Dangerous To Love: Chapter Three
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 3:17 pm
Disclaimer: I don?t own anything or anyone.
Note: I?m taking full advantage of my days off to write a few more chapters. Well, as the public demands, a Heero/Relena moment. Finally! Well, have fun little ones.
?How long are we going to be here Relena?? Duo persisted as he fought the hunger that made his stomach feel hollow.
Relena spared him a sidelong glance before she answered, ?As long as it takes Duo. We?re safer here than out in the open.?
She had lost track of how far deep they were in the woods long ago. She hadn?t had the chance to explore it and prepare herself before the attack. But she had to allow that they were fortunate enough even with the situation. In her younger years, she had been through ten times worse scenarios. But her right leg was throbbing so bad she could barely hide the limp from Duo. She knew he would make them stop and then they would waste time arguing instead of forging ahead. She wanted to rest. Jesus, how she badly wanted to just lay her body down and not move for years. Instead, she swallowed her weakness and forced one determined step after another.
Branches snap from up ahead and she reacted in automatic mechanism. She grabbed Duo and threw both of them down behind a thicket of brush. She slipped the gun out and readied her sight for the target. The sound made by footsteps was getting louder. Closer. If the enemy wanted to surprise them, he was not doing a very good job. Any amateur would have heard him coming. Relena released the safety and waited patiently for her prey. Cool, calm and deadly. She was in her element now. The hunter instead of the hunted. She was taught the game in her early years. With the repeated mantra of, ?search and destroy? whispering in her ear, she had been sent into the middle of the game to clear the way. Her job then was to hunt down the snipers and kill them before her team could proceed. Relena forced the memory down and concentrated on the present kill.
It was too easy. It was as if the target intended to be spotted and shot. She frowned in confusion. She spotted the black army boots first. Then followed tan slacks that were meant to blend with the surrounding so as to appear less visible. She tensed as she waited for the man?s whole profile to come into view. Her gun raised, her trigger finger flexing, she released her breath and aimed.
Prussian eyes as deep as the midnight sky stared directly into hers. Startled, she froze and forgot her training. There was something about him. He stood before her with no weapons. His eyes communicated with her in a level that made her heart flutter. How did he know where she was? She made sure that nobody would be able to spot her and Duo. And what was he doing trailing after them if he wasn?t there to get rid of them? Her wariness returned full forced and she aimed again. But then she heard his voice.
?Relena Dorlian.?
Deep. Rough. Masculine. The sound of her name whispered by that voice sent shivers down her spine.
?Brilliant. You know my name.? She laced her voice with sarcasm and a hint of warning.
Silent laughter rumbled from him and she frowned. Then Duo moved from where he crouched beside her with his own weapon drawn. He studied the stranger then his face split into a grin.
?Well hell, if it ain?t Heero Yuy in the flesh!?
And before Relena could do anything about it, he stood and made his way to the stranger. She cursed his careless hide and stood with him, her weapon locked on its target for safety measures.
The blue-eyed man grinned back at the amused Duo. ?Maxwell,? he greeted Duo before his gaze rested on her. ?You might want to tell her that I?m no threat before she decides for herself and shoot me dead. I heard she shoots first before she ask questions.?
Duo glanced back at Relena then said in a careful tone, ?Relena, this is Heero Yuy. He?s not one of Mendoza?s recruit.?
?And how would you know that? I told you Duo, men can be bought.? How long could she keep up the pretence? Her right leg was on the verge of failing her. She refused to leave her safety in the hands of a total stranger.
?If I wanted you dead, you wouldn?t be standing here right now pointing that gun at me.?
It was so simply stated that she almost believed him. But wariness was too ingrained into her brain that she only shook her head in denial.
?Maybe Mendoza wants me alive and you?re here to bring me in.?
?You?re reaching. He probably does want you alive but any fool would know better than to stand before you with no protection. If I wanted you brought in alive, I would still be forced to hurt you to get you to cooperate. But you?re unharmed Relena. And so am I.?
Which meant that even from the beginning, her intuition knew that he was not enemy. It left her baffled for a second, the fact that her instinct deemed anyone safe enough for her to hesitate pulling the trigger. Was she losing her edge? She hoped to hell that wasn?t the case because she needed her edge now more than ever to stay ahead of Mendoza. And she also needed her ingrained mistrustful nature to guard the blue-eyed stranger who claimed to be on their side.
He was studying her now, waiting for her to come to her own conclusions, his eyes drilling holes into her soul. Slowly, she removed her finger from the trigger and lowered the gun to her side. She watched as he relaxed his rigid stance and blinked in relief.
?There?s a small clearing just a few minutes from here where a chopper is due to meet us. Mendoza?s men aren?t far behind. We?d better get moving.?
?How did you know where to find us?? Relena questioned before following his lead.
?We saw the smoke coming from the cabin and figured you must have ran. There?s no other place to go for safety but into the woods.?
?There are others aren?t they? I thought they were suppose to be surrounding the place. Why haven?t Duo an I encounter any of them??
Heero met her gaze and indifferently stated, ?I took care of it.?
Before she could question him again, she heard the noise of the chopper as it descended into the clearing they had reached. A few more steps. She stumbled as her right leg buckled underneath her weight. She hurtled forward and was a few inches from meeting the grassy earth when a pair of masculine arms caught her fall. She muttered an oath and clung. Then she was swept into those same arms and carried into the chopper. She wanted to protest. She wanted to stand on her own two feet and climb into the helicopter on her own. But too late, she was sitting on his lap and her exhausted mind couldn?t even find itself back from the shadows that enticed her to sleep. And for the first time in Relena?s dangerous existence, she let herself go and closed her eyes as two arms held her in its warmth. Just for a few minutes, she thought to herself. A few minutes to let herself believe in safety because he held her. A stranger that could easily be an enemy hiding behind Prussian depths. She would abandon everything for just a few minutes. Then her whole body went slack and she let out a hidden sigh.
Heero Yuy watched as the woman closed her eyes and rested her blonde head on his shoulder. He felt her breath released into a weary sigh near his ear. He studied the dark spot on the right leg of her jeans. Her leg was bleeding and he knew that she was probably bruised from head to toe. But she had managed to outwit the bastards who had betrayed Zechs and Barton for money. He had been beyond surprise when he had his first glimpse of her. She was a legend as an agent. A woman who knew more about weapons and war than any soldier. A woman whose appearance reminded him of a fragile and gentle princess. It was hard to believe that such a small body was able to handle impossible tasks. How was she able to take bullets and wounds without losing her life? To say she amazed him was an understatement. The woman astounded him.
Duo studied Heero without uttering a word, amused by his bewildered expression as he continued to study the woman sleeping in his arms. He understood the amazement and curiosity more than anyone. Relena Dorlian was a woman that could take any man?s breath away and leave him floundering for breath. Wasn?t he still floundering for that breath he had lost so long ago? And about three other men he knew were still in the same state. And Duo Maxwell deemed those men and himself included, fools. For in certain moments, he pretended that Relena Dorlian was just like any other woman and not a warrior. And in certain moments, he purposely believed that Relena Dorlian was capable of human emotions. But then reality would set in like Godzilla and show him that in truth, Relena Dorlian loved no one.
He turned away from the sight of Heero and Relena and gave himself up to the demands of his exhausted body. He closed his eyes and dreamed of silence and safety.
to be continued...
Note: I?m taking full advantage of my days off to write a few more chapters. Well, as the public demands, a Heero/Relena moment. Finally! Well, have fun little ones.
?How long are we going to be here Relena?? Duo persisted as he fought the hunger that made his stomach feel hollow.
Relena spared him a sidelong glance before she answered, ?As long as it takes Duo. We?re safer here than out in the open.?
She had lost track of how far deep they were in the woods long ago. She hadn?t had the chance to explore it and prepare herself before the attack. But she had to allow that they were fortunate enough even with the situation. In her younger years, she had been through ten times worse scenarios. But her right leg was throbbing so bad she could barely hide the limp from Duo. She knew he would make them stop and then they would waste time arguing instead of forging ahead. She wanted to rest. Jesus, how she badly wanted to just lay her body down and not move for years. Instead, she swallowed her weakness and forced one determined step after another.
Branches snap from up ahead and she reacted in automatic mechanism. She grabbed Duo and threw both of them down behind a thicket of brush. She slipped the gun out and readied her sight for the target. The sound made by footsteps was getting louder. Closer. If the enemy wanted to surprise them, he was not doing a very good job. Any amateur would have heard him coming. Relena released the safety and waited patiently for her prey. Cool, calm and deadly. She was in her element now. The hunter instead of the hunted. She was taught the game in her early years. With the repeated mantra of, ?search and destroy? whispering in her ear, she had been sent into the middle of the game to clear the way. Her job then was to hunt down the snipers and kill them before her team could proceed. Relena forced the memory down and concentrated on the present kill.
It was too easy. It was as if the target intended to be spotted and shot. She frowned in confusion. She spotted the black army boots first. Then followed tan slacks that were meant to blend with the surrounding so as to appear less visible. She tensed as she waited for the man?s whole profile to come into view. Her gun raised, her trigger finger flexing, she released her breath and aimed.
Prussian eyes as deep as the midnight sky stared directly into hers. Startled, she froze and forgot her training. There was something about him. He stood before her with no weapons. His eyes communicated with her in a level that made her heart flutter. How did he know where she was? She made sure that nobody would be able to spot her and Duo. And what was he doing trailing after them if he wasn?t there to get rid of them? Her wariness returned full forced and she aimed again. But then she heard his voice.
?Relena Dorlian.?
Deep. Rough. Masculine. The sound of her name whispered by that voice sent shivers down her spine.
?Brilliant. You know my name.? She laced her voice with sarcasm and a hint of warning.
Silent laughter rumbled from him and she frowned. Then Duo moved from where he crouched beside her with his own weapon drawn. He studied the stranger then his face split into a grin.
?Well hell, if it ain?t Heero Yuy in the flesh!?
And before Relena could do anything about it, he stood and made his way to the stranger. She cursed his careless hide and stood with him, her weapon locked on its target for safety measures.
The blue-eyed man grinned back at the amused Duo. ?Maxwell,? he greeted Duo before his gaze rested on her. ?You might want to tell her that I?m no threat before she decides for herself and shoot me dead. I heard she shoots first before she ask questions.?
Duo glanced back at Relena then said in a careful tone, ?Relena, this is Heero Yuy. He?s not one of Mendoza?s recruit.?
?And how would you know that? I told you Duo, men can be bought.? How long could she keep up the pretence? Her right leg was on the verge of failing her. She refused to leave her safety in the hands of a total stranger.
?If I wanted you dead, you wouldn?t be standing here right now pointing that gun at me.?
It was so simply stated that she almost believed him. But wariness was too ingrained into her brain that she only shook her head in denial.
?Maybe Mendoza wants me alive and you?re here to bring me in.?
?You?re reaching. He probably does want you alive but any fool would know better than to stand before you with no protection. If I wanted you brought in alive, I would still be forced to hurt you to get you to cooperate. But you?re unharmed Relena. And so am I.?
Which meant that even from the beginning, her intuition knew that he was not enemy. It left her baffled for a second, the fact that her instinct deemed anyone safe enough for her to hesitate pulling the trigger. Was she losing her edge? She hoped to hell that wasn?t the case because she needed her edge now more than ever to stay ahead of Mendoza. And she also needed her ingrained mistrustful nature to guard the blue-eyed stranger who claimed to be on their side.
He was studying her now, waiting for her to come to her own conclusions, his eyes drilling holes into her soul. Slowly, she removed her finger from the trigger and lowered the gun to her side. She watched as he relaxed his rigid stance and blinked in relief.
?There?s a small clearing just a few minutes from here where a chopper is due to meet us. Mendoza?s men aren?t far behind. We?d better get moving.?
?How did you know where to find us?? Relena questioned before following his lead.
?We saw the smoke coming from the cabin and figured you must have ran. There?s no other place to go for safety but into the woods.?
?There are others aren?t they? I thought they were suppose to be surrounding the place. Why haven?t Duo an I encounter any of them??
Heero met her gaze and indifferently stated, ?I took care of it.?
Before she could question him again, she heard the noise of the chopper as it descended into the clearing they had reached. A few more steps. She stumbled as her right leg buckled underneath her weight. She hurtled forward and was a few inches from meeting the grassy earth when a pair of masculine arms caught her fall. She muttered an oath and clung. Then she was swept into those same arms and carried into the chopper. She wanted to protest. She wanted to stand on her own two feet and climb into the helicopter on her own. But too late, she was sitting on his lap and her exhausted mind couldn?t even find itself back from the shadows that enticed her to sleep. And for the first time in Relena?s dangerous existence, she let herself go and closed her eyes as two arms held her in its warmth. Just for a few minutes, she thought to herself. A few minutes to let herself believe in safety because he held her. A stranger that could easily be an enemy hiding behind Prussian depths. She would abandon everything for just a few minutes. Then her whole body went slack and she let out a hidden sigh.
Heero Yuy watched as the woman closed her eyes and rested her blonde head on his shoulder. He felt her breath released into a weary sigh near his ear. He studied the dark spot on the right leg of her jeans. Her leg was bleeding and he knew that she was probably bruised from head to toe. But she had managed to outwit the bastards who had betrayed Zechs and Barton for money. He had been beyond surprise when he had his first glimpse of her. She was a legend as an agent. A woman who knew more about weapons and war than any soldier. A woman whose appearance reminded him of a fragile and gentle princess. It was hard to believe that such a small body was able to handle impossible tasks. How was she able to take bullets and wounds without losing her life? To say she amazed him was an understatement. The woman astounded him.
Duo studied Heero without uttering a word, amused by his bewildered expression as he continued to study the woman sleeping in his arms. He understood the amazement and curiosity more than anyone. Relena Dorlian was a woman that could take any man?s breath away and leave him floundering for breath. Wasn?t he still floundering for that breath he had lost so long ago? And about three other men he knew were still in the same state. And Duo Maxwell deemed those men and himself included, fools. For in certain moments, he pretended that Relena Dorlian was just like any other woman and not a warrior. And in certain moments, he purposely believed that Relena Dorlian was capable of human emotions. But then reality would set in like Godzilla and show him that in truth, Relena Dorlian loved no one.
He turned away from the sight of Heero and Relena and gave himself up to the demands of his exhausted body. He closed his eyes and dreamed of silence and safety.
to be continued...
Sorry, just wondering. Can't wait to see the next chapter!
