Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ To Look Back and Cry ❯ Past Pain ( Chapter 4 )

To Look Back and Cry

By Sabersonic

Thanks for the- Aw sh** Thank you for those review people, they were vary………helpful. Hope you liked the new chapter. Again I do not own Gundam Wing.

Chapter 3:

"Heero!!!" Relena bursts into tears as she tackled him in a bear hug. "Oh thank goodness you're all right! I thought that I'll never see you again!"

'Okay, this is defiantly unexpected of her.' Then he mentally slapped himself. 'You dumb ass! Do you really think that after seeing you fight and almost die from a Crongus Warrior that she'll be calm and rational!' Heero saw that Relena was crying and it nearly broke his heart. He wrapped his arms around Relena's shaking shoulders to comfort her and calm her down. He had dreamt of this moment all this time, to be able to hold Relena in his arms.

"Oh God Heero, I missed you…." Relena wept into his chest. "I missed you so much." Heero had never seen Relena so humanly weak before. Of all the times that he had known her, Relena was never so emotionally weak. She was vigilant and caring, something that he could not be. Qualities and more that have gained Heero's admiralty, respect and love. He would do anything to make Relena happy, to make so that she wouldn't cry. Comforting Relena like this was making him fall in love with her all over again.

"I missed you too Relena." This immediately caught Relena's attention. She looked up and both their eyes locked. She had never known Heero to be so….human. Of all the time that she had known him, Heero had never been so human. Heero was dedicated and persevere, some things that Relena wished that she was when she first met him. At that time, Heero was a mystery that captivated her. After knowing more of Heero, she then became compassionate towards Heero, that eventually evolved into love. Even though Heero had been unemotional, even cruel towards her, Relena had always believed that Heero had a human heart. Even on that one fateful day, when Heero was killed trying to protect her, she had believed that Heero cared for her, if not loved her. And now she's seeing Heero become human made her fall in love with him again. "And I never want to loose you again."

"Oh Heero." She had dreamt of this moment for such a long time. It was almost out of a dream, but she made herself realize that it was not a dream, it was truly happening. "I love you Heero."

"And I love you Relena." Then they kissed a kissed that was so long denied to the two of them. Denied because of the loss of a loved one that brought them into depression and emotional pain. Finally, their pain was healed and they no longer have to be alone.

~*~

In the morning, Heero was released from the hospital, after Heero trying to convince Relena that the wound in his side was nothing and Relena saying otherwise. She had her butler, Pagan, to pick them up at the hospital.

'You can't really blame her you know.' Heero thought to himself. 'You could have hid the com badge in a place that wasn't so…..bloody to get. But you just had to have the excuse of saying that it was the best place to hide it. Yah, it was the best place to hide it, but it was a pain to get it out again.' Heero then looked at Relena at the corner of his eye. 'And besides, after whatever happened to that other Heero, Relena would have to be extra cautious when it comes to you. And since you're a UCE soldier fighting an alien species that could destroy an entire starsystem in a single blast, she defiantly has the right to be overprotective.' Then the limo arrived. 'God, she finally changed the color of the limo. Wherever she got the idea to have a pink limo is beyond me.' They entered and drove away towards the Penthouse apartments that Relena was currently staying. Pagan, he remembers Relena's old butler and long time companion. He wonders if he has family and not the only survivor like him. Pagan then got a call from a cell phone and then called back to Relena.

"Miss Relena, your brother wants us to make a detour towards the Preventer headquarters."

"That's alright Pagan."

'Zechs, still alive?!' That defiantly surprised Heero. The last time he last met Zechs was when he destroyed the power core on the Libra during the final battle of the Eve Wars. This dimension was defiantly different from his home dimension. First there was the Preventers, then Wing Zero having Angel wings, and finally Zechs Merquise still alive. He wonders just what else was different in this universe. They finally arrived at Preventer Headquarters. Heero remembered that he fought that Crongus Warrior in that building. He was too busy to notice what was inside if the building. They entered the building and then led towards the elevator and then towards a room. Relena, reluctantly agreed to move into another room while Heero was led to an interrogation room. Inside he found Milliardo, Wufei and Sally. 'Wait a minute, Sally and Wufei? Now that's defiantly a change. In my home universe, those two hatted each other's guts.' Heero sat down upon a chair.

"Now then Heero, we are only going to do some questions and we expect you to do the best of your abilities." Heero then nods. This was a truly alien atmosphere. Normally in his universe, Sally and Wufei were always arguing about something. It is a common thing that when you walk into a room with the two of them together, they were arguing about something. "Now then, do you know who the two fleets that appeared yesterday are?" Heero nodded. "Would you tell us who they are?" Heero knows that it was a complete violation of the Inter-dimensional Directive.

"They are the 148th Earth Expeditionary Fleet Armada Group 'Kamikaze' and the 14th Imperial Invasion Force Group."

"And what organization do they belong to?"

"The 148th belong to the United Colonies of Earth and the 14th belong to the Crongus Intergalactic Circle."

"Are they a threat to the Earth Sphere Unified Nation?"

"Only the Crongus. We do not know what they're intentions are here."

"Where did they come from?"

"Another dimension." This time it was the Preventers who were shocked. They had expected that the two fleets were from a distant future, but not from another dimension.

"Should the Preventers be involved in-"

"No." Heero interrupted immediately.

"And why is that?" Wufei asked.

"Because you would be killed as soon as you become an enemy to them."

"We would already be enemies to these 'Crongus' if they have hostile intentions against us. What would be the difference." Milliardo asked.

"You'll live longer." That defiantly sent a chill up Milliardo's spine. He never truly known an enemy that could be so much of a threat like the Crongus.

"Then why are you able to fight them Yuy?" Wufei blurted out.

"Wufei, please." That was a familiar tone. Heero should have known that the two of them never get along.

"I was trained to fight the Crongus. Training that not many normal humans are able to accomplish successfully."

"Like training to be a Gundam pilot?" Wufei asked, remembering how difficult it was to be a Gundam Pilot.

"Even more intense. You have to have reflexes and a response time that only a few humans were able to have naturally. I was able to pass the training because I am one of those few humans. But still it was difficult."

"That doesn't seem pleasant." Sally said.

"Trust me, it doesn't." Heero said with sarcasm in his voice. The three Preventers were becoming uncomfortable around this Heero Yuy. The Heero Yuy they've known wasn't even this close to being emotional. "May I ask you a few questions?"

"Go ahead, we are trying to know the other the best." Milliardo said to Heero.

"Good then. How did you survive the explosion on Libra back in A.C. 195?" Milliardo didn't like that question. But he had to answer it anyway.

"I wasn't exactly sure. One minute, I was facing a huge infernal that was rushing towards me. The next, I find myself floating in space aimlessly. Why'd you asked?"

"Well because in my universe, you died in that explosion." This defiantly raised a few eyebrows. This was unexpected news from this Heero Yuy. But then again it had to be expected, Heero was from another universe parallel to their own, and yet different. The four questioned for at least two hours. They talked about thinks like what happened after the Eve Wars, both politically and personally; what was happening now and other things similar to that, well almost everything. Finally Heero was freed to go, having all the information they needed

~*~

"So Milliardo had died in your Universe Heero?" Relena asked. The two were outside an ice cream parlor in downtown Brussels.

"Yes, Noin took it very hard when she heard that. It took nearly a year and a half for her to get back on her feet. She still missed him back home." Heero then licked some of his vanilla ice cream. "Almost felt like ages since I had one of these."

"Really?"

"Yes, many things were lost during the Great Wars in the 21st Century of the UCE's universe, and ice cream was no exemption. It was considered a lost art and it took them almost a century and a half to recreate ice cream and even now it's an expensive treat that only a few could enjoy. All we had were synthesized deserts that didn't even taste as well."

"Lost?"

"Yes. It was most likely lost during their Global War. All information slightly predating and during that era was lost. Not only that, but many animals and plants on Earth became extinct as well. Horse, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Ducks, Wheat, Rice, Roses, many things that were common place were extinct or endangered to becoming extinct. After that, meats had to be synthesized and rare plants had to be brought down from the Island One Colonies and the newly established Venusian and Martian Settlements to feed the starving populace then. Not only that, but there was an unbalanced population boom that occurred in the 21st Century. That even made the distribution of food even harder."

"That's so terrible."

"That's nothing compared to what happened to the Earth during those wars. As of then, the British Isles, Kashmir, the Arabian Peninsula, Siberia, Antarctica, Managasgar, Central America, and the West African Coast are all Nuclear Wastelands. Nothing could live in them. All caused by the wars." Heero then stared down upon the ground. "The UCE had a blood stained past and a terrible legacy that lasted for centuries." That made Relena felt sad. She had never felt so helpless in her entire life. The UCE had to endure a legacy caused by the blind recklessness of their ancestors that left a lasting streak that effected even the current generation.

"That's so sad. Almost everything lost because of those damned wars." That was a first, Heero never heard Relena cursed after all he had known her. This was a very different universe indeed.

"Yes, and many believe that is what caused humanity to devide during the Great Colonization in the late 21st and Early 22nd Centuries."

"Devide? What do you mean?"

"Well during the late 21st Century, when humanity had achieved a way to colonized the stars, they divided. Two Colonization Fleets went in search of a homeworld they can call there own. This caused the birth of the Confederate Worlds of Sawl IV and the Muslim Commonwealth. Not only that, but there were several Post-Apocalypse Civilizations/Kingdoms that separated themselves from the rest of star bound humanity. Most of them were located in the mid-west North America, Australia, Eastern Europe, Central Africa, China and the Pacific Islands. The UCE called them that because they have sunken into a period of anarchy and ruled by the strong."

"Did the UCE ever made friendly relations with the Post-Apocalypse Civilizations/Kingdoms?"

"Well only one, the Biker Empire. They were the only Post-Apocalypse Civilization to be able to attain space power, though it was limited. All the others despise the UCE or just wanted the technology of the UCE to use to gain absolute power over their neighboring kingdoms." Then Heero realized what this talk was becoming. "I'm sorry. All this is making this very depressing. We're suppose to be enjoying ourselves, are we not?"

"Um yah, we were." Just then Pagan walked up to Relena.

"Miss Relena, I'm very sorry to intrude but this is an emergency."

~*~

At the Preventer Headquarters, Heero was being shown data of an unidentified object launching objects at the earth.

"So, do you know any idea as to what it is?" Heero studied the information very carefully.

"That is a Galaxy Frigate and Blockade Runner and it is launching unmanned Cargo Drop Pods."

"Why do you think they would do that?" Chief Anne Une asked.

"I don't really know. There may be some other UCE soldiers who were left behind on the Earth when the fleets jumped." Then Heero's comm badge beeped and he looked at it. "That's strange, my locator beacon is activated- Get me to a clearing immediately." The other Preventers weren't sure why Heero wanted that, but agreed. The nearest clear area was the Town Square and they took Heero there. Just as they reached the Town Square, the huge Cargo Drop Pod landed. Heero approached the pod and looked for a data panel.

"Yuy, what are you looking for?" Wufei asked.

"Yah, what are you looking for?" Duo asked.

"A data panel to open the pod." Heero then found it. He typed in a few security codes and then a grid appeared and he placed his hand upon the screen.

"Security. Codes. Clear. DNA. Scan. Clear. Initiating. Message." Then a hologram of a Japanese Decent in Admiral Attire appeared. The Admiral had half of his face slightly discolored and his left arm was a robotic arm. Heero Yuy saluted.

"At Ease Yuy. As of this moment, the mission here has turned into a stalemate. The 148th have been pinned down in a gunfight with the Crongus on opposite side of Jupiter. Chances of you being retrieved from the planet, not likely. We are sending you some equipment and weapons to use in case some Crongus Warriors have also been left behind. We do not know what weapons the Crongus will have so we have given you the best weaponry for all scenarios. Also we've assigned to you the prototype Bio Gundam for use against Bio-Fighters. It is a new mecha that is equipped with the experimental Muscle Hydraulics System. It is also able to perform the Turbo Thrust maneuver with a few milliliters of a special hormone that will temporarily enhance the strength, speed and speed of both the Muscle Hydraulics System and the Bio-Neural Circuts equal to a Mecha equipped with external Turbo Thrust Pods. There are also other soldiers who were left behind, so find them and if there are any Crongus Soldiers, eliminate them. That is your objectives as of this moment on until we can get you back. Good Hunting Soldier, and God Speed." The Message ended and the pod opened up to reveal many weapons.

"Shit Heero, that is a lot of weapons for one guy."

"Never underestimate the Crongus, always overestimate them." The group then sees the Bio Gundam. It looked similar to the Wing exempt that it looked different. It had the same wing nacelles and the Buster Shield and the Head Design was the same, it's just that everything else was different. Its color scheme was not mostly white and blue like the Wing, but mostly green shades. "That should service for the moment." Then Sally received a call from Preventer Headquarters.

"Guys, we've gotten ourselves a hostage situation."

~*~

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