door said "Trowa Barton" under that "Preventer Wing." Again they walked in. Trowa was looking at them as if he was expecting them to arrive.
"Let's go." Was all he said and they left. Now all of the G-5 together they walked to the garage. No one spoke as they walked in silence. Each of them caught up in their own thoughts. Death led all four of them to his convertible. Black, of course. They all got in. Duo driving, Heero next to him and Trowa, Quatre and Wufei in the back seat. Duo turned on the radio. The radio station was dedicating a song to Relena Peacecraft. The song was 'With You' by Linkin Park. Everyone was shocked. Heero most of all but he kept silent, too shocked to speak. Duo kept staring at the radio speechless.
"Duo! Watch the road!" somebody yelled breaking his thoughts. He turned to see the road and saw a semi heading straight for them. He quickly swerved to the side.
"What the hell is a truck doing on the wrong side of the road." Duo yelled getting control of the car.
"You're the one that was on the wrong side of the road! You Dumbass!" Heero angrily yelled at him.
"Sorry!" he yelled back. 'Was he just angry?' he thought to himself. He then continued to drive on their way to meet Zechs at the hospital. The song was still playing on the radio. When it was finished, the announcer came on and started talking. "Well there was the song "With You" by Linkin Park. A mysterious young man requested this song for Relena Peacecraft and he claims to love her. We couldn't get his name but he said he would call every week to request another song for Miss Relena. Soon he will reveal his name. Miss Relena sure is lucky." He finished saying. All the former gundam pilots sat in silence as what the announcer said sunk in. Apparently shocked by Relena's mysterious suitor Heero was full of emotions. Anger. Fear. And could it possible be? Jealousy? 'No, it can't be. Why would I be jealous?' he thought to himself and then unconsciously turned off the radio. Everyone was surprised but they said nothing. They continued on their way to the hospital. Duo decided to break the silence and started the story of what Zechs had told him earlier. It was beginning to get dark. "All-right guys this is what Zechs told me. It started with a woman walking into his office . . . "
Diff. POV
Relena, Holly and Odelia were enjoying themselves a lot. Relena had finished her duties as Vice Foreign Minister around the time it had gotten dark and had spent the rest of the day with Odelia. They had lunch and were now in the Library. Milli was having fun in his room (the nursery ) Odelia and Holly were reading an interesting book since they hardly looked up. They had the radio on and were listening to it. The song 'With You' started to play "I love that song." Relena said out loud. Odelia and Holly agreed with her by nodding their heads. They were too caught up in their books to look up or talk. Relena ignored them and listened to the song. When it was finished the announcer spoke,
"Well there was the song 'With You' by Linkin Park. A mysterious young man requested this song for Relena Peacecraft and he claims to love her. We couldn't get his name but he said he would call every week to request another song for Miss Relena. Soon he will reveal his name. Miss Relena sure is lucky." He finished saying.
Relena was shocked, Holly and Odelia actually looked up from their books to listen and to see Relena's reaction. She couldn't believe it. 'Who could it be?' she thought. Calmly as if nothing had happened Relena walked out of the library. She went up the stairs all the way to her room. She lay on her bed and clutched the teddy bear Heero had given her. Without warning she threw the precious teddy bear to the other side of the room. Her thoughts clouded her head and she lost all track of time. 'That felt good. I should forget about him. He's not gonna come back. I haven't even seen or heard from him since he ran away from the hospital after the Mariemea incident. Why should I wait for him? I've got no reason to. It's not like we were engaged or he's promised to come back. I'll just forget about him. I've waited for him for two years and has eh come back? No! Has he called? No! Has he even tried to contact me? NO! I'm not waiting any longer. It's obvious he doesn't care anything for me. Just to protect me and the peace I bring. Nothing More! I hate him. He doesn't care about me, I am just a tool to keep the peace between Earth and the Colonies.' Her thoughts kept leading back to the radio. 'That mysterious man. Who could it be? I wonder who it could be? Heero? No that's silly. Heero doesn't have enough emotions to be romantic. He tried to kill me more times than I can count. But he never did. It's probably just an ordinary boy. Oh well, he can help me forget Heero.' Her thoughts were broken by a sudden cry. 'Hungry already? Well he can stop me from thinking too much.' Relena thought. In the nursery lay Milli, where he had been quiet for the last few hours playing with the nurse. Relena pushed herself off the bed and walked out of the room. She went to the nursery. Milli was in his crib wailing. Relena walked over to the crib and picked up the crying baby. He calmed down a bit when she rocked him but was still sniffling a little. "Come on." She said to Milli, "Let's go eat dinner." Milli happily agreed with her. Relena and Milli walked to the library where Relena had left Odelia and Holly. They were still caught up in their books. They looked like they were almost done with the books but still didn't acknowledge Relena and Milli's presence in the room. 'I have an idea.' Relena thought.
"Fire!" she yelled. Both Odelia and Holly jumped up and screamed. Relena couldn't contain her laughter and burst out laughing. Odelia soon figured out what happened. She grabbed the hysterical Holly and calmed her down. They stared at Relena angrily but Relena just couldn't stop laughing and with Milli giggling along with her. They looked like idiots. "Come on let's go eat dinner." Relena said after she finally stopped laughing.
"Dinner? Is it that late already?" Holly asked.
"Yes, it is. You guys spent the whole evening reading."
"I better go home now." Holly said and grabbed her stuff. "Goodbye, Relena see you tomorrow."
"Bye, Holly." Relena said waving to her. Holly left. The only people that were left were Relena, Odelia, and Milli. "Would you like to accompany me to eat?" Relena asked Odelia. Odelia smiled at her and said, "Sure." They walked to the dining room. Relena set Milli in his high chair. Relena and Odelia sat down across from each other. The servants brought the food it was soup. Milli was served a little share of it and it ended up on the nurse's face. Odelia decided to make conversation.
"Who do you think is the mysterious lover?" she asked. Relena almost choked when she heard the question.
"I don't know. It could be anyone." Relena said.
"You don't have one person in mind of who it could be?"
"No, not at all. He doesn't do that."
"Oh, so you do have someone in mind." Odelia said happily since Relena fell in her trap.
"No one special."
"Who is it? I want to know."
"No one. You wouldn't know him."
"Come on, try me." She said. 'I could always look him up.' she thought.
"Fine. The person I hope it is but never will be is someone I met three years ago. It could never be him."
'I wonder who?' Odelia thought. "Why couldn't it be him?" she asked then added. "Guys can be romantic when they want to be."
"Not him." Relena said. She couldn't have said that if she hadn't asked herself the same question a million times but still came up with a no. It couldn't be him. It could never be him.
"I guess we'll find out." Odelia said.
"What's your business with my brother?" Relena asked turning the attention to Odelia. Odelia stopped eating her soup and stared at Relena.
"Well it is something about our parents."
"What about our parents." Relena said reminding Odelia that she too is a Peacecraft.
"That's really something Milliardo should tell you."
"Why don't you tell me?"
"It's not my place to tell you."
"Well if you can't tell me, then it's not my place to tell you about my love life."
"Yes, that is true. When your brother tells you my secret, you can tell me yours."
"Fair enough." They finished eating in silence. The only noise heard was the giggling of Milli when he threw food at the nurse. After they were done eating dinner they said 'Good Night' and went to their rooms to sleep.
Diff. POV
By the time the G-5 arrived at the hospital it was already night but they were now aware of what they were supposed to do Duo told them everything Zechs told him except what the three missions were, Duo was kind of afraid of what would happen after what they heard on the radio. They walked in the front entrance the nurse called them over to see if they needed something. All five of them ignored her. Instead of heading for the stairs they went on the elevator. Duo pushed the button for floor three. Still, they went in silence. These guys sure are quiet. They got to the third floor and walked to room 317. Zechs was waiting for them. He was sitting in his bed attentive even though he was recently in an accident. On a chair near him lay Lucrezia, unconscious still. The five of them gathered around Zechs's hospital bed.
"Did Death inform you on the situation at hand?" Zechs asked. All nodded their heads saying yes.
"Good, now do you understand your missions?"
"What missions?"
"Death! You didn't tell them."
"Tell them what?" Duo said trying to act naive.
"Oh, I must have not told you the missions." Zechs said and Duo sighed in relief, "I've had so many pain killers, I've lost all track of time." Duo calmed down 'Saved by the drugs.' He thought.
"The first mission is to find the one responsible for the bomb, if you can't find them in 36 hours forget it." They listened attentively, "the second mission is a search and retrieve, you have to find a person named Odin Lowe Jr."
"The Prince of the Lowe Kingdom?" Quatre interrupted.
"Yes, why?" Zechs said a little furious at the interruption.
"He's been lost for 13 years and not one sign of him." Quatre said. "That's why he's called the Lost Prince of Outer Space and since his kingdom resembles the Sanc Kingdom and their beliefs are the same it's no wonder they have a marriage agreement."
"Well, you will be looking for him and you will find him or I will be a dead man." Zechs stopped as if to see if any more of them would interrupt, no one did, "Your last mission is to protect me and my family. You will be stationed at my house until this lost Prince is found or I am dead!" he finished saying. Heero, Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei were all surprised by the last mission. Heero especially. 'I will be returning to that mansion after so long. What will I do? How will I face Relena?' Heero's thoughts stopped when Zechs began speaking again.
"Here are the details on the Prince." Zechs said handing Quatre some papers. "Desert and Wing will be in charge of the search mission and Zero, Death, and Dragon will be in charge of protection and searching for the one responsible for my being in the hospital." Zechs stopped to breathe a little and then continued. "You will go home and get some clothes and supplies, next, you will go to my house this night and begin your missions. You must remain unseen by my sister, her secretary, Lucrezia, Milli, and anyone else. I will tell them about it tomorrow night. Now leave." Zechs said. They all left again they rode in Duo's(Death's) car. Duo left them all at Preventers HQ so they can get their own cars. Duo went to break the bad news to Hilde. Trowa went to tell his sister and niece. Quatre went home to tell his sisters. Wufei and Heero didn't have anyone to tell because they both led solitary lives. So they just went home, packed and left to the Peacecraft Mansion. All five fo the former gundam pilots arrived at the mansion around midnight.
"How should we go in?" Duo asked.
"Why don't we break in?" Suggested Wufei
"But that would be breaking and entering." Quatre said.
"So?"
"We could be arrested."
"We used to infiltrate military bases to blow them up and you're afraid of entering a house we are supposed to be in?"
"Well when you put it that way. No" Quatre said a little agitated.
"Ok."
"How should we do it?" Duo asked.
"The window." Heero said. Duo, Quatre, and Wufei turned to look at their friend who just thought of a great idea.
"Which window?" they asked at the same time.
"That one." Trowa said pointing at the one three windows to the left and on the second floor. The curtains were swaying in the wind. It seemed like the only open window.
"Let's go." Heero said. Trowa and Quatre followed Heero. Duo got some rope and Wufei growled and then followed them. They flung the rope to climb the window to the second floor. They had a little trouble getting to the window though. Wufei tried to climb up but fell. He landed on the ground not making a sound. Heero decided to climb up the rope. He got inside the window with ease. Inside there was the sound of light breathing. Heero looked around for the source of the noise. His eyes were still adjusting to the dark. As he began to see more and more, he saw a dresser, a chair, the door, and then on the far side there was a bed. The noise was coming from there. And in it was the person he least expected. "Relena." He said. Unconsciously he walked toward her bed. Relena was sleeping soundly, the only sound was her light breathing. Heero stared at the beautiful angel before him. He wanted so much to touch her, hold her, kiss her. 'But I can't.' He thought to himself. 'I can't be distracted but she's just so-so beautiful.' The war in his min began once again. One side was saying. *This is your chance to make your move. Kiss her!* -No she is nothing. You are to protect her. Getting emotionally involved will only end up in disaster.- The temptation was too much. He leaned in and . . .
Diff POV
"What do you think happened to Heero?" Duo asked
"Who knows?" Wufei said.
After Heero had gone in, he hadn't given them a sign or word to tell them he was fine, not that he ever did. They had been waiting for 10 minutes.
"Maybe he was captured." Quatre said.
"No," Trowa said, "We would have heard a struggle."
"Which means something else must have happened to him." Duo said. "Well let's go see what that was."
"I'll go first." Wufei said.
"Oh, no you don't. You fell down last time, remember."
"That won't happen again."
"Exactly that's why I'm going first." Duo said as he walked off in the direction of the rope. He uneffortlessly climbed up to the open window. Once inside he couldn't see a damn thing. He waited for his eyes to adjust to the darkness. Once they did, he saw Heero hurriedly walking out the door. Duo followed him. Heero didn't stop walking and he couldn't call him since he would wake up the whole mansion. So Duo just followed Heero. Heero didn't stop even while going down the stairs amazingly neither of them made any noise wandering around in the mansion. Heero finally stopped at the front door. He then proceeded to unlock it and go outside. He stopped at a corner of the mansion and sat down.
"Finally," Duo said. Heero looked up at him. "I thought you were never going to stop. What happened?" Duo said as he stopped talking so Heero can answer him and so he can catch his breath.
Diff POV
He leaned in and kissed her lightly on her forehead. Heero then opened his eyes, which he had closed. The angelic figure he was looking at appeared even more beautiful than before if that's possible. He then carefully touched her face. It felt smooth and silky just as he imagined. 'I wonder if this is a dream.' He removed his hand quickly. 'Well, if it is, I'm going to take full advantage of this dream.' Heero then proceeded to kiss his sweet angel. Not on her forehead, not on her cheek but on the lips. He felt a wave of excitement as he did. Relena looked as if she was smiling, Heero smiled too. A rare never before seen smile. 'That felt wonderful.' Heero then heard a noise outside 'They must have come up.' Heero quickly stepped away from the bed and turned his attention to the window. Duo was standing by it squinting his eyes apparently trying to see. 'I can't let him see me.' So Heero quickly walked out of the room. 'Good Duo is following me.' He kept walking and walking. He got to the stairs but didn't even slow down. Heero finally stopped at the front door but only to unlock it and get outside. Duo was still following him. Heero didn't stop until he got to a corner of the mansion. He sat down trying to comprehend what he just did. Duo caught up to him.
"Finally," he said, Heero looked up to Duo, "I thought you were never going to stop. What happened?"
"Nothing."
"Well it must have been a lot of nothing for you to forget us and walk almost running out of the house."
"I told you it was nothing. I just got a little lost."
"The Perfect Soldier lost?" Duo said nearly laughing.
"Hn . . . "
"Well whatever it was it must have been powerful for it to scare you like that."
"Let's get back to the others." Heero said and once again began to walk. This time it was a short walk just around the corner. There the three gundam pilots were waiting for a signal from their two comrades in the window. Heero and Duo walked silently up to them. Trowa was the first one to notice them. Trowa pointed out the oncoming dark shadows to Quatre and Wufei.
"What happened?" Wufei yelled at them.
"Nothing. Let's just get inside and begin." Duo said. Heero was surprised Duo didn't tell them his little lie about being lost. 'Wow. He really is a friend.' Heero thought. Quatre gathered the rope and Duo led them to the front door. He left it open so that they wouldn't have to climb in any more windows. They went inside the mansion using the door not the window. They split up into their teams. Quatre and Trowa went to find some spare, empty bedrooms. Duo, Heero and Wufei investigated how many people were in here, who they were, and where they were.
"How many people."
"Twelve."
"Where are they situated?"
"Five on the first floor on the west side, four on the second floor, two on the north side, one on the west side and one on the east. Three on the third floor to the south."
"Do we know who they are?"
"The five on the first floor are servants, the four on the second floor are baby Milliardo Peacecraft Jr., Odelia Lowe, Pagan and Relena Peacecraft. The three on the third floor are cooks."
"All right, get some sleep we will start early in the morning. Make sure you're not discovered." Trowa and Quatre slept in rooms on the third floor so they can search without distractions. Duo, Heero, and Wufei took rooms on the second floor near the inhabitants there so they will be able to monitor their moves easier. Soon after each person entered their room they went to sleep. They had a long day ahead of them.
Diff. POV
Milliardo had so many drugs in him he slept and slept. Lucrezia was still unconscious. She was fine though. A doctor came in and checked her pulse while doing routine check up on Milliardo. He said she would wake up in the morning. So Milliardo slept not worrying if this wife would live since she will. All went well during the night. No bombs no attacks no gundams.
Middle of the Night
She was running through a battlefield. Blood and wounded soldiers everywhere. Only this did not matter, not right now. Right now she had a mission. A search mission. She looked around ignoring the cries of the soldiers and there he was his brown unruly hair sticking out in all the red of the blood. She ran after him. He seemed scared and took off into the forest behind him. She didn't expect this reaction, but she quickened her pace. She chased him for a while and finally caught up. There he was three feet in front of her, his Prussian blue eyes laughing at her inability to catch him. She was one foot away and she jumped on him, when all of a sudden he disappeared just like a ghost. She landed in the moist soft dirt. Leaves and twigs tangled in her once neat hair. She continued to run, past the trees and bushes. After him. 'I will catch him.' She thought. And he was there again this time in a tree laughing, laughing at her. "You are too weak, Relena. You will never catch me." He laughed a bit more then jumped off. "Oh, yes I will. Watch and see, Heero." Again she ran after him. Once again she caught a glimpse of him heading to the right. Quickly she changed her direction and continued. The forest seemed to disappear as she went. Now she was in a field near the edge of a cliff. He was there too. At the very edge of the cliff facing away from her, staring at the stars. He did not appear to know of her presence. Quickly and quietly she sneaked up on him. He still didn't know she was there. She was right next to him. She took her chance and jumped on him from the front of the cliff so they wouldn't fall off the edge. Apparently he didn't expect this and was surprised. Together in a mess of arms, legs and other body parts they rolled and rolled until gravity had no power over them and they stopped. Heero was on top of Relena.
"Guess you caught me." He said looking down at her.
"Sure did." She said looking up at his blue eyes.
"What do you want?" He said not taking his eyes off hers.
"To see you." She said still staring into his eyes.
"Well now that you have. I guess I'll leave no." He said breaking the eye contact stood up and started to walk away.
"Wait Heero!" She called. He came back and kissed her on the lips and then ran off again. Relena felt an incredible felling when he kissed her, she was so shocked she let him run off. She stared at the disappearing figure. She sat there for a long time comprehending what had just happened. Relena then woke up. She looked around she was no longer in the field she was in her room. 'It was just a dream.' She thought. 'But if felt so real.' Her fingers touched her lips where dream Heero had kissed her. But in reality the real Heero had kissed her while she was sleeping but she doesn't need to know that. Back to the story. 'I better get back to sleep. I have a lot of work in the morning.' She thought and went back to sleep.
Heero
Meanwhile, in a room close by Heero lay in his bed unable to sleep despite the comfortness of the bed. He couldn't stop thinking about what he did in Relena's room and how he almost got caught. '-The Perfect Soldier can't be caught that's why mistakes like that must never be repeated- +But you aren't the Perfect Soldier, not anymore. There is no reason for you to be. The war is over.+ Someone will start another war.- +That's why Preventers stop people like that before they are able to.+' "Shut up." He whispered. The vision of his beautiful angel never left his mind and too tired to think any more it stayed there as he dreamed.
Morning - Saturday, August 2, AC 198
Chirp Chirp the birds were chirping the sun was rising. Relena was in her room putting up her hair. She was awake long before the sunrise. She had been awake since five-thirty in the morning. The usual time she wakes up every day. Right now it was six a.m. in the morning. She was all dressed ready to begin her duties as Vice Foreign Minister. Relena checked her appearance in the mirror once more before leaving her room and heading for the dining room to eat breakfast. Unknown to Relena a pair of Prussian blue eyes were watching her every move. Even before she was awake, the eyes stood in the shadows watching the beautiful angel sleep. He will continue to do so until this threat is found. Relena walked down the stairs and to the kitchen. Still being followed by the pair of Prussian blue eyes. The cooks were surprised by her presence in the kitchen. "What are you doing here, Miss Peacecraft?"
"Am I not welcome here?" Relena said smiling.
"Yes, of course you are, Miss Peacecraft."
"Call me Relena, please." She said and looked around. She saw people making soups, pastries, drinks and many other things. "I always wanted to learn to cook. What are you making this morning?"
"This morning we are making English Muffins and Huevos Rancheros." One cook said and paused. "If you wish, we could teach you how to cook."
"Oh no, I'm too busy and I wouldn't want to waste your time."
"It's not a waste of time. It would be our pleasure."
"That's not necessary."
"Oh but it is. Everyone needs to learn how to cook."
"All right. I have some free time before dinner each day."
"Good then it's settled. I'm glad we're able to teach you something." Relena nodded her head.
"I'll take my dish to the dining room." She said and was headed a plate of Huevos Rancheros. Relena was heading out the door then a maid came in and nearly knocked Relena down on the floor.
"I am so sorry, Miss Relena." She said.
"That's quite all right no one got hurt."
"I'll take that, if you wish."
"No thank you, I can do it myself."
"Then should I wake Miss Odelia, so she can accompany you?"
"No. I wouldn't want to wake her at such an early hour."
"There's no need to do that. I'm already awake." A voice said. Relena turned to the dining table. Sitting there in chocolate brown braids was Odelia ready to eat.
"What are you doing her Odelia?" Relena asked a little surprised.
"I'm an early riser." She said simply.
"I'll go get you some breakfast, Miss Odelia." The maid said and entered the kitchen. As soon as she went in, she came out carrying a plate. She set in down in front of Odelia. Relena had sat down across from Odelia. They started eating the delicious breakfast. The doorbell rang. Relena started to get up but a maid left to open the door. She came back with Holly. She left to do other chores.
"Welcome Holly. Would you like some breakfast?" Relena asked.
"No thank you. I've already had some." A small cry was heard in the huge mansion. They grew louder and louder until it became a high-pitched scream. The echoes made the cries seem even louder. Relena hurriedly got up to calm the screaming baby. Holly beat her. She quickly raced up the stairs and down the hall and into the nursery. Milli was in his crib screaming his little head off. "Poor baby. I wonder what scared you." She went and picked him up. "Oh, I know. I bet you miss your mommy. Right?" She woo-ed him to calm him down he eventually did and was laughing in no time. Holly carried the baby downstairs.
Wufei POV
A woman walked into the nursery and he went into hiding. She picked the baby up and he calmed down. No longer was he screaming, now the baby was laughing as if nothing had happened. A pair of green eyes were following their every move. Again this pair of eyes stood in the shadows of the mansion. The eyes followed them downstairs and into the dining room. They spotted another pair of eyes, these ones were Prussian blue, he walked over to them.
Relena POV
Holly appeared in the dining room and she had Milli in her arms. "You didn't have to do that Holly." She said.
"Oh no. It's my pleasure. I just love this cute little baby." Holly said giving Milli a little kiss.
"What scared him?"
"I'm not sure. He calmed down when I entered the room. It must have been a street noise or something."
"Well come on sit down. We'll start as soon as I finish breakfast."
"You might want to hurry Relena. You have a meeting with the Colonies's leaders and the Earth's Sphere Alliance." Holly said sitting down at the table.
"Right." Relena said and proceeded to eat her food faster.
Heero POV
The Prussian blue eyes and the green eyes stared at each other for a moment. Then one spoke quietly. "What did you do to the kid?" he asked.
"Nothing, he just started screaming."
"A baby doesn't start screaming like that when you do nothing."
"I did nothing."
"Wufei!"
"Oh all right. The baby started whimpering, so I went to see what was wrong with it. It saw me and got scared. Then he started to cry softly. I told it to shut up. It kept crying. I called a weakling for crying and held my sword up to it. That's when it started screaming then the lady came and calmed him down." The Prussian blue eyes were shaking its head.
"You idiot. You called a baby a weakling and showed him your sword. Can you be any more stupid?"
"Well I never had to guard a baby before." The Prussian eyes gave him a glare and turned back to the person he was protecting. 'Relena.' She had finished her breakfast and was leaving the table. Holly was close behind her.
"Protect the kid don't scare it." He said and left following Relena upstairs still hiding in the shadows. Holly had handed Milli to one of the maids. Odelia left the table soon after they did. She immediately headed for the library since that was the only thing she could do. Relena and Holly headed for the office preparing to leave for the meeting. The Prussian eyes watched her every move.
"Who's gonna be there?" Relena asked.
"The leaders of all the colonies and Earth's Sphere Alliance." The one called Holly said.
"What is the meeting for?" Relena asked as she got her papers for the meeting from Holly.
"The possibility of a new colony in space and other stuff."
"All right. Let's go." Relena said and they left the office. Once again the pair of Prussian blue eyes followed her every step of the way out. Still in the shadows, he followed them down the hall into the garage and watched as they got in the car. They left. Very quickly he jumped on one of the motorcycles that were there and drove after them. He closed in on their car but stayed far away to make sure they wouldn't be able to see him. The car and the following motorcycle came up to the Earth's Sphere Alliance building, where they were having the meeting. It was two hours away from the Peacecraft mansion. But as Vice Foreign Minister Relena does a lot of traveling. It was exhausting for Heero who was on the motorcycle. Still, he continued completely focused on his mission to keep Relena safe. Or was he? The entire trip he had been having his own civil war. Twice he got on the wrong lane and five times he almost crashed into the car in front of him. The trip was anything but perfect. After those incidents he got into Perfect Soldier mode and continued. For the rest of the drive he ignored anyone and everyone that wasn't part of his mission. Relena's car parked and she stepped out in all her beauty. She waked gracefully up the steps and entered the building. 'Damn! How am I going to get into the building?' Heero thought as he stopped the motorcycle and got off.
Milliardo POV
Noise. Noises were all I heard. Objects dropping. Metal hitting the ground. Shoes scraping the floor as their owners walked. Voices. Doctors' voices. Talking. Discussing. But all those noises were distant from me. Closer to here I heard a chair scraping on the floor. Slowly I opened my eyes. Only to shut them again because of the bright light. I heard another noise this time a person walking over to my bed. I struggled to open my eyes but the light was too bright. It came closer and closer. Thump. Thump. The person whoever it was, was standing right next my hospital bed. I could hear the person breathing. Long slow breaths. I tried again to open my eyes. The light was very bright but I didn't care. I finally managed to open both my eyes. At first I only saw white bright light. As my vision became clearer. I saw, in between the bright light, a woman with purple hair and fire in her eyes. 'It's my wife.' I was about to greet her when. Smack! Something hit m e and threw me onto the floor. I felt intense pain as my arm hit the cold floor. I howled in pain and I saw darkness even with my eyes wide open. I soon lost consciousness.
Odelia POV
Sitting in the library all by her lonesome self was Odelia. Next to her was the nurse taking care of Milli trying to entertain teh baby but he wasn't cooperating. The nurse was losing her pacience fast. "Why don't you go rest. I'll take care of the baby." Odelia said to the nurse.
"Oh, no. This is my job."
"I am a guest I must do my part also." Odelia said and with that the nurse left the library hoping she wouldn't change her mind. Milli was suprires but still bored. Once the room was empty except for Milli and herself she spoke. "Come out of the shadows, whoever you are." She said not even looking up from her book. Milli looked at her wondering if she talking to him. But why would she takl to a one-year-old? None-the-less he tried. Milli crawled over to the chair she was sitting at and spoke as best as he could anyways.
"Ga, ga. Goo, goo."
"Oh how sweet!" Odelia said putting her book down and picking Milli up. "But I'm not talking to you. I'm speaking to the man in the shadows." She said putting Milli in her lap and turning to the green eyes in the shadows. Wufei stepped out of the darkness.
"How did you know I was here?" He said.
"I'll be asking the questiong." Odelia said. "Now, who are? What are you doing here?"
"Why should I answer to you?" Wufei said.
"Because if you don't I will kill you." Odelia said pulling out of nowhere a gun and pointed it at him. A little drawn back by a guest having a gun. Deciding it was safer to answer her questions than attempt to take it from her. She had the kid in her arms.
"My name is Wufei Chang and I am the kid's bodyguard."
"I never knew a bodyguard that hid in the shadows."
"It 'was' a secret mission no one's supposed to know I'm here."
"Who was your friend? The one with the blue eyes."
"How did you know about him?"
"I saw both of you in the dining room."
"He is Miss Relena's bodyguard."
"What his name?"
"I am not at liberty to discuss that."
"Whatever. Okay, who are the other three.?"
"What?" Wufei asked in disbelief. 'How does this onna know about us?' He thought to himself.
"If I'm not mistaken five of you broke in last night. You, Miss Relena's bodyguard and someone else slept on the second floor last night and two others on the third floor."
"We are on a mission to protect the residents of this mansion and they are searching for the Lost Prince of Outer Space." Wufei said. 'Zechs is going to kill me. But I had no choice she had a gun and a hostage.' he thought.
Güera
Chapter 2
Secret Missions and Secret Kisses
By Güera
* * and - - are Heero's arguing thoughts.
Friday, August 1, AC 198
A million things were going through Heero's mind as he walked with Duo. 'What had happened to Relena? Is she okay? What is the mission? *To protect her. I hope so.* -Why am I even thinking about these things? She means nothing to me.- *She means everything!!*' Heero was fighting with himself yet again. He did every day. It became a ritual. One side was the Perfect Soldier, with no emotions and doesn't care about anyone or anything except his missions. The other side is his human side, full of emotions crying out to express them. Every day that side tells Heero he loves Relena. Both sides are constantly fighting in his head. It drives him crazy. He doesn't know which one to listen to. He once tried to kill himself because of his indecision, Duo saw him and took him to the hospital he lived. Now he's learned to control them, and shut them out before he goes crazy again. When his emotions start to show, he immediately goes to Perfect Soldier mode. Every night he dreams about Relena, that's what keeps him alive and what keeps him motivated to keep the peace, to work hard on his mission so innocents like her don't have to die. He wished he could hold Relena like he does in his dreams. But that is impossible. He hasn't seen her face-to-face for two years. He knows Relena has probably forgotten about him. All this time Heero was thinking and walking they had arrived at their destination. On the door of the office they were facing it said "Wufei Chang" and under that "Preventer Dragon." They walked into the office. There they found a black-haired boy with a ponytail with green eyes arguing with a brown haired girl with two long braids and brown eyes. 'Wufei and Sally are at it again.' Duo and Heero thought. This wasn't unusual for them they did it every day. It came as natural to them as drinking coffee every morning. The argument as usual was about an insignificant little thing. The most common argument is when Wufei calls women weak and Sally disagrees since she can beat up Wufei any day and usually does. Even though he gets beat up every day by a woman he continues to call them weak. There's a rumor that it's his special unique way of flirting. Which is really weird but then again all the former gundam pilots are psychos.
"So, what did you do this time, Wufei?" Duo asked interrupting the arguing couple.
"Nothing." Wufei said angrily.
"Yeah, right." Sally responded.
"Whatever," Duo said shaking his head, "You need to come with us. Zechs has a mission for us for all five of us."
"Fine." Wufei said as he grabbed his jacket and walked out the door before them.
"Bye, Sally." Duo said to her.
"Bye, Duo, Heero." She said to them. Heero nodded his head. Duo waved and Wufei just plain ignored her.
"Asshole." She said under her breath while staring at Wufei.
"So what's the mission?" Wufei asked when they left his office not even bothering to turn around to face them.
"I'll tell you when we get all five of the G-5." Duo said. Heero just stared straight ahead not really looking at anything. More like thinking and arguing with himself again. Wufei was thinking too. Only he was thinking about no matter how many times he said women are weak Sally is indeed quite strong. Duo was thinking of a special someone too. His girlfriend Hilde. He was supposed to meet her tonight but he's gonna have to call her and cancel. 'Oh boy will she be mad.' he thought. All three boys walked in silence down the hallway to the next office. They arrived. On the door of the next office it said "Quatre Raberbe Winner" under that "Preventer Desert." They walked in. A blonde haired, blue-eyed boy was sitting at a desk doing paperwork. They watched him for a while to see if he would acknowledge their presence, he didn't. Duo broke the silence. "Hey Quatre, come on buddy, we got a mission."
"For what and for whom?" he asked politely.
"For Zechs and I'll tell you when we get Trowa." Duo said.
"All right." Quatre said as he got his jacket and left with them. Still, they walked in silence each in their own thoughts thinking about different things. Last but not least they got to the last office. The door said "Trowa Barton" under that "Preventer Wing." Again they walked in. Trowa was looking at them as if he was expecting them to arrive.
"Let's go." Was all he said and they left. Now all of the G-5 together they walked to the garage. No one spoke as they walked in silence. Each of them caught up in their own thoughts. Death led all four of them to his convertible. Black, of course. They all got in. Duo driving, Heero next to him and Trowa, Quatre and Wufei in the back seat. Duo turned on the radio. The radio station was dedicating a song to Relena Peacecraft. The song was 'With You' by Linkin Park. Everyone was shocked. Heero most of all but he kept silent, too shocked to speak. Duo kept staring at the radio speechless.
"Duo! Watch the road!" somebody yelled breaking his thoughts. He turned to see the road and saw a semi heading straight for them. He quickly swerved to the side.
"What the hell is a truck doing on the wrong side of the road." Duo yelled getting control of the car.
"You're the one that was on the wrong side of the road! You Dumbass!" Heero angrily yelled at him.
"Sorry!" he yelled back. 'Was he just angry?' he thought to himself. He then continued to drive on their way to meet Zechs at the hospital. The song was still playing on the radio. When it was finished, the announcer came on and started talking. "Well there was the song "With You" by Linkin Park. A mysterious young man requested this song for Relena Peacecraft and he claims to love her. We couldn't get his name but he said he would call every week to request another song for Miss Relena. Soon he will reveal his name. Miss Relena sure is lucky." He finished saying. All the former gundam pilots sat in silence as what the announcer said sunk in. Apparently shocked by Relena's mysterious suitor Heero was full of emotions. Anger. Fear. And could it possible be? Jealousy? 'No, it can't be. Why would I be jealous?' he thought to himself and then unconsciously turned off the radio. Everyone was surprised but they said nothing. They continued on their way to the hospital. Duo decided to break the silence and started the story of what Zechs had told him earlier. It was beginning to get dark. "All-right guys this is what Zechs told me. It started with a woman walking into his office . . . "
Diff. POV
Relena, Holly and Odelia were enjoying themselves a lot. Relena had finished her duties as Vice Foreign Minister around the time it had gotten dark and had spent the rest of the day with Odelia. They had lunch and were now in the Library. Milli was having fun in his room (the nursery ) Odelia and Holly were reading an interesting book since they hardly looked up. They had the radio on and were listening to it. The song 'With You' started to play "I love that song." Relena said out loud. Odelia and Holly agreed with her by nodding their heads. They were too caught up in their books to look up or talk. Relena ignored them and listened to the song. When it was finished the announcer spoke,
"Well there was the song 'With You' by Linkin Park. A mysterious young man requested this song for Relena Peacecraft and he claims to love her. We couldn't get his name but he said he would call every week to request another song for Miss Relena. Soon he will reveal his name. Miss Relena sure is lucky." He finished saying.
Relena was shocked, Holly and Odelia actually looked up from their books to listen and to see Relena's reaction. She couldn't believe it. 'Who could it be?' she thought. Calmly as if nothing had happened Relena walked out of the library. She went up the stairs all the way to her room. She lay on her bed and clutched the teddy bear Heero had given her. Without warning she threw the precious teddy bear to the other side of the room. Her thoughts clouded her head and she lost all track of time. 'That felt good. I should forget about him. He's not gonna come back. I haven't even seen or heard from him since he ran away from the hospital after the Mariemea incident. Why should I wait for him? I've got no reason to. It's not like we were engaged or he's promised to come back. I'll just forget about him. I've waited for him for two years and has eh come back? No! Has he called? No! Has he even tried to contact me? NO! I'm not waiting any longer. It's obvious he doesn't care anything for me. Just to protect me and the peace I bring. Nothing More! I hate him. He doesn't care about me, I am just a tool to keep the peace between Earth and the Colonies.' Her thoughts kept leading back to the radio. 'That mysterious man. Who could it be? I wonder who it could be? Heero? No that's silly. Heero doesn't have enough emotions to be romantic. He tried to kill me more times than I can count. But he never did. It's probably just an ordinary boy. Oh well, he can help me forget Heero.' Her thoughts were broken by a sudden cry. 'Hungry already? Well he can stop me from thinking too much.' Relena thought. In the nursery lay Milli, where he had been quiet for the last few hours playing with the nurse. Relena pushed herself off the bed and walked out of the room. She went to the nursery. Milli was in his crib wailing. Relena walked over to the crib and picked up the crying baby. He calmed down a bit when she rocked him but was still sniffling a little. "Come on." She said to Milli, "Let's go eat dinner." Milli happily agreed with her. Relena and Milli walked to the library where Relena had left Odelia and Holly. They were still caught up in their books. They looked like they were almost done with the books but still didn't acknowledge Relena and Milli's presence in the room. 'I have an idea.' Relena thought.
"Fire!" she yelled. Both Odelia and Holly jumped up and screamed. Relena couldn't contain her laughter and burst out laughing. Odelia soon figured out what happened. She grabbed the hysterical Holly and calmed her down. They stared at Relena angrily but Relena just couldn't stop laughing and with Milli giggling along with her. They looked like idiots. "Come on let's go eat dinner." Relena said after she finally stopped laughing.
"Dinner? Is it that late already?" Holly asked.
"Yes, it is. You guys spent the whole evening reading."
"I better go home now." Holly said and grabbed her stuff. "Goodbye, Relena see you tomorrow."
"Bye, Holly." Relena said waving to her. Holly left. The only people that were left were Relena, Odelia, and Milli. "Would you like to accompany me to eat?" Relena asked Odelia. Odelia smiled at her and said, "Sure." They walked to the dining room. Relena set Milli in his high chair. Relena and Odelia sat down across from each other. The servants brought the food it was soup. Milli was served a little share of it and it ended up on the nurse's face. Odelia decided to make conversation.
"Who do you think is the mysterious lover?" she asked. Relena almost choked when she heard the question.
"I don't know. It could be anyone." Relena said.
"You don't have one person in mind of who it could be?"
"No, not at all. He doesn't do that."
"Oh, so you do have someone in mind." Odelia said happily since Relena fell in her trap.
"No one special."
"Who is it? I want to know."
"No one. You wouldn't know him."
"Come on, try me." She said. 'I could always look him up.' she thought.
"Fine. The person I hope it is but never will be is someone I met three years ago. It could never be him."
'I wonder who?' Odelia thought. "Why couldn't it be him?" she asked then added. "Guys can be romantic when they want to be."
"Not him." Relena said. She couldn't have said that if she hadn't asked herself the same question a million times but still came up with a no. It couldn't be him. It could never be him.
"I guess we'll find out." Odelia said.
"What's your business with my brother?" Relena asked turning the attention to Odelia. Odelia stopped eating her soup and stared at Relena.
"Well it is something about our parents."
"What about our parents." Relena said reminding Odelia that she too is a Peacecraft.
"That's really something Milliardo should tell you."
"Why don't you tell me?"
"It's not my place to tell you."
"Well if you can't tell me, then it's not my place to tell you about my love life."
"Yes, that is true. When your brother tells you my secret, you can tell me yours."
"Fair enough." They finished eating in silence. The only noise heard was the giggling of Milli when he threw food at the nurse. After they were done eating dinner they said 'Good Night' and went to their rooms to sleep.
Diff. POV
By the time the G-5 arrived at the hospital it was already night but they were now aware of what they were supposed to do Duo told them everything Zechs told him except what the three missions were, Duo was kind of afraid of what would happen after what they heard on the radio. They walked in the front entrance the nurse called them over to see if they needed something. All five of them ignored her. Instead of heading for the stairs they went on the elevator. Duo pushed the button for floor three. Still, they went in silence. These guys sure are quiet. They got to the third floor and walked to room 317. Zechs was waiting for them. He was sitting in his bed attentive even though he was recently in an accident. On a chair near him lay Lucrezia, unconscious still. The five of them gathered around Zechs's hospital bed.
"Did Death inform you on the situation at hand?" Zechs asked. All nodded their heads saying yes.
"Good, now do you understand your missions?"
"What missions?"
"Death! You didn't tell them."
"Tell them what?" Duo said trying to act naive.
"Oh, I must have not told you the missions." Zechs said and Duo sighed in relief, "I've had so many pain killers, I've lost all track of time." Duo calmed down 'Saved by the drugs.' He thought.
"The first mission is to find the one responsible for the bomb, if you can't find them in 36 hours forget it." They listened attentively, "the second mission is a search and retrieve, you have to find a person named Odin Lowe Jr."
"The Prince of the Lowe Kingdom?" Quatre interrupted.
"Yes, why?" Zechs said a little furious at the interruption.
"He's been lost for 13 years and not one sign of him." Quatre said. "That's why he's called the Lost Prince of Outer Space and since his kingdom resembles the Sanc Kingdom and their beliefs are the same it's no wonder they have a marriage agreement."
"Well, you will be looking for him and you will find him or I will be a dead man." Zechs stopped as if to see if any more of them would interrupt, no one did, "Your last mission is to protect me and my family. You will be stationed at my house until this lost Prince is found or I am dead!" he finished saying. Heero, Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei were all surprised by the last mission. Heero especially. 'I will be returning to that mansion after so long. What will I do? How will I face Relena?' Heero's thoughts stopped when Zechs began speaking again.
"Here are the details on the Prince." Zechs said handing Quatre some papers. "Desert and Wing will be in charge of the search mission and Zero, Death, and Dragon will be in charge of protection and searching for the one responsible for my being in the hospital." Zechs stopped to breathe a little and then continued. "You will go home and get some clothes and supplies, next, you will go to my house this night and begin your missions. You must remain unseen by my sister, her secretary, Lucrezia, Milli, and anyone else. I will tell them about it tomorrow night. Now leave." Zechs said. They all left again they rode in Duo's(Death's) car. Duo left them all at Preventers HQ so they can get their own cars. Duo went to break the bad news to Hilde. Trowa went to tell his sister and niece. Quatre went home to tell his sisters. Wufei and Heero didn't have anyone to tell because they both led solitary lives. So they just went home, packed and left to the Peacecraft Mansion. All five fo the former gundam pilots arrived at the mansion around midnight.
"How should we go in?" Duo asked.
"Why don't we break in?" Suggested Wufei
"But that would be breaking and entering." Quatre said.
"So?"
"We could be arrested."
"We used to infiltrate military bases to blow them up and you're afraid of entering a house we are supposed to be in?"
"Well when you put it that way. No" Quatre said a little agitated.
"Ok."
"How should we do it?" Duo asked.
"The window." Heero said. Duo, Quatre, and Wufei turned to look at their friend who just thought of a great idea.
"Which window?" they asked at the same time.
"That one." Trowa said pointing at the one three windows to the left and on the second floor. The curtains were swaying in the wind. It seemed like the only open window.
"Let's go." Heero said. Trowa and Quatre followed Heero. Duo got some rope and Wufei growled and then followed them. They flung the rope to climb the window to the second floor. They had a little trouble getting to the window though. Wufei tried to climb up but fell. He landed on the ground not making a sound. Heero decided to climb up the rope. He got inside the window with ease. Inside there was the sound of light breathing. Heero looked around for the source of the noise. His eyes were still adjusting to the dark. As he began to see more and more, he saw a dresser, a chair, the door, and then on the far side there was a bed. The noise was coming from there. And in it was the person he least expected. "Relena." He said. Unconsciously he walked toward her bed. Relena was sleeping soundly, the only sound was her light breathing. Heero stared at the beautiful angel before him. He wanted so much to touch her, hold her, kiss her. 'But I can't.' He thought to himself. 'I can't be distracted but she's just so-so beautiful.' The war in his min began once again. One side was saying. *This is your chance to make your move. Kiss her!* -No she is nothing. You are to protect her. Getting emotionally involved will only end up in disaster.- The temptation was too much. He leaned in and . . .
Diff POV
"What do you think happened to Heero?" Duo asked
"Who knows?" Wufei said.
After Heero had gone in, he hadn't given them a sign or word to tell them he was fine, not that he ever did. They had been waiting for 10 minutes.
"Maybe he was captured." Quatre said.
"No," Trowa said, "We would have heard a struggle."
"Which means something else must have happened to him." Duo said. "Well let's go see what that was."
"I'll go first." Wufei said.
"Oh, no you don't. You fell down last time, remember."
"That won't happen again."
"Exactly that's why I'm going first." Duo said as he walked off in the direction of the rope. He uneffortlessly climbed up to the open window. Once inside he couldn't see a damn thing. He waited for his eyes to adjust to the darkness. Once they did, he saw Heero hurriedly walking out the door. Duo followed him. Heero didn't stop walking and he couldn't call him since he would wake up the whole mansion. So Duo just followed Heero. Heero didn't stop even while going down the stairs amazingly neither of them made any noise wandering around in the mansion. Heero finally stopped at the front door. He then proceeded to unlock it and go outside. He stopped at a corner of the mansion and sat down.
"Finally," Duo said. Heero looked up at him. "I thought you were never going to stop. What happened?" Duo said as he stopped talking so Heero can answer him and so he can catch his breath.
Diff POV
He leaned in and kissed her lightly on her forehead. Heero then opened his eyes, which he had closed. The angelic figure he was looking at appeared even more beautiful than before if that's possible. He then carefully touched her face. It felt smooth and silky just as he imagined. 'I wonder if this is a dream.' He removed his hand quickly. 'Well, if it is, I'm going to take full advantage of this dream.' Heero then proceeded to kiss his sweet angel. Not on her forehead, not on her cheek but on the lips. He felt a wave of excitement as he did. Relena looked as if she was smiling, Heero smiled too. A rare never before seen smile. 'That felt wonderful.' Heero then heard a noise outside 'They must have come up.' Heero quickly stepped away from the bed and turned his attention to the window. Duo was standing by it squinting his eyes apparently trying to see. 'I can't let him see me.' So Heero quickly walked out of the room. 'Good Duo is following me.' He kept walking and walking. He got to the stairs but didn't even slow down. Heero finally stopped at the front door but only to unlock it and get outside. Duo was still following him. Heero didn't stop until he got to a corner of the mansion. He sat down trying to comprehend what he just did. Duo caught up to him.
"Finally," he said, Heero looked up to Duo, "I thought you were never going to stop. What happened?"
"Nothing."
"Well it must have been a lot of nothing for you to forget us and walk almost running out of the house."
"I told you it was nothing. I just got a little lost."
"The Perfect Soldier lost?" Duo said nearly laughing.
"Hn . . . "
"Well whatever it was it must have been powerful for it to scare you like that."
"Let's get back to the others." Heero said and once again began to walk. This time it was a short walk just around the corner. There the three gundam pilots were waiting for a signal from their two comrades in the window. Heero and Duo walked silently up to them. Trowa was the first one to notice them. Trowa pointed out the oncoming dark shadows to Quatre and Wufei.
"What happened?" Wufei yelled at them.
"Nothing. Let's just get inside and begin." Duo said. Heero was surprised Duo didn't tell them his little lie about being lost. 'Wow. He really is a friend.' Heero thought. Quatre gathered the rope and Duo led them to the front door. He left it open so that they wouldn't have to climb in any more windows. They went inside the mansion using the door not the window. They split up into their teams. Quatre and Trowa went to find some spare, empty bedrooms. Duo, Heero and Wufei investigated how many people were in here, who they were, and where they were.
"How many people."
"Twelve."
"Where are they situated?"
"Five on the first floor on the west side, four on the second floor, two on the north side, one on the west side and one on the east. Three on the third floor to the south."
"Do we know who they are?"
"The five on the first floor are servants, the four on the second floor are baby Milliardo Peacecraft Jr., Odelia Lowe, Pagan and Relena Peacecraft. The three on the third floor are cooks."
"All right, get some sleep we will start early in the morning. Make sure you're not discovered." Trowa and Quatre slept in rooms on the third floor so they can search without distractions. Duo, Heero, and Wufei took rooms on the second floor near the inhabitants there so they will be able to monitor their moves easier. Soon after each person entered their room they went to sleep. They had a long day ahead of them.
Diff. POV
Milliardo had so many drugs in him he slept and slept. Lucrezia was still unconscious. She was fine though. A doctor came in and checked her pulse while doing routine check up on Milliardo. He said she would wake up in the morning. So Milliardo slept not worrying if this wife would live since she will. All went well during the night. No bombs no attacks no gundams.
Middle of the Night
She was running through a battlefield. Blood and wounded soldiers everywhere. Only this did not matter, not right now. Right now she had a mission. A search mission. She looked around ignoring the cries of the soldiers and there he was his brown unruly hair sticking out in all the red of the blood. She ran after him. He seemed scared and took off into the forest behind him. She didn't expect this reaction, but she quickened her pace. She chased him for a while and finally caught up. There he was three feet in front of her, his Prussian blue eyes laughing at her inability to catch him. She was one foot away and she jumped on him, when all of a sudden he disappeared just like a ghost. She landed in the moist soft dirt. Leaves and twigs tangled in her once neat hair. She continued to run, past the trees and bushes. After him. 'I will catch him.' She thought. And he was there again this time in a tree laughing, laughing at her. "You are too weak, Relena. You will never catch me." He laughed a bit more then jumped off. "Oh, yes I will. Watch and see, Heero." Again she ran after him. Once again she caught a glimpse of him heading to the right. Quickly she changed her direction and continued. The forest seemed to disappear as she went. Now she was in a field near the edge of a cliff. He was there too. At the very edge of the cliff facing away from her, staring at the stars. He did not appear to know of her presence. Quickly and quietly she sneaked up on him. He still didn't know she was there. She was right next to him. She took her chance and jumped on him from the front of the cliff so they wouldn't fall off the edge. Apparently he didn't expect this and was surprised. Together in a mess of arms, legs and other body parts they rolled and rolled until gravity had no power over them and they stopped. Heero was on top of Relena.
"Guess you caught me." He said looking down at her.
"Sure did." She said looking up at his blue eyes.
"What do you want?" He said not taking his eyes off hers.
"To see you." She said still staring into his eyes.
"Well now that you have. I guess I'll leave no." He said breaking the eye contact stood up and started to walk away.
"Wait Heero!" She called. He came back and kissed her on the lips and then ran off again. Relena felt an incredible felling when he kissed her, she was so shocked she let him run off. She stared at the disappearing figure. She sat there for a long time comprehending what had just happened. Relena then woke up. She looked around she was no longer in the field she was in her room. 'It was just a dream.' She thought. 'But if felt so real.' Her fingers touched her lips where dream Heero had kissed her. But in reality the real Heero had kissed her while she was sleeping but she doesn't need to know that. Back to the story. 'I better get back to sleep. I have a lot of work in the morning.' She thought and went back to sleep.
Heero
Meanwhile, in a room close by Heero lay in his bed unable to sleep despite the comfortness of the bed. He couldn't stop thinking about what he did in Relena's room and how he almost got caught. '-The Perfect Soldier can't be caught that's why mistakes like that must never be repeated- +But you aren't the Perfect Soldier, not anymore. There is no reason for you to be. The war is over.+ Someone will start another war.- +That's why Preventers stop people like that before they are able to.+' "Shut up." He whispered. The vision of his beautiful angel never left his mind and too tired to think any more it stayed there as he dreamed.
Morning - Saturday, August 2, AC 198
Chirp Chirp the birds were chirping the sun was rising. Relena was in her room putting up her hair. She was awake long before the sunrise. She had been awake since five-thirty in the morning. The usual time she wakes up every day. Right now it was six a.m. in the morning. She was all dressed ready to begin her duties as Vice Foreign Minister. Relena checked her appearance in the mirror once more before leaving her room and heading for the dining room to eat breakfast. Unknown to Relena a pair of Prussian blue eyes were watching her every move. Even before she was awake, the eyes stood in the shadows watching the beautiful angel sleep. He will continue to do so until this threat is found. Relena walked down the stairs and to the kitchen. Still being followed by the pair of Prussian blue eyes. The cooks were surprised by her presence in the kitchen. "What are you doing here, Miss Peacecraft?"
"Am I not welcome here?" Relena said smiling.
"Yes, of course you are, Miss Peacecraft."
"Call me Relena, please." She said and looked around. She saw people making soups, pastries, drinks and many other things. "I always wanted to learn to cook. What are you making this morning?"
"This morning we are making English Muffins and Huevos Rancheros." One cook said and paused. "If you wish, we could teach you how to cook."
"Oh no, I'm too busy and I wouldn't want to waste your time."
"It's not a waste of time. It would be our pleasure."
"That's not necessary."
"Oh but it is. Everyone needs to learn how to cook."
"All right. I have some free time before dinner each day."
"Good then it's settled. I'm glad we're able to teach you something." Relena nodded her head.
"I'll take my dish to the dining room." She said and was headed a plate of Huevos Rancheros. Relena was heading out the door then a maid came in and nearly knocked Relena down on the floor.
"I am so sorry, Miss Relena." She said.
"That's quite all right no one got hurt."
"I'll take that, if you wish."
"No thank you, I can do it myself."
"Then should I wake Miss Odelia, so she can accompany you?"
"No. I wouldn't want to wake her at such an early hour."
"There's no need to do that. I'm already awake." A voice said. Relena turned to the dining table. Sitting there in chocolate brown braids was Odelia ready to eat.
"What are you doing her Odelia?" Relena asked a little surprised.
"I'm an early riser." She said simply.
"I'll go get you some breakfast, Miss Odelia." The maid said and entered the kitchen. As soon as she went in, she came out carrying a plate. She set in down in front of Odelia. Relena had sat down across from Odelia. They started eating the delicious breakfast. The doorbell rang. Relena started to get up but a maid left to open the door. She came back with Holly. She left to do other chores.
"Welcome Holly. Would you like some breakfast?" Relena asked.
"No thank you. I've already had some." A small cry was heard in the huge mansion. They grew louder and louder until it became a high-pitched scream. The echoes made the cries seem even louder. Relena hurriedly got up to calm the screaming baby. Holly beat her. She quickly raced up the stairs and down the hall and into the nursery. Milli was in his crib screaming his little head off. "Poor baby. I wonder what scared you." She went and picked him up. "Oh, I know. I bet you miss your mommy. Right?" She woo-ed him to calm him down he eventually did and was laughing in no time. Holly carried the baby downstairs.
Wufei POV
A woman walked into the nursery and he went into hiding. She picked the baby up and he calmed down. No longer was he screaming, now the baby was laughing as if nothing had happened. A pair of green eyes were following their every move. Again this pair of eyes stood in the shadows of the mansion. The eyes followed them downstairs and into the dining room. They spotted another pair of eyes, these ones were Prussian blue, he walked over to them.
Relena POV
Holly appeared in the dining room and she had Milli in her arms. "You didn't have to do that Holly." She said.
"Oh no. It's my pleasure. I just love this cute little baby." Holly said giving Milli a little kiss.
"What scared him?"
"I'm not sure. He calmed down when I entered the room. It must have been a street noise or something."
"Well come on sit down. We'll start as soon as I finish breakfast."
"You might want to hurry Relena. You have a meeting with the Colonies's leaders and the Earth's Sphere Alliance." Holly said sitting down at the table.
"Right." Relena said and proceeded to eat her food faster.
Heero POV
The Prussian blue eyes and the green eyes stared at each other for a moment. Then one spoke quietly. "What did you do to the kid?" he asked.
"Nothing, he just started screaming."
"A baby doesn't start screaming like that when you do nothing."
"I did nothing."
"Wufei!"
"Oh all right. The baby started whimpering, so I went to see what was wrong with it. It saw me and got scared. Then he started to cry softly. I told it to shut up. It kept crying. I called a weakling for crying and held my sword up to it. That's when it started screaming then the lady came and calmed him down." The Prussian blue eyes were shaking its head.
"You idiot. You called a baby a weakling and showed him your sword. Can you be any more stupid?"
"Well I never had to guard a baby before." The Prussian eyes gave him a glare and turned back to the person he was protecting. 'Relena.' She had finished her breakfast and was leaving the table. Holly was close behind her.
"Protect the kid don't scare it." He said and left following Relena upstairs still hiding in the shadows. Holly had handed Milli to one of the maids. Odelia left the table soon after they did. She immediately headed for the library since that was the only thing she could do. Relena and Holly headed for the office preparing to leave for the meeting. The Prussian eyes watched her every move.
"Who's gonna be there?" Relena asked.
"The leaders of all the colonies and Earth's Sphere Alliance." The one called Holly said.
"What is the meeting for?" Relena asked as she got her papers for the meeting from Holly.
"The possibility of a new colony in space and other stuff."
"All right. Let's go." Relena said and they left the office. Once again the pair of Prussian blue eyes followed her every step of the way out. Still in the shadows, he followed them down the hall into the garage and watched as they got in the car. They left. Very quickly he jumped on one of the motorcycles that were there and drove after them. He closed in on their car but stayed far away to make sure they wouldn't be able to see him. The car and the following motorcycle came up to the Earth's Sphere Alliance building, where they were having the meeting. It was two hours away from the Peacecraft mansion. But as Vice Foreign Minister Relena does a lot of traveling. It was exhausting for Heero who was on the motorcycle. Still, he continued completely focused on his mission to keep Relena safe. Or was he? The entire trip he had been having his own civil war. Twice he got on the wrong lane and five times he almost crashed into the car in front of him. The trip was anything but perfect. After those incidents he got into Perfect Soldier mode and continued. For the rest of the drive he ignored anyone and everyone that wasn't part of his mission. Relena's car parked and she stepped out in all her beauty. She waked gracefully up the steps and entered the building. 'Damn! How am I going to get into the building?' Heero thought as he stopped the motorcycle and got off.
Milliardo POV
Noise. Noises were all I heard. Objects dropping. Metal hitting the ground. Shoes scraping the floor as their owners walked. Voices. Doctors' voices. Talking. Discussing. But all those noises were distant from me. Closer to here I heard a chair scraping on the floor. Slowly I opened my eyes. Only to shut them again because of the bright light. I heard another noise this time a person walking over to my bed. I struggled to open my eyes but the light was too bright. It came closer and closer. Thump. Thump. The person whoever it was, was standing right next my hospital bed. I could hear the person breathing. Long slow breaths. I tried again to open my eyes. The light was very bright but I didn't care. I finally managed to open both my eyes. At first I only saw white bright light. As my vision became clearer. I saw, in between the bright light, a woman with purple hair and fire in her eyes. 'It's my wife.' I was about to greet her when. Smack! Something hit m e and threw me onto the floor. I felt intense pain as my arm hit the cold floor. I howled in pain and I saw darkness even with my eyes wide open. I soon lost consciousness.
Odelia POV
Sitting in the library all by her lonesome self was Odelia. Next to her was the nurse taking care of Milli trying to entertain teh baby but he wasn't cooperating. The nurse was losing her pacience fast. "Why don't you go rest. I'll take care of the baby." Odelia said to the nurse.
"Oh, no. This is my job."
"I am a guest I must do my part also." Odelia said and with that the nurse left the library hoping she wouldn't change her mind. Milli was suprires but still bored. Once the room was empty except for Milli and herself she spoke. "Come out of the shadows, whoever you are." She said not even looking up from her book. Milli looked at her wondering if she talking to him. But why would she takl to a one-year-old? None-the-less he tried. Milli crawled over to the chair she was sitting at and spoke as best as he could anyways.
"Ga, ga. Goo, goo."
"Oh how sweet!" Odelia said putting her book down and picking Milli up. "But I'm not talking to you. I'm speaking to the man in the shadows." She said putting Milli in her lap and turning to the green eyes in the shadows. Wufei stepped out of the darkness.
"How did you know I was here?" He said.
"I'll be asking the questiong." Odelia said. "Now, who are? What are you doing here?"
"Why should I answer to you?" Wufei said.
"Because if you don't I will kill you." Odelia said pulling out of nowhere a gun and pointed it at him. A little drawn back by a guest having a gun. Deciding it was safer to answer her questions than attempt to take it from her. She had the kid in her arms.
"My name is Wufei Chang and I am the kid's bodyguard."
"I never knew a bodyguard that hid in the shadows."
"It 'was' a secret mission no one's supposed to know I'm here."
"Who was your friend? The one with the blue eyes."
"How did you know about him?"
"I saw both of you in the dining room."
"He is Miss Relena's bodyguard."
"What his name?"
"I am not at liberty to discuss that."
"Whatever. Okay, who are the other three.?"
"What?" Wufei asked in disbelief. 'How does this onna know about us?' He thought to himself.
"If I'm not mistaken five of you broke in last night. You, Miss Relena's bodyguard and someone else slept on the second floor last night and two others on the third floor."
"We are on a mission to protect the residents of this mansion and they are searching for the Lost Prince of Outer Space." Wufei said. 'Zechs is going to kill me. But I had no choice she had a gun and a hostage.' he thought.
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