Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Stolen Memories ❯ Chapter Eleven ( Chapter 11 )

Chapter Eleven

"You shot her!" Duo said incredulously "You idiot, you shot her!"

Heero lowered the gun and struggled to his feet "I shot the tyre." He said watching in satisfaction as the car slowed. He frowned as he saw the brake lights suddenly light up "Don't brake, Relena, turn the wheel into the skid!" he yelled, stumbling forward.

In shock all three saw the car spin around, leave the road and smash sideways into a tree. Duo grabbed Heero's arm "Way to go!" he said sarcastically, then took off running up the road towards the car. Heero stumbled after him trying to clear his head of the spray. Trowa followed behind shaking his head trying to clear his vision, as he had been the recipient of the largest dose.

Duo made it to the where the car left the road first and slid down the bank to the vehicle. He approached cautiously, remembering that Relena had a gun, and peered through the window. He blinked in surprise and looked over his shoulder at Heero and Trowa who were sliding down the bank. "You are not going to like this." he said.

Heero looked suddenly fearful and opened the door. The inside was empty. Relena wasn't there. He looked past the car, down into the forest. "She can't have gone far." He said, and retrieved the gun that Relena had used from the floor of the car. "She isn't armed either, it wont take us long to get her back."

"Yeah, well, you better not draw your weapon again Heero." Duo warned him pointing his finger at Heero's nose "Lena is on our side, remember."

"No, she isn't." Heero reached into the car again and pulled out Relena's bag "She isn't until we get rid of that damn from her brain. Until that time she is our enemy and you better remember that." He started pulling out the contents of the bag.

"Check to see if she has that spray with her." Trowa said "I would rather face a gun than that stuff again." Heero pulled out the tin of spray and Trowa grinned. "Let's go get her." He said, and started off into the forest.

Relena felt sick. Her head hurt from banging it on the driver's door. She had only been stunned for a moment or two after the impact, and had quickly gathered enough reason to vacate the car as quickly as she could and head off into the darkness of the wood. The pilots would get to the car quickly, she had no doubts, and they would be none to happy with her. They had showed no hesitation in shooting her off the road, it was likely that they would just shoot her now and be done with it.

She had run about fifty metres when she suddenly remembered her gun and spray. She cursed, she couldn't go back for them now. Stupid, stupid, stupid she chanted to herself as she ran on. Her heels were sinking into the pine needles that carpeted the forest floor; it was slowing her down. She bent down and pulled her shoes off and started running faster, though wincing as the dry pine needles cut into her tender unprotected feet. She threw one shoe far to her left, hoping that the pilots might think that she had run that way. The other she grasped firmly in her hand, it might be useful as a weapon of sorts - the three-inch heels were metal and quite strong. Relena suspected that a blow from it would hurt significantly, and she was quite willing to test her theory if one of the pilots got too close.

Relena's breath was coming fast now, and she slowed then stopped leaning up against a trunk of a tree. She had stitch in her side and her head was thumping. She tried to slow her breathing and listen for sounds of pursuit. She couldn't hear anything, no bird song, no animal sounds, nothing but her ragged breathing. Relena put a hand to her aching head and feeling stickiness there looked at her fingers to see blood. She stifled a groan as nausea flooded her. Get moving! Her brain ordered her, but her body was feeling very weak and wouldn't obey. She crouched down trying to form a plan in her mind, then she heard a twig break somewhere up the slope. Relena realised they were getting closer. She sprang to her feet and started running again as fast as she could down the hill.

Relena heard a grunt of surprise from behind her and the thud thud thud of someone chasing her. She looked over her shoulder to see Heero bearing down on her, face fixed and grim, eyes narrowed. Relena felt fear and a surge of adrenaline and started to run faster. She heard another grunt and felt an impact around her knees causing her legs to buckle and her body to fall forward. The forest floor came up at amazing speed and she felt her whole body jar as she hit the ground. The breath was knocked out of her lungs and she stayed down dazed and stunned.

The weight on her legs was removed, and she supposed that Heero had got up. She grasped the shoe tightly in one hand just under her body where he would not see, and kept her eyes closed. She lay perfectly still. She sensed Heero crawl beside her and felt his hands checking her pulse then moving to feel her skull for injuries. As the fingers moved down her neck to her shoulder blades, she suddenly rolled to one side and stuck out with all her strength swinging the shoe in an arch hoping to impact with his head. Her arm came to a sudden halt, and she saw that Heero had captured her wrist with his hand. They made eye contact, Relena put as much hate into her glare as she could muster, Heero looked back at her coolly. He forced her arm back to the ground, and as her hand it the ground she lost grip of the shoe. She was now on her back with Heero lying over her, hands on both her wrists, her arms up by her head. Relena struggled.

"Stop fighting me." Heero said, "I don't want to hurt you any more than is necessary."

Relena stopped moving and smiled sweetly "Yeah, right." She said, "That's why you shot at me."

Heero relaxed his grip of her, releasing one hand. He caressed the side of her face gently "I shot at the car, not you."

Relena kicked up with her legs, hoping to hit him in the groin, but Heero evaded easily and pinned her down again.

"Having trouble buddy!" Duo and Trowa trotted up.

"I am trying to convince her that we are not going to hurt her!" Heero growled. He let go of one of her arms again, and kneeled beside her still holding the other arm. Relena sat up.

"You kidnap me. You shot at me." She said, "You cause me to crash and then tell me that you mean me no harm. Yeah, right!" Trowa had offered her his hand to get her to her feet, but she ignored him and stood up on her own.

"If you hadn't panicked and hit the breaks you would never have left the road." Heero retorted getting to his feet. He pulled back her hair gently to assess the damage. "Everyone knows to turn into a skid and not to slam on the brakes."

Relena slapped his hand away. "I usually have a chauffeur, Mr Yuy" she said in an angry voice "I don't even have a licence. I last drove a car four years ago. How the hell was I supposed to know that."

Duo laughed "Lena has a point Heero. And I guarantee that when she remembers, she is still going to be very angry with you!"

"I suggest we return to the car and see if it can still be driven." Trowa interrupted "We need to make contact with the others soon, and the day is almost over." He started making his way back up the slope.

Relena considered making another run for it, but decided against it. There was no way she could outrun these men, and Heero would not let go of her arm. She followed him meekly up the slope wincing as her battered feet encountered rough twigs and pinecones. Heero looked back at her "Do you want me to carry you?" He asked. Relena scowled at him and increased her pace so that she was in the lead and he was following.

Carry her indeed!