Heero sat at his desk typing furiously. The dark room lit only by the glow of the monitor against his face. Ten minutes ago he had received a mission from Dr. J himself. He had an extremely bad feeling about this one. He would be attacking into the heart of a heavily guarded Oz installation. From satellite pictures he had been able to confirm at least one hundred mobile suits. He finished jamming the schools security cameras and shut down his computer.
He believed he would die in this battle. He eyed the envelope in his pocket and decided it was time to deliver his letter. He exited his room and headed down the hallway to his old friend Duo’s room. He stepped inside and shook him awake.
“Huh? Heero? *yawn* What is it?”
“Duo, I have to ask a favor of you.”
“Well well, the great Heero Yuy needs my help does he?”
“Just shut up and listen. I am asking you this as my best friend.”
“OK Heero, what is it?”
“I am going on a mission tonight and I don’t think I will make it out alive, I need you to deliver this letter in the event of my death to Relena.”
“What? You’re not serious! Let me come and back you up man!”
“No, It’s my mission and it’s too dangerous. Just promise me you will deliver this.”
“Heero, I follow you anyway.”
“Promise me!”
“OK… I promise.” Heero handed him the letter and got up to leave. But he knew Duo too well. The minute he was gone he would come and follow him. He knelt down again.
“I’m sorry Duo, it’s for your own good.” He gave him a good hard punch in the stomach that knocked him out.
He powered up Wing Gundam and changed to bird mode. He flew off into the night. When he arrived there were already some twenty Leos on guard that noticed him instantly. He changed and fired his buster rifle and took half of them out. Immediately the bases alarms went off and more suits attacked. He fired the buster again and threw it down. He drew his beam saber and cut down five Leos.
Ten minutes of furious fighting went by and he was out of bullets and low on fuel. He had finally reached the bases command tower when he was hit from behind with a shower of bullets. fifteen Aires were behind him firing furiously. It was no use, he was totally surrounded by the enemy. He picked up his rifle and destroyed twenty who were clumped together. He had one option, self- detonate. He was close enough that the explosion would easily destroy the entire base. He pushed the detonation switch and said his last words, “Mission accomplished.”
One week later was Heero’s funeral. All the G-boys were there along with a lot of people from school including Relena. Dr. J was able to create a cover up for his death. He had created a cast of Heero’s body and the obituary read “suicide”. After the casket was buried everyone left except Relena and Duo.
“He died on a mission didn’t he Duo?”
“Ya he did, I could have stopped him. He gave me a note for you though.” He handed her the letter that Heero had given him. She took the letter and saw that it had the well-known saying on it. S.W.A.K. Sealed with a kiss. Tears trickled down he face as she opened the note.
Dear Relena,
If you are reading this, then I have passed away. I know that you loved me and want you to know that I loved you as well. I would like to leave you with some words to help ease your pain and help you live your life to the fullest.
May the good lord be with you down every road you roam
And may sunshine and happiness surround you when you’re far from home
And may you grow to be proud, dignified, and true
And do unto others as you’d have done to you
Be courageous and be brave, and in my heart you’ll always stay
Forever young
May good fortune be with you, may your guiding light be strong
Build a stairway to heaven with prince or a vagabond
And may you never love in vain, and in my heart you will remain
Forever young
And when you finally fly away I’ll be hoping that I served you well
For all the wisdom of a lifetime, no one can ever tell
But whatever road you choose, I’m right behind you, win or lose
Forever young
With these words I bid you, my Relena, a fond farewell.
The End