Standard stuff: Gundam Wing is not mine, but I do enjoy playing around with it some. My intent is purely for entertainment purposes only and no money is being made on this work.
Here we go again! :)
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All That You Leave Behind Chapter 2
Heero watched Relena fall back in her seat in slight
disbelief. Without pause he climbed into the car carefully and moved to her
side. Franticly he searched for a pulse and studied her looking for wounds. She
looked fine and had a strong steady pulse. Briefly satisfied he turned his
attention to Maggie. Her pulse was faint and she had a large gash on her
forehead. Blood running at a semi-steady pace.
Heero quickly removed his white dress shirt and proceeded to tear it into pieces making a crude compress for Maggie’s head. He applied light but firm pressure that helped to bring the bleeding to a trickle. Afraid she may go into shock Heero slid her out of the car and set her down on the cool pavement lifting her feet. Time wasn’t on his side.
Glancing back to Relena his stomach began to sink. Instinct took over and he pushed aside his doubts and disbelief.
The welcoming roar of ambulances rested his immediate fears
about the girl bleeding to death. Heero moved back to the car and carefully
scooped Relena up in his arms and carried her out of the car holding her close
to his chest. Within minutes Preventer paramedics took on Maggie’s immediate
care.
“Commander we’re taking them to St. Johns.”
Heero nodded in response then met eyes with the man. “Nothing
is to happen to her, to them. Do you understand me? Nothing!”
The man nodded, “Yes sir, we'll do our absolute best.”
The paramedic’s words did little to reassure Heero.
Satisfied his point was clearly made he nodded and added. “Keep this under
wraps no press and I’ll be following you in shortly.”
The EMT nodded again then motioned for his team to load up
and head on out.
About the same time two black sedans pulled up carrying
several Preventer agents that jumped out like busy bee's accessing the
situation. A few of them were wearing dress suits while the others adorned
jumpsuits. Heero watched Relena be loaded into the back of the ambulance.
Seconds later it departed and his stomach turned uneasily again.
“Commander.” A voice called out to him. Heero turned
sharply on his heel to find an agent by his side. Lieutenant Jason Oliver one of
his men.
“What happened sir?”
“An accident," Heero answered bluntly. Jason's face
went rye looking over the obvious. Heero continued, "The Foreign Minister
was in this car. Sweep the entire area and clean this mess up. I don't want any
traces or any press leaks until we determine her status.” Heero stressed.
“Yes sir, no traces.” Jason answered swiftly watching Heero move and reclaim his phone from the top of the smashed up limo. Heero ducked his head back into the back seat of the car and scanned for personal effects. A few briefcases, no smaller articles.
"Sir, I can have those items brought over to you." Jason spoke up.
“Yes, do that and when you are done report directly to me at St. Johns. I'll be there throughout the night."
“Yes sir.” Jason saluted watching Heero jump in his car.
“Dial Duo.” Heero spoke and waited as his car
acknowledged the request which sent a call out to Duo’s home.
**
Hilde forced her eyes open waking from a deep sleep. Their
bedroom phone rang again reassuring her that she hadn’t been hearing things.
She reached over flicking the button activating the audio signal. “Hello.”
She muttered.
“Hilde, it’s Heero. I need to speak with Duo.” His voice hinted at a very slight alarm.
Hilde knew Heero never called unless it was important
especially at home.
“Give me just second Heero.”
“Understood.” He replied revving the engine of his car
again.
Hilde shook Duo waking him. “Duo, Heero is on the line. It’s
important.”
Duo blinked forcefully as he pulled his head up from his pillow he reached for the phone.
“This better be good Heero.”
“There has been an accident with Minister Darlian. I need
you to contact Oliver for cleanup and meet me at St. Johns Hospital. I’ll fill
you in there completely and make it quick.”
“Fill me in on what?” Duo questioned but Heero had
already terminated the call.
“I’ve got to go.” He mumbled climbing out of bed.
“Go where?” Duo met eyes with his wife. “St. Johns
Hospital. Relena Darlian has been in an accident. Heero says he’ll explain
there. Don’t worry I’m sure everything is fine.”
**
Heero was in a near sprint as he entered the hospital pulling a sweatshirt over the dress tee he was wearing. He headed directly to a special wing of the hospital that was reserved for Preventer and governmental use. A quick flash of his badge to the guard had him on the wing looking for help.
“Heero?” A light voice called.
Heero turned around to find Karen Mead standing before him.
She was a Preventer nurse whom he was very friendly with not too long ago. They
had dated off and on for a few months and Karen had fallen for him. But Heero
abruptly broke it off not giving a lot of reasons. Her honey brown hair pulled
up in a ponytail allowed the natural lines of her face to shine.
“Karen.” Heero said surprised.
“You're looking for Minister Darlian?
“Yes.“ He nodded. “How is she?”
“She’s fine. A small concussion but nothing serious. She’s resting down the hallway."
“And the other two?”
“They have stabilized the girl and are checking out the
extent of her injuries now. The man will be fine also. I’ll update you as I
find out more.”
“Thank you, Karen.”
Karen studied Heero’s face for several seconds before
continuing.
“You can find her down the hall to your right room 228B.”
“Thank you.” He said already heading down the hallway.
She watched his form move down the hallway and sighed
quietly.
**
Heero knocked lightly on the door then peaked his head in finding Relena asleep. The room was semi-dark with only a small light offering the room some warmth. He watched her sleeping form for several minutes before walking all the way in and closing the door behind him. Carefully he moved close to her finding her breathing rhythmic. She looked pale but he figured her color would come back soon. It wasn't long until her eyes fluttered several times finally opening.
They stared up at him and fought against the dark room to adjust. Instantly she knew whom it was standing next to her. Relena closed her eyes tightly then opened them again smiling weakly, "I wasn't dreaming."
“No, I’m afraid not.” He replied his voice low.
A full blown one soon replaced her weak smile. “You would
say that.”
Heero found himself smiling at her comment he was relieved.
She hadn’t seen him smile before so broadly and she liked it. He looked good
she was relieved.
”You saved me?"
He looked away from her and nodded. "Not really." He apprehension from the accident still apparent.
An uncomfortable silence filled the room for several moments
as the two starred at each other.
“Do you know how Maggie is?”
“She's been stabilized and the doctors were checking out
the extent of her injuries when I came in. I’ll get a doctor to give you full
details.”
“Stay.” She whispered before he could take a step.
His feet wouldn't budge.
“I never thought I would see you again.” She said softly.
He faced her again. “I’m sorry.”
“Sorry for what?”
‘For more than you’ll ever know.’ He thought. “For
the accident. I’m sorry it couldn’t be avoided.”
“What happened Heero?”
Heero recounted the story the best he could. "And as I approached the hill, your car sped across the middle of the road. We both served and your driver lost control. I called for help and did the best I could for your friends injuries."
"Thank you Heero." She said softly.
"You should get some rest." He offered.
"There is so much to say." Relena said, avoiding the subject though she was dreadfully tired.
"Nothing that can't wait till the morning. I'll take care of everything... don't worry yourself." He offered trying to be comforting.
She smiled again. "You've changed."
His face slipped under one of his many mask. "We all do." He responded.
"You will be here in the morning?" It wasn't so much a question as a request.
"Where would I go?" He answered their eyes connecting deeply.
He nodded and started to continue but his eyes focused in on an object. Shiny, large and round that adorned her left hand. He knew instantly what it was and kicked himself internally for not making note of it before. Heero considered his new options carefully and a level of uneasiness he had never felt before set in. "I'll be.." Before he could finish a voice chimed in from across the room.
A tall man walked into the room flicking the main light
switch on starring down at a clipboard wearing a white lab coat with the
Preventer symbol on the left arm,. The man glanced up and catching Heero in his
eye. “Oh my apologies Commander I didn’t mean to interrupt. Just wanted to
check on the patient one last time for the night.”
“It’s fine, I was just about to step out.” Heero
replied quickly.
"I'm Doctor Adam's minister." The man said.
“You’re coming back aren’t you?” Relena asked before
Heero could leave.
“Of course.” He replied his voice back to its stoic self
and he avoided locking Relena’s eyes in another embrace.
“Take care of her Doctor.” Heero added leaving the room.
Heero stepped out of the room and sighed quietly glancing down at his watch. "2:45am."
'She's engaged? I expected as much...' Heero cut his train of thought off and removed his phone from his pocket and scanned it for messages walking into a lounge to start making phone calls and was greeted with a familiar but often irritating voice. “Ya know I'd really like to thank you for waking me up?”
'Here
it comes.' Heero silently thought.
“So you almost killed her again?" Duo teased grinning.
“It wasn't my fault”
"Yeah,
yeah, I've heard that one before."
Duo was rewarded with a solemn glare and silence.
"What do you have for me?" Heero asked.
"Everything is cleared up around the accident. Turns out
the driver of the vehicle was heavily intoxicated. He’s lucky no one was killed.”
“Yes very lucky." Heero added.
"Minister Darlian is set to be released late this morning. The
press hasn’t caught wind yet and the driver has no immediate family here on
the colony. I've already spoken to his employer and they've agreed to keep quiet
for now.”
“Good, I suspect the Minister will make some type of
announcement today.” Heero said leaning against a wall.
"The Minister?" Duo teased.
Once again a glare fell on Duo's shoulders.
Duo grinned and decided to alter the subject slightly. "What's our involvement going to be in this?"
Heero looked up to the ceiling for a moment, knowing Duo's true meaning behind the question. "I'll leave that up to Relena."
"And how is she?"
"She's fine."
"And you?" Duo pressed.
"Fine." Was Heero's short response.
“Are you sure?
“Yes, why wouldn’t I be.” Heero replied.
“Well I dunno, maybe because Relena Darlian walked back in
your life. You two have a..." Duo considered his words carefully.
"Unique shared history.”
“Why would that change my life?” Heero’s cool demeanor
hid his conflicting thoughts.
"Heero who are you trying to fool?"
"She's engaged to be married Duo." Heero responded flatly not in the mood to be pressed.
Duo's playful smile was erased quickly. "What! Are you certain?"
"It's hard to miss the ring on her finger..."
"Yeah right!" Duo pushed hoping Heero maybe grew a sense of humor. "Your joking right?"
Duo could see a few of Heero's facial muscles move slightly and his silence was deafening.
Duo shook his head, disappointed. "I'm sorry Heero." Duo walked to the other side of the room. "So that's it then?"
Heero didn't answer and the two men stood in silence for close to a minute.
“Fine, I give up…but what did you expect Heero? Six years is a long time."
"I, I expected nothing and neither should've you." Heero answered.
"Yeah sure thing... If you don’t mind I’ve been up
all night cleaning up your mess. I'm going home to get some sleep.”
“Thanks Duo I owe you one.”
“Yeah I’ve heard that one before.” Duo mumbled walking
out.
Heero squeezed his phone and asked himself the only question his mind would offer. "So that's it then?"
**
“You’re all set for release tomorrow Minister. I’m sure
Commander Yuy may have some more questions for you though.”
“Commander Yuy?” She questioned.
“Yes, he’s the commanding officer of all Preventer agents
and personnel on L2.”
“I see, I didn’t realize.” She smiled, Heero had done well for himself.
“If I can do anything else for you please let me know. Now get some rest, and don't worry about your friend she's going to be fine."
“I will, thank you.”
The doctor smiled and left. Relena rolled to her side and quickly fell into a light sleep thinking, tomorrow couldn't come soon enough.
**
"She'll be fine Commander, I've given her something to help her sleep."
"She's set for release tomorrow?" Heero asked.
"Yes, I'd like to keep her companion a few days but the Minister should be good to go." Adam's replied.
"Good. I'll arrange some transportation for her in the morning. Can I see her again?" Heero asked.
"Yes, but allow her to sleep sir." Adam's answered.
Heero glanced at Doctor Adams quickly. "Understood." He then walked into her room and took a seat in the corner. She rested quietly. 'Why are you still here?' He asked himself begrudgingly. 'I'm repaying an old debt." He told himself, 'Yes, an old debt.'
Morning came quickly.
**
Relena’s eyes fluttered several times as she fought the morning light flooding her room. The colonies did their best to mimic the day/night cycle of Earth and a very good job they did. Almost too good she thought stretching out under her sheets.
A knock at the door alerted her. "Come in."
A young woman with blue eyes and blond hair in her early twenties Relena figured brought a suitcase in the room. "Ma'am Commander Yuy had your items brought over."
"Thank you. Do you know where I can find the Commander?"
"He's left the hospital. I'll be taking you to your hotel once you're ready."
A confusing uneasy look found its way to her face.
"Where did he go?" She questioned.
"I'm afraid I don't know Ma'am but he stayed her in your room throughout the night. He stay's very busy." The woman answered.
"Stayed here?" Relena questioned puzzled.
"Yes, ma'am." The young officer replied quickly.
'Gone again Heero?' The familiar chord from long ago once again danced about her mind. "Just give me a few minutes please."
"Yes Ma'am. I'll be outside whenever you are ready." The blond headed woman replied stepping outside the room.
Relena silently cursed him for disappearing again. "What did you really expect Relena?" She chided absently to her suitcase sliding it open removing a change of clothing.
Her eyes glanced down at her engagement ring. "I should call him." She said absently, but it wasn't long before Heero Yuy danced about her mind again.
'Did he see it?' she wondered. 'Did he even care?' Relena clutched her fist tightly and cursed fate.
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End Chapter 2
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