He tossed and turned in his wet clothes. It was cold, and it was dark.
He didn't know where he was supposedly running, but there was a light. He
followed it to a hopeful escape. Where he was headed, to him, was hell. It
just kept getting hotter and hotter. ' Where am I?' Thought the man. '
Where is this?' He thought again.
"Here." A voice said.
' Huh? What? Who are you? How do you know...' The man's thought was cut
off quickly.
" Oh, that's easy...You know me. You killed me, so naturally, I know
everything about you........"
Heero bolted upright, heart beating rapidly. Little beads of sweat
coursed their way down his face, as he calmed himself. ' It was just, a
dream.' Heero thought. 'But it was so real. I could have touched that
little girl.' Heero winced in pain as he sat up. He had started to bleed
again. Heero paid no mind to it and gazed out the window. It was still
night, but the moon shined through his window making it almost as bright as
day. It would be morning soon.
Heero fully opened his eyes and turned his head back to the side, and
there next to him was a sleeping form. She looked very tired, and her hair
was messy. ' She must've run, after what she said. It sounded like she had a
lot of anger.' Heero slowly sat up and caressed this girls sleeping face.
"Relena." Heero spoke softly, while wincing because of his newly opened
wounds.
She sluggishly tried to open her eyes as she felt a soft touch on her
cheek. Then a deep voice spoke her name and she was instantly awake.
"Heero?" Relena questioned groggily. "What are you doing up?"
"I had a thought that didn't sit well with me." Heero 1/2 lied. "And I
need..."
The light turned on and in came Sally who finished Heero's sentence. "And you
need to rest. Lay back down while I change your bandages. You've been
tossing and turning again, haven't you? You need to learn to relax."
"Hn." Was all Sally got.
"Relena, could you go find Duo?" Sally asked.
"Sure, but are you sure he'll be awake? It is only just dawn. And how
did you know we were awake?" Relena questioned curiously.
"It was about time I check up on him anyway, number one. Number two...
Yes, I'm sure Duo will be awake. I just saw him in the kitchen. Hehe.
Apparently, he had a bad dream and came to the kitchen to calm himself."
Sally chuckled and Relena laughed with her. "Hm, ok. I'll go get him."
Relena smiled at Sally then Heero. "Now Heero, don't try to be all tough and
ignore Sally." Looking at Sally, "If he does, call me." With that she walked
off.
"What was THAT all about?" Sally chuckled to Heero.
"Hn..." was all Sally got again, but Heero silently decided he would find
out later.
"Good morning, Duo. And how are you this morning?" Relena asked with as
much cheerfulness as she could muster. She hadn't had a good dream either,
but she obviously hid it well in her sleep. Heero didn't say anything to
her. Yet.
"I'm ok. Just had a weird dream. I am going to go talk with Heero, you
wanna come?" Duo asked.
"No, actually I was just in there. I was sent to find you." She replied.
'That's weird. I would think he would still be asleep in his condition.
Oh well, he is the perfect soldier after all.' Duo thought.
"Earth to Duo!" Relena tried again. Duo, totally unaware that this was
her 3rd time to call his name, finally answered. "Uh-yeah, Lena?" Duo came
out of his thought.
"I said I was going for a walk. Tell Sally if she needs me, she can find
me in the garden."
"Ok, if you happen to run into Trowa, tell him to meet me in Heero's room,
k?"
"Sure..." And Relena was on her way.
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Her shadow painted the morning grass as she approached the bed of Roses.
Roses were her favorites. Red, yellow, pink and white. They had a serenity
about them that comforted Relena. She sat down and began to hum. It would be
a perfect day. She was going to have the whole beautiful day off. She was
even planning on fixing that rose bush that was still broken. The wind had
torn it up, but the one rose remained. It was slowly drooping. But Relena
thought it was just dying... That it would come back later on in season. She
was oblivious to the irony of that thought. That the rose was slowly dying.
She was also planning on "getting to know" Heero a little better. (smirks,
hehe, not what you think! Sorry! lol)
Little did Relena know, a very small pair of eyes were watching her every
move.
~~~Back with Heero and Sally~~~
"What are you doing trying to sit up after what you have been through,
Heero? Lay down please. You might make your wounds bleed more than they
already are." Sally asked/demanded.
Heero did as he was told then answered. "Sally, I have to leave, so fix
what you have to and call the others. They need to hear what is going on."
Sally looked at him funny and then asked, "Well aren't you going to
tell me?" She chuckled at her question.
Duo walked in all of the sudden and greeted his friends. "Heya Sal, how's
Mr. Perfect?"
"Fine, Duo." Sally replied simply. "But as long as you're in here, I was
going to ask you something. Later tomorrow I am going to need a really big
bag of medic things. So I was wondering if you could kindly give me a hand
with it all tonight." She finished awaiting his reply.
"Sure, but why do you need all that stuff?" He answered.
"I had a weird dream. Hehe, isn't that strange? But I have a hunch and I
want to be prepared, just in case. I am a doctor afterall. I need to be
prepared!" Sally chuckled at the end of her statement.
"Could you leave Sally? Not to be rude or anything, but I need to talk
with Heero." Duo changed abruptly.
"When I am done, sure Duo. By any chance are the others coming as well?"
Sally answered, remembering Heero's request.
"Yeah, I already got them. They'll be here shortly. " Duo said as he
heard footsteps outside the door.
"Ok, Heero. Your all set. Now don't make me have to do this again. It
is a pain to get you to stop bleeding." Sally joked.
"Hn." Heero glared at Sally.
"Geez, Mr. Antisocial. You could at least say thank you." Duo scolded
sarcastically. ' He's different than yesterday. It must've been that medicine
Sally gave Heero...It's wearing off, and Heero is acting himself...hehe. It's
good to have him back.' Duo finished his thought while coming back to
reality. It was time to be serious again.
~Outside~
"What a beautiful morning. I wish everyday was like this." Relena
thought out-loud. The wind blew softly against her face as she closed her
eyes and breathed in the scent of the roses. What a beautiful day it was
indeed.
**Rumbles in the bush**
"I wonder what that was?" Relena said as she opened her eyes. She got up
and walked over to the bush. "AH!" Relena exclaimed as something with very
small eyes jumped out at her.
~~~Back inside~~
"So Heero, why did you call us here?" Quatra asked.
"Hn..." Heero grumbled, thinking of how dumb he was about to sound.
"Well Yuy? Are you just going to stare and make us read your mind, or are
you going to tell us why you have called us here?" Wufei asked annoyed.
"Hehe, he probably talked enough yesterday, so we'll have to read his mind
today!" Duo said jokingly.
"Hmph. The reason is we're not done fighting yet. And you all know it.
Something weird happened to all of us last night. Only two of us realize it.
Duo and I. Sally might have too, but there is no telling." Heero growled
right back at Wufei while glaring at a backing away Duo.
"What do you mean? Zechs took out the left-overs yesterday." Duo asked,
confused. But ever so slowly, realization crossed his cheerful, confused
features. "You don't think..."
"He did...He took out the decoy. On purpose." Heero responded. "He also
knew it was a decoy."
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"Oh my goodness! You scared me lil'one." Relena picked up a
small kitten.
Relena knew this kitten. It had found her a week ago. "You, little kitten,
brought peace to my life when I found I needed it. You are so sweet, cute and
cuddly. And you don't meow back." Relena giggled at her foolishness. Then
said, "Inside us all is a peace that only the quiet ones know. I guess that
is why I say what I do." Relena finished.
As she looked at the small kitten she was petting, it almost seemed like
it would talk to her right back. She shook her head. She stood, still holding
the kitten. "I think I will go to the park for a walk. You can come with
me. Hehmm." She laughed, and walked to the park that was only a few yards
from her garden.
The air was still crisp to the touch. It was still a perfect morning.
She saw an old woman sitting on the bench in front of the park. Relena sat
down next to the woman and smiled at her. "Good-morning." Relena said
cheerfully.
"Good-mornin, child. It is a wonderful mornin isn't it? Is he yours?"
The old woman replied pointing at the kitten Relena held in her arms.
"Yes, it is a wonderful morning. And no. **giggle** He sort of found
me. He likes to play in my Rose garden. Every morning when I go out there,
he's in the same old Rose bush playing with the same old Rose. It broke when
the wind blew too hard. **chuckle** I guess he likes it so much, he returns
every morning! Oh! I'm sorry! I am..." She was interrupted.
"That's all right, child. And I know who you are. No explanations need
to be made. My kitten, about 15 years ago, looked just like that one in your
arms. He is an old kitten, but is still playful. He loves my husband very
much, and always ends up in his arms at night. *chuckles* So how are you,
child? Is everyone in your life well? You look a little troubled." The old
woman asked out of the blue.
"Yeah, well kinda. Everything is well... Hehe. It's like you know me.
How do you know what to ask me about?" Relena questioned slightly shocked.
"Oh, I don't know. I just ask, because your eyes look sad, but cheerful
over all that bothers you.
Well child, I hope everything turns out well with whatever troubles
you." The old woman said and smiled. Relena looked down at her kitten and
smiled. She lifted her head to thank the woman.
"Well, you too. And tha..... Huh?" Relena looked around confused as to
where the woman went. ' I don't see her anywhere. Weird...' Relena
thought. "Oh well. Come little kitten. It's time to leave." She stood up
and walked home while blowing off that whole conversation and it's weird
"vibes".
~Authoress's Note~ Ok, so who liked this part? I am really workin on kicking
it up a notch. But it is really hard. I guess it is because I am workin on
another new story called Army Angels. This is hopefully "the one" that hits
it off really good. lol Ok, well I hope you likes! Buh-bye for now! Please
e-mail me all your comments! Authors love mail! ok bye now! ~Love's Angel~