Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Healing Peace ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

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HEALING PEACE

Relena Peacecraft sighed and pushed her honey-blonde bangs out of her eyes. She stared with resignation at the stack of documents that lay on her desk in front of her; it would be hours before she got out of here. She sighed again and looked at her watch. It read 5:00pm. It had been a long day. No, scratch that. It had been a long week. It had all started with the phone call that she had received from Duo five days ago…

"Hey princess! This is Duo!" Duo had sounded as cheerful as always, but Relena could detect an underlying strain to his tone.

"Hello Duo! It's nice to here from you. How is everyone?"

"Well, um, see, that's sort of why I'm calling. It's about Heero."

Relena sat straight up in her chair. "Has something happened to Heero?" she had asked, panic welling up inside of her.

"Well, actually, yes." Duo had stated. "He was…well, he was captured about a week ago. We got him out okay, but they fu…messed him up pretty badly. The reason I'm calling is to see if he can stay in the Sank Kingdom while he recovers."

"Of course he can, Duo! Any of you Gundam pilots are welcome here at any time!"

"Relena, I won't lie to you. He's pretty rough. It's not been easy to keep him down this long; it's gonna take him a while to recover completely still. Whoever cares for him is really going to have their hands full."

"Duo, what did they do to Heero?" Relena had questioned.

Duo hadn't answered her. "I've got to get going, Relena. We'll send him as soon as Sally says he's fit to be moved. Thanks again, princess!"

"Duo, I asked you what they did to…" click. The call was disconnected. Relena had sat there for several minutes, staring at the receiver.

Relena shook her head to rid herself of the flashback. She still didn't know exactly what had happened to Heero, but her imagination was giving her plenty of ideas, and none of them were pretty. She frowned to herself. Well, whatever had happened, she would make sure that he recovered. He had saved her before; she owed him.

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The plane made a relatively smooth landing, which Sally was thankful for. The last thing that Heero needed was to be jarred around. She looked at her patient; he was staring out of the window. He hadn't said anything since Sally had told him where they were going. She had no idea what he was thinking.

"We're here, Heero!" Sally said cheerfully. Only her eyes revealed the concern that the doctor was feeling.

"Hn." Heero continued to stare out of the window.

"Well, what do you say that we get off this plane? I'm sure that you've gotten cramped up sitting there for so long."

"I'm fine," Heero replied tersely. He brushed aside Sally's hand when she tried to help him up. Slowly he made his way to his feet. Funny, he thought. I am cramped up. Plane rides have never done this before. He brushed aside the thought and started down the aisle, concentrating on not limping.

Sally followed the boy off the plane. He's so proud, she thought. I don't know how he can even walk, not with the injuries that he sustained. He is one hell of a pilot, that's for sure.

A car pulled up just as they were exiting the plane. A young, well-dressed man stepped out. "I'm here on behalf of Princess Relena. Her Highness sends her apologies that she could not meet you here as she had planned, but she regretfully is in an important conference right now. If the young sir will come with me, please? We will take you to your residence promptly."

"Go on, Heero," Sally urged. "I'll be along shortly." She smiled inwardly to herself. When Relena had been mentioned, there had been a definite softening to Heero's normally hard expression. It had been brief, but it had been there. Mentally, she patted herself on the back. It looked as though she and Duo had been right. Heero would recover well here.

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So, what did you think? How are the characters coming along? I want Relena to seem like a strong, independent young woman. I want to care deeply about Heero, but not to the point where she is hanging all over him. Well, at least not to begin with! Let me know what you think! Reviews encourage my muses, which help me write, which leads to quicker updates! Once again, thanks to all who read my story, and double thanks to those of you who review!