Starman chapter 10

[wsprs]

Relena had found the paper and pencil in the stall, and smiled at the ingenuity of Hilde. How they knew she would be coming this way, she didn?t understand, but she wasn?t about to waste their efforts. She finished her note, and pasted it on the mirror with a bit of tape that had been resting next to the paper. She nearly shrieked when her companion burst into the room. Heaving with fear of discovery, she tried to hide the note by standing in front of it. She couldn?t understand why he was standing there, looking around the bathroom in slight wonder, seemingly unaware of her note.
?Um. I?m finished in here. We can go now.?
She walked to the door and opened it, prepared to lead him out, and her heart nearly beat out of her chest when he walked over to the mirror. Tears froze in her eyes, too cold to be shed.
?Please. Let?s just go??
And he nodded in affirmation, and turned awkwardly to follow her out. Relief almost did what fear did not, but her heart managed to remain unburst. Five steps he came after her before he turned and went into the bathroom again to take the note, unknown to Relena.

In the car once again, they drove off. Relena smiled softly to herself and appeared less drawn, until her passenger spoke.
?What iz kid-napp-ed??
Relena, in sheer panic, hammered her foot on the gas, and clutched the steering wheel with knuckles white with the force of her grip. Shuddering with sobs that could not be released from lungs tight with terror, she slammed both feet on the breaks with all her weight. The car screeched in a painful wail as the tires spun, but the car came to a dead stop just feet from a cliff, the tires smoking from burning rubber. The man beside her, unfazed, brought out a slightly crumpled piece of paper, and opened it to reveal words written in haste.

KIDNAPPED
In?67 orange/black mustang PRINCESS plates.
Heading on I-80 W
HELP!

?What iz kid-napp-ed??
He looked towards the now crying female, and handed her the note for her to inspect. She didn?t take it, rather she thrust her head away and sobbed.
?Kidnapped is being dragged out of your house in the middle of the night by some.. whatever you are! And being forced to drive all night with a gun pointed at your side, not knowing where you?re going or what?s going to happen to you once you get there! So if you?re going to kill me, just do it now because I?d rather be shot than go on being scared to death!?
Her words done, she sagged in her seat, spent. Not long, for he took the gun and pointed it directly at her head, something profound deep in his eyes. Relena braced herself, drew in a breath, and clenched her eyes tight.

And heard a click.

Her eyes flew open, and she flinched. At her head, the gun still pointed. Only now, the case holding the bullets was at her side where he had released it and let it fall. Confused and afraid, she slowly turned her head in short jerks to look at her captor. He cocked his head, and the intensity of his sorrow and compassion looking back at her from eyes she had thought moments before strange and discomforting, overwhelmed her. And he held her gaze until she had no choice but to succumb to their soft caress, despite the feeling she had that he was trying to memorize her as she was that moment. He smiled then, and looked almost sad as he spoke.
?I meen you no harm, Releena Peese-craft.?
And she found that despite herself, her fear faded under his gaze until only the buzz of sleepiness and comfort pounded in her chest. Her trepidation was still present, but only a whisper of what it had been. And then she gasped as the memory of the raccoon flooded her mind.
See, Heero? Just show him that you mean him no harm and he will accept you?

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His eyes once again fell on the resting woman to his side. Not more than two hours before, he had insisted that she allow him control of the machine so that her body could regain strength. She hadn?t the vigor to protest much, despite his lack of experience with driving. She told herself that if he could reach Earth from space, kidnap her from under the noses of the most skilled soldiers in the world, and if he had even a tenth of Heero?s abilities, he could operate an automobile.
Strange. Heero taught me how to drive, once upon a time
With a wry grin and a quickly fading ?what-am-I-doing?!? look, she passed the keys over, and fell into deep sleep even before her head could come to rest on the seat back.

And now, boredom. Maintaining velocity and course was entirely too simple to keep his attention. The energy level of the machine was sufficient, so the only objects that merited his notice was the scenery flying by and the sleeping female. He quickly determined that the landscape had not, and probably would not change for an immeasurable amount of time. The silence dragged on, as did the road in front of him. He looked again to the woman to his right. Without the little female?s company, though fitful and silent more often than not, he was growing fussy. He blinked in revelation, and allowed the new sensation to seize control of his awareness, marveling at how irritated and fidgety he became. A small smile played at his lips at his new discoveries, and his aggravation was replaced with amusement. His mirth reminded him of something the female ? Relena Peacecraft ? had done when she felt thus. He released the steering wheel with one hand and pressed one of the many buttons on the consul to his right. As expected, music came to his ears, and he cocked his head to listen. Shortly after, he found the repetition in rhythm and lyric, and joined his own music to that of the radio. Pleased with the melody, he felt compelled to add to its beauty, and began to adapt the tune to harmonize. So engrossed he was in singing, he failed to realize that his companion had awoken, and sat stunned, observing him. A movement caught the corner of his eye, and he turned to see her wide-eyed expression. Immediately, he switched off the music.
?I am sor-ry. I did awak-en you.?
Relena, was staring at him in awe, a wisp of a smile gracing her lips. She brought her knees to her chest, and held them to her.
?Do they sing where you come from??
He looked over to see that she still stared at him, eyes full of wonder.
?Sinng. Yes. We sinng.?
He looked back to the road, and simulated concentration as she had done when operating the machine. He was aware that her attention was still on him, but was unsure of how to elaborate. Apparently though, she was accustomed to such a response, and didn?t press. Instead, she overly extended her limbs and opened her mouth so that it became a great wide chasm. Bewildered, he tried to speculate as to what the ritual meant. She saw his casual observation, and grinned.
?It?s called stretching. People do it when they?ve not moved for a while. It just feels good.?
He nodded and she looked out of her window in mild interest. A moment passed, and she turned her attention back to him, brows crunching in curiosity.
?Aren?t you hungry? You know, empty here. Like a car needs gas.?
She patted her stomach with a hand. He raised his eyebrows as though a great mystery had been solved.
?Yes. This bod-y has an empti-ness. This is called hun-gry??
She smiled.
?Yeah! And when people get hungry, they have to eat food.?
His answer was immediate.
?Yes. We mustt do that. We will stop at food stat-ion. You have hun-gry, too??
At this, he looked at her with obvious anticipation. At her nod, he turned back to driving with renewed gusto. Relena?s toothy grin slowly faded as she looked him over intently.
You are so much like Heero. But then again, you aren?t.
Suddenly, the car lurched, and she was thrown into the seat cushion. Her attention was torn from the driver and wildly searched the road in front of them. One hundred meters ahead was a stoplight, a yellow stoplight, and rather than slowing down, he was speeding up! She flung her vision to the intersection, and saw to her dismay a circus truck.
?What are you doing!? STOP!!?
But instead, they blew passed the intersection - at her guess, well over ninety miles an hour. She tossed her head to look at the fate of the truck through the back window, and found that it had swerved to avoid hitting them, and had crashed into a ravine instead. Thunderstruck, she flung her icy glare to the moronic man and bludgeoned him with it.
?WHAT did you think you were doing! I thought you said you could drive this thing! You said you watched everything that I did! That you knew the rules!!?
Casually, he turned his hooded gaze to her flaming one.
?I watch-ed you ver-y careful-ly. Red light stop, green light go, yell-ow light - go ver-y fast.?
Exasperated, she huffed and sat back, flustered and fuming, shaking her head to herself, flabbergasted. When she resigned to sit quietly, he turned his full attention back to the road, confident she would do nothing more of interest.

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?I watch-ed you ver-y careful-ly. Red light stop, green light go, yell-ow light - go ver-y fast.?
Exasperated, she huffed and sat back, flustered and fuming, shaking her head to herself, flabbergasted. When she resigned to sit quietly, he turned his full attention back to the road, confident she would do nothing more of interest.

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