Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Reunion ❯ Escape ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Yukisan
He had heard that tone in her voice only once before. She was determined to see him wrong on this issue. However, this was something he couldn’t afford to lose; this was Relena’s life after all.

Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Mystery | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 04.26.2007 | Updated On: 04.26.2007 | Pages: 5 | Words: 5.4K | Visits: 166 | Status: Work In Progress

REUNION
Chapter Two
 
Yuki-hime
 
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His words had thrown her for a loop. Had Quatre spilled her plan? There was no way of knowing and Heero would not tell her without her admitting that there was something after all. “What are you talking about?” She stared him square in the eye; losing herself in those sky blues. Relena could feel how hot his skin was; burning her flesh with his own. She tried not to gasp from the shock of his touch.
 
“You know what I'm talking about. I will not let you leave.” He pulled her a little closer. Her smell began intoxicating his senses. “It's dangerous,” his husky voice whispered in her ear.
 
His sudden act of interest had ignited an aching desire in her stomach. Why does he suddenly taken an interest whenever my life is in danger?She had to get away. “No I'm afraid that I do not Heero. Now if you will please excuse me, I have to go back to bed.” She pulled her arm free and quickly disappeared into the dark hall, for once, grateful for the cover night.
 
The soldier, however, was not satisfied. He silently followed her to her room and kept watch over the door until early morning.
 
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Relena woke to the hum of engines. Her nightmare had been washed away with Heero's unexpected appearance, which had spooked her more than she would have liked. She needed to speak with Quatre. The woman quickly dressed as her thoughts flickered to last night. Her skin flushed when she had remembered his heated stare a few hours before. Her collared shirt had barely covered her. She sighed. It does not matter how noble his actions may be…I still have a job to do. Peace and war did not wait on anyone.
 
Resolve set her mind. Relena's hands smoothed the fabric of her skirt and jacket, trying to erase the wrinkles. She turned and made her way to the living quarters. The door opened to reveal several pilots.
 
Duo's eyes and voice greeted her first. “Relena!” He jumped up and hurried to her, quickly squeezing the air out of her. Wufei and Quatre remained at the table while Heero was at his usual post.
 
“Duo, Wufei! How are you?” Her eyes smiled as she greeted her friends. It had been over a year since their last gathering. “I'm sorry that I had to miss you at Christmas.” She had recalled that Duo proposed to Hilde that winter and they tied the knot the next summer. She had missed much with her friends.
 
“Too much paperwork will kill you, ya know?” the Deathscythe pilot grinned at her.
 
She laughed lightly, “Yes I suppose it will one day.” She quickly turned her attention to the Arabian. “Quatre, could I speak with you privately?” Her eyes slid to Heero.
 
He stood, a little uncomfortable with the exchange of heated glances between the two. “Yes, of course.” He followed the woman as she exited the room through the door she had entered.
 
The tension between them had been apparent to everyone. Duo stood, facing his friend. “What's wrong with her?” he asked. When he and Wufei had arrived at the station an hour ago, they had yet to get answers from their stubborn cohort.
 
He faced the couple. “She has been receiving death threats.”
 
“I can see the problem,” Chang spoke. The man understood that it must have been serious to provoke the one across him to come out of hiding.
 
He smiled and shrugged. “So, what's up with that? Relena is in a position where she gets tons of those all the time.”
 
“She was attacked yesterday at o-nine-hundred. Three unidentified mobile suits attacked her shuttle five hundred meters from the Central Moon Base.”
 
Duo stretched. “Sounds pretty normal, some people can't handle peace. So when do we get to work?”
 
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He had to jog slightly to keep up her quick pace. Quatre was clueless to where she was leading him and began to wonder if the woman had gotten lost. The hallway had several doors and although he had extensive knowledge of station blueprints, the heir to the Winner fortune was little confused now. He found that he could no longer hold his tongue. “Relena, are you okay?” She had been edgy since she stepped into their conversation earlier. He was worried about her. She seemed to be different from the woman he had known before.
 
“I need out of here!” The female stopped and spun on her heels. “I can't be out of the public's eye. There will be an upheaval. People will think I'm dead! I still have a job to do, Quatre.”
 
Maybe Heero was right; everyone was taking advantage of her, and as a result, she was working herself to death. “You are working too hard Relena. I understand how you feel, but we are trying to protect you. You can not carry your mission out if you are dead. Heero is doing what he thinks is best, please try to understand.” The man hoped his reasoning would bring her to trust them for a little longer. He did not want to see her die.
 
“I'm sorry Quatre but I can not let the possibility of death keep me from living my life. I must continue to move forward.” She stared at him. The dim lighting flickered. “If you will not help me off of the station then I will leave by myself.”
 
He placed a hand on her shoulder. “Give me some time. I can not promise you anything but I will try to speak with Heero.” He smiled and tried to comfort his friend. “Though I must say, I feel it is a lost cause. Heero has his mind set.”
 
“I thank you for at least trying, Quatre. That means a lot,” Relena returned a soft smile.
 
A deep voice echoed his name and Quatre turned to see Heero emerge out of the dark. Relena stiffened. How long had he been there? How much had he heard?
 
“Heero,” his friend began before he cut was off.
 
“The others want to talk to you,” his gaze was fixed on the woman as he spoke the order.
 
He nodded and took a step, “Will you be joining us?”
 
“I have to speak to the Ambassador first.” Sarcasm seethed from his words.
 
“I have nothing to say to you Heero.” Anger surged from her voice. “Now if you will excuse me,” she tried rushing past him, but failed again. His hold was frightening.
 
“We have to talk.”
 
“No we don't.” The woman struggled to pull free from his iron grip.
 
“Quatre, leave,” he commanded. He could only hold his temper for so long. When had she become so defiant?
 
“No, please Quatre, do not leave.” When had Heero become so vocal and outgoing?
 
Her pleas were scolded by her captor. “Be quiet.” He returned his attention back to the pilot. “You heard me. She will be safe.”
 
He nodded but gave them both a second glance before hurrying to the main area. Something must have happened. Heero's stoic mask was cracking and Quatre was beginning to worry about his friend.
 
Relena watched her last line disappear in the shadows. “Let me go,” she yelled as she pulled again. He surprised her, letting her go as she fell against the wall. The woman turned, ready to release her anger. “You are staying here, out of danger, understand?”
 
“I understand what you are saying but you can not keep me here against my will.”
 
“I can if it protects your life.” He leaned in, blocking her escape. “Take my advice, Relena,” he whispered her name in her ear then withdrew to see her eyes. “I will not let any harm come to you.”
 
“Heero…”
 
“Stay here a little longer. I'll protect you.”
 
She looked down, avoiding his eyes. “I'm sorry.” She was not in a political position to take time off. Her life was always hanging in the balance. Yesterday, today, tomorrow… it didn't make a difference to her anymore. She could only more forward. In the moment she needed him, he had not been there. After, slow resentment built in her until she broke; he had not been there either.
 
He wrapped his arms around her, engulfing her in his heated embrace. Heero buried his face in her hair, smelling her exotic shampoo. “You won't leave. It's a promise.”
 
“How do you plan to stop me?” she asked as she tried to keep her mind clear. His hands were firmly planted on her hips.
 
“Block your ways out. The other pilots will not help you. They know what is going on and want you to live. So you will be staying here for a while. Everyone will be watching you, so don't do anything foolish.” His hands caressed her back.
 
“Heero, you can't stop me.” She shut her eyes trying to reject his warmth and touch.
 
“I can and I will.”
 
Why now, when I don't need you? Why are you here for me now?! Relena pushed him away, her eyes burning into his. “We'll wait and see.” She turned and continued on her path.
 
He had heard that tone in her voice only once before. She was determined to see him wrong on this issue. However, this was something he couldn't afford to lose; this was Relena's life after all.
 
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Quatre's attention was drawn to the door. “Heero, where's Relena?” Trowa was filling in everyone on the current situation. Though of course, after hearing the truth about what had happened, no one could refuse Heero's request. There was no place safe enough for the Relena Peacecraft.
 
He shrugged the question off meeting everyone's gaze. “Do you all understand the current situation?”
 
Wufei nodded. “I have a question, Heero. Who was the person that hired you? You could not have attained some of this information on your own.”
 
“The informant is confidential.”
 
“What about the drop location?” Duo spoke up. “Why not share that?”
 
That information is confidential.”
 
“Well we believe that it is important information,” Duo spoke up. “We don't plan to tell Relena but we want to make sure that….”
 
“It's not necessary information for the mission.”
 
“Damn it is!” Duo protested.
 
Wufei cut him off from further insult. “Do not waste your breathe, he will not tell us.”
 
Quatre darted through the door in search of Relena. Who knows what Heero said to her. She was probably upset now.
 
“Yeah, I guess but you can't keep the information from us forever.” Duo waved him off as he followed Quatre. The man could tell Heero's attitude hadn't changed.
 
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“Miss Relena?” Quatre's voice echoed off through the corridor. Where is she? He had already checked her quarters. “Miss Relena, where are you?” There was no sign of her anywhere, and there was no way for her to leave.
 
The blond remembered Heero's first words when he reached the desolate station. “She will try to leave but we do not have another choice. Can you still want to help knowing that she will be against it?”
 
He nodded. The circumstances were against them. “She has duties and there will be chaos without her. Heero are you sure this is the only way?”
 
“Better people think she is dead than that be the truth.” The youth had to agree with his friend. However he still needed to comfort Relena. She had been through so much and he knew what it was like to lose your father.
 
He backtracked to her bedroom, checking the room again, just in case she was there, before he headed to the community lounge. Suddenly an object bounced off the doorframe, landing before him in the dim lightly. The Arabian bent to pick it up, realizing that it was the shell casing of a .45.
 
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The silent pilot turned when his name was called, meeting Wufei's eyes. “Where is Zechs?” His question was blunt Heero knew that he could not fool them all that easily but refused to divulge any information that would complicate the mission.
 
However, the Gundam pilot was saved when the Arabian youth burst through the door. His ragged breathing and panic filling the room as he spoke, “Relena…gone...found…this.”
 
Heero's eyes met the casing. In an instant, his fingers were in possession of the evidence. A bullet? Thousands of scenarios ran through his thoughts. Who could have gotten past their security? However, he did not rule out the small chance that Relena had tried to leave on her own. But it is the wrong casing if it belongs to one of us? He finally voiced his question. “Where did you find this?”
 
“Section 5A.”
 
Heero suddenly sprinted past the duo. He could hear their footsteps behind him. The man ran ignored the corridor to the left; 5A. It was useless. The trail there was cold already. The trio headed for the hanger. It was the only logical entrance and exit; the easiest way in and out.
 
The pilots filled the bay, finding the space empty. All eyes noted that the suits were untouched and nothing seemed to be out of place. The man jumped from the high staircase and quickly moved in front of Wing Zero. The paper had been visibly hid. He reached for it, opening the sheet to read the letters. Relena, what happened?
 
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“Where is Heero?” Trowa spoke to the others. They had remained hopeful but it did not look good. Relena could not be found. They had searched this floating rock three times.
 
Quatre turned opening his mouth to speak before Heero broke in. “We have to leave immediately. Prepare your suits and meet in the bay at o-one-hundred. They left us two clues.” He threw the items on the table as he turned and disappeared. Duo looked to his fellow comrades. The group was bewildered. Two clues; a .45 casing and a ransom note.
 
“What does the letter say?” Chang spoke quietly.
 
Quatre reached to pick the paper up.
 
“I have Relena Peacecraft. Surrender the rights to Red Dragon. You will be contacted within twenty-four hours with a drop time and place. If our demands are not met then we will detonate twenty-four bombs set in pre-selected cities then kill the girl.”
 
The blonde man looked to Wufei. “Who is Red Dragon?”
 
“I am assuming that whoever took Relena, it is their enemy,” Trowa answered.
 
The Altron pilot stood up. “We must get ready for the mission.”
 
Duo ignored the man's statement. “They must have been watching us and planning this from the beginning. How else would they have gotten her so easily?” He scratched his head then the Deathscythe pilot looked at his watch. “Is he crazy, that's in an hour and a half from now! We can't be fully prepared in time!”
 
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Omgosh~! I got two reviews. Thanks to Mumu and meliny for your encouragement. It is always welcomed and gives me a push to work more. This story is a slow process even though it shouldn't be! And it doesn't really get the same attention as my others. However, I will give it my best. Plus, it's pretty easy to re-write since most of the work is done. ^^
 
Please note that I don't have a beta reader so there still may be mistakes.