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A.N.::::: A special thanxz to Rose who always makes sure my story is ok, cuz it probably sucks. 0_0 Ne way, also a special thanxz to Melody Moon who was the first to write to me and tell me that my story was great. Thanxz again! And please e-mail me ya comments!

The civilian was finally being situated as Relena came back, cloth and bowl in hand. She stated, "Here Sally, I brought the..." **Crash** "I-is that...Is that...He-Heero?"

~~Preventers H.Q.~~ "Milliardo?" "Yes, Noin." " Thank goodness I found you! The Black Plague has a loyalist. I don't know how many, but obviously there is evidence that there is one. We have a civilian in critical condition, who is currently under Miss Po's care. It seems the loyalist wants revenge. His first victim, hopefully, was the man upstairs. If he is still alive and if there is even a possibility that there might be more loyalist, shouldn't we increase secur..."

"Of course. Do what it takes to keep Relena safe. They may have, in a way, gotten Yuy, and they may have gotten that man in C.C., but they will not get my only sister." Milliardo interrupted.

" I'm not askin, Wufei. I'm telllin ya. Get my kit!" Sally broke in. It was unusual for Sally to be short whited, but she needed to get this man help. And fast. She tried one more time. As kindly as possible. " Wufei, please hurry and get my kit. I need more than what I have to cure the wounds on...this man. Miss Relena!" Sally exclaimed.

~~~10 minutes later~~~ " Uhh... Wha-- Why are all of you here? I don't remember inviting you. Don't take offense to that." Relena asked groggily. Suddenly remembering about the man in the bed, or the "civilian", she shot up and... "IS THAT...!!"

"Duo! *pause* *chuckle* Yes, it's Heero. See for yourself, Relena." Sally smiled. She stepped aside as the Vice Foreign Minister slowly crept up to the bed. The man in the bed was wrapped in gauze from head to toe. His unruly brown hair still stubbornly stuck out. That gave it away, though. Relena let out a short cry. It really was Heero. Relena quickly closed the rest of the gap and whispered, "Oh Heero."

It was the first time she had seen him in a year. Though it felt much more like a lifetime to her. It fell silent for a minute as Relena gazed upon the man she loved. Sally decided to break the tensed silence and say, " Uhm, I need to help Wufei find my kit. Trowa, will you go find Miss Noin and Zechs? Quatra, would you kindly come with me? I may need your assistance. Duo... Duo stay with Miss Relena in case she needs someone to hurry and get me while she stays here to help Heero." Sally smiled and everyone left except Relena, Duo, and of course Heero. (Where would he go? He's sleepin! ^_^)

"Heya Buddy. I knew you'd make it out ok. Though you don't look it on the outside, I know on the inside you are wide awake already done healing and waiting to get those bandages off. " Duo chuckled and looked at Relena. " I'm thirsty, so I'm gonna get a drink. You want anything?"

"No, thank you any way Duo." Relena replied simply. If she knew Duo, he'd go to the kitchen and eat everything in sight. So he wouldn't come back with her drink, just a very full stomach. Anyway, that should give her time to be alone with Heero.

Duo walked out and Relena spoke softly, almost as if she were talking to a baby. " Heero, even though I can hardly see you under all those bandages, I know your still here with us. Even though I can feel you, I still feel so alone. Alone in this world and alone because I know you'll never return these feelings I have raging inside for you. I guess... Well, you once told us all that one can only live a good life if he or she acts on his or her own emotions and be happy. I can live a life off of acting on my emotions, but I can never be happy. Therefore, I will never live a good life. I needed to tell you something one year ago, but you never cam back. So you're here now, and I still need to tell you that.....No matter what, Heero, I'll always...Always love you." she said the last part slowly.

" This year was tough. Without you to stir things up, or to slap the preventers in place, it was a slow painful year. It was hard for me to live, knowing that the reason you were dead was because of me. I hate being the helpless little girl who only has the power to persuade people. Not even at the most important times could I persuade someone to stop fighting. I am bad at that as well!" Relena finished and started to quietly sob.

" Relena, don't cry. You are good at what you do and that's important to the people of the world and colonies. And besides, don't you mean Duo stirred things up?" Came a hoarse, but soft and in a way sweet monotone voice.

"Trowa!" Noin yelled. Trowa turned around and saw one of the people he was looking for. He nodded at her approach. Noin spoke up, "Trowa, I'm afraid I've bad news. The Black Plague have a loyalist and he apparently got the civilian upstairs. In the shuttle, it looked as though there was a struggle between the man and the loyalist. I don't know how many we're dealing with, but we must keep Miss Relena and the man safe." Noin finished.

****Hey everybody! Sorry I'm goin so slow! I just wanted to get the Heero and Relena part in. After all, this is a romance story, right? (Ducks from tomatoes and other fruit and such.) HEY!! --Ne way, oh well. Thanxz to everyone who is stickin with me, and please read and review! E-mail me at chelsea.stewart@verizon.net or click on my name next to the story. Bye for now! Oh yea, should I continue??? ttyl~ ~L.A.~