Relena clutched the arm of the Epyon’s pilot seat as it was turned around and headed back to the remains of the ship she had just escaped from. ‘Hold on Heero, we’re coming. Just don’t leave me!’ her mind cried as she watched the remains of the ship become closer and closer. Suddenly she saw a brief flash of white and red.
“There he is! Over there!” She cried pointing to the small spec of wait that floated among the debris. Immediately Death Scythe and Epyon made a beeline to where Relena had directed the Wing Zero soon becoming more than just a spot of white.
“Heero, Can you here me Heero! Answer me!” Duo shouted over the com link. “Damn, He’s unconscious.”
“Millardo, Duo, each of you grab an arm and let’s get him to safety. We have to find an antidote, and fast.” Relena stated, letting her ruling instincts take over temporarily. Both pilots glanced at each other through the vid windows and then immediately followed her directions. Soon Wing Zero was suspended between Death Scythe and the Epyon, while they headed for Peace Guard. After they had begun to head back, Sand Rock, Heavy Arms, and Shanglong soon surrounded them on three sides. Giving cover for any stray enemies that may still be around.
Back at Peace Guard, Noin and Sally had received the message from Quatre about Heero being poisoned, as well as that Hilde was beat up pretty badly and would need some attention. After receiving this everyone had sprang into action preparing to assist Wing Zero into the hanger, and help him from the cockpit to a gurney where Sally would immediately take a blood sample to discover what kind of poison was used and if there was an antidote. Noin launched her white Taurus out of the hanger and prepared to help Wing Zero into the hanger, since the door would not be big enough for the Gundams to help him through.
Micalla, Dorothy, Cathy, and Howard all stood by ready to assist Sally in helping Heero, and Hilde. They all waited anxiously for the pilots to return safely. Finally Noin announced that they were in view, in a matter of minutes Death Scythe was in the hanger, Duo immediately climbing out, with Hilde carefully in his arms. Setting her down he then turned and rushed over to Wing Zero’s place, as Noin carefully maneuvered the Wing Zero into place before returning her Taurus into it’s place. Once this was accomplished, the other 5 quickly entered, the Epyon, followed by Heavy Arms, Sand Rock, and Shanglong being the last,.
Millardo helped his anxious and terrified sister out of his gundam, her feet barely touching the ground before she ran over to the feet of Wing Zero, watching as Duo, and Trowa carefully pulled an unconscious Heero out of the cockpit and lowered him down to the waiting gurney. Relena rushed to his side clasping one of his cool hands in her warm, but trembling ones. As soon as Heero was on the gurney, Sally took a blood sample, then gave orders to take Heero to his room while she figured out just what poison had been used. Relena never left Heero’s side as Howard and Wufei wheeled him to his room.
Meanwhile Cathy helped Duo with Hilde as he placed her on another waiting gurney, then proceeded to help move her to Duo’s apartment. Everyone else slowly let their adrenaline levels go down. Those who were left unconsciously forming couples standing together, each drawing support from the other. Noin stood by Millardo neither of them taking there eyes off the hallway in which Heero, with a terrified Relena at his side, had been wheeled down. The two desperately hoped that Heero would survive, not because of his talents, but for him as well as Relena. Even though Heero had been cold and very aloof during the war, all who had met him and spent any time around him, new that it was a mask. To protect him from the terrors of fighting, they all had such masks even Relena.
Trowa stood with an arm wrapped around Micalla who was leaning on his shoulder her eyes squeezed tightly to try and block out painful memories that were returning from when OZ had attacked her home, killing her family. Trowa taking one last look down each of the hallways that the two gurney’s had rolled slowly steered Micalla down another towards his own apartment on Peace Guard.
Quatre stood holding Dorothy’s hand watching as everyone left the hangers except for Noin and Zechs who had not moved. Walking up to them quietly as not to distract them completely from their thoughts he spoke softly.
“If you would like, I can show you to can stay while here on Peace Guard?” he asked letting his gaze also fall on the hallway leading to Heero’s room. Noin and Zechs turned to look at Quatre and Dorothy by their side. Noin nodded.
“Yes, that would be fine Quatre. Thank you.” She replied. With that the four of them headed down the same hallway Trowa had gone, but soon turned a corner down another hallway.
Relena sat in a chair right nest to Heero’s bed. She gazed down on his unconscious figure, barely being able to keep her tears in check. He was so handsome like this, asleep, he almost looked innocent, as if the wars had never occurred. Her mind drifted back to the last time she had seen him unconscious.
It was right after my birthday, I’d chased after him to the military base trying to find out who he was. He had whispered my name, and then put a gun to my face, telling me I was in over his head. Then Duo had arrived and shot him, but instead of thanking Duo I went to Heero, tearing my own dress to make a bandage for the gunshot wound. He’d fired torpedoes at the surfacing gundams, although I didn’t know it at the time. Then he’d fallen unconscious. I took him to the bases hospital when he didn’t wake up. Then I went to see him the next day and seen him lying there unconscious. If hadn’t already fallen for him I did then. He disappeared for a while after that when Duo broke him out. ‘ And now after all we’ve been through I may lose him still.’ She thought tears finally slipping through her barriers. Gripping Heero’s hand a little tighter she leaned over her head gently resting on his chest and let the tears fall as great sobs began to rake her body. “Heero, Please don’t leave me again. Heero. You can’t just leave me. It’s my fault this happened. It’s all my fault.” She sobbed. Heero laid in blackness, comforting darkness. Here nothing could reach him, he didn’t have to kill anyone, and he didn’t have to hide behind his mask of ice. No, here he could be just himself; he didn’t have to deal with pain. Pain, that constant ache in his heart that only went away when he was with Relena, even here I didn’t reach him, wait no what was that. ‘Crying, but why would I be hearing crying?’ he wondered no putting concentration on that sound. ‘Relena.’ He realized, ‘She is crying; but why? Could she be crying about me?’ Then he heard her voice.
“Heero, Please don’t leave me again. Heero. You can’t just leave me. It’s all my fault this has happened to you. It’s all my fault.”
‘No Relena, I could never leave you now.’ He thought, ‘Not after I’ve realized what you truly mean to me. And whatever has happened can’t be you fault. You’re to perfect.’ He heard her still crying and struggled to open his eyes to see her. Agonizingly slowly he managed to get his eyes open and see a beautiful pile of honey blond hair draped over his chest, a shaking and sobbing figure hiding beneath it. Summoning what little strength he had he lifted one arm and then the other and wrapped them around her shaking shoulders pulling her closer to him. Then finally getting his mouth to work whispered.
“Shhhh. It’s all right Relena. I’m never going to leave you. And whatever it is you fear, It’s not your fault.” He said soothingly. At the sound of his voice Relena slowly raised her head out from hiding to look into his beautiful prussian blue eyes.
“Oh Heero. I’m so sorry, if only I’d been able to warn you about the poison sword, than you wouldn’t be fighting for your life right now.” She choked out, tears still falling down her face.
“Don’t cry Relena, I’m not going to leave you alone. I… I … care about you to much.” He managed to whisper, his strength beginning to fail him once again.
“Ohhh. Heero, I love you so much it hurts. I couldn’t bare to lose you.” She replied, one of her hands reaching up to gently stroke his cheek, her eyes never leaving his. Heero only nodded barely being able to remain conscious.
“I……l…love you to………… Relena.” He barely whispered before falling unconscious again.
“HEERO! No please don’t leave me!” She cried out before sobs took over her body and she cried herself to sleep clinging to Heero, his arms still wrapped around her.
Sally sat at the desk in the infirmary aboard Peace Guard, staring at numerous vials of liquid each of them a shade of very ugly green. Studying them once more for any change in color, she sighed then closed her eyes tightly. ‘Damn! That @$$^*!# would chose a poison with no known antidote.’ She yelled in her mind. Suddenly she felt a familiar warm and strong hand on her shoulder, she knew who it was without turning around.
“Wufei. How is he?” she asked already sure of the answer.
“He’s still unconscious, but he doesn’t appear to be getting any worse for the time being.” He replied slowly beginning to rub some of the tension out of her shoulder.
“That’s good, if this was anyone other than Heero, I doubt that they would have a chance by now. The poison is very new, and is extremely deadly, and usually pretty fast acting.” She replied, still with holding the worse part of what she had discovered. Wufei placed a glass of orange juice down on the table before placing both of his hands on her shoulders, supporting her. “The worst part is that there is currently no known antidote for it.” She finally dropped the bombshell after a pause. Immediately she felt him stiffen up behind her.
“There is no hope then?” he stated, not really asking.
“I’m running some tests, right now she said moving her hand to motion to the vials, her eyes still closed. As she moved her hand motioned to the vials it connected to another container and there was a sickening clatter and splash. Sally opened her eyes to see a spilled glass of orange juice, with half of it’s contents landing in some of the vials. “No.” she barely managed to whisper out, then squeezed her eyes tightly shut, tears beginning to seep through. She had probably ruined any chance of Heero’s survival with her klutzy maneuver. Wufei slowly spun the chair she was sitting in around and gathered her into his arms, letting her sob into his shoulder. No matter if she looked weak right now, he knew she was not. His hands gently stroked her back, trying to sooth her. His eyes wandered to the now contaminated vials, and looked at them puzzled, the ones that had the juice spilled into them were no longer an ugly green, but were beginning to look more like blue.
“Sally, are those vials supposed to turn blue?” he asked still completely puzzled by the color change. She sat straight up and looked at the vials before springing into to action and running to a box of medical supplies. She soon came back with three syringes in her hand. Opening one, she held it over one of the uncontaminated vials and depressed some of the fluid into the vial. In a matter of minutes the green had greatly faded and there was tinges of blue. With that Sally took off running towards Heero’s quarters, leaving a befuddled Wufei still standing behind the chair she had been occupying.
TO BE CONTINUED……………….
Okay I admit it I love leaving cliff hangers, but I promise I will wrap it up all in the next part, or the next part plus an epilogue. But if you want them I NEED FEEDBACK! Or else I won’t send the rest. I just want to say thank you to all who wrote to me or reviewed it I, really appriciate it.
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