The Ice Princess
Part II
Heero laid on Relena’s bed.
He had his eyes close.
He could hear the blizzard outside.
It had been like this ever since Relena left.
It hasn’t even been a day and he already missed her.
Who would have thought that he, The Perfect Soldier, would finally find love and actually want to settle down? Of course he wasn’t a boy anymore. He was 23 years old.
Only few people knew of Relena and him being together. And what he meant by few, was still very few.
Suddenly the vidphone began to ring.
Heero admittedly sat up and stared at the phone.
Odd, they were not expecting any calls.
Heero stood up and answered the phone.
Sally Po appeared on the screen. She looked nervous and afraid.
Heero knew something was wrong.
"What happened?" He asked.
"We lost communications with her shuttle a few hours ago, Heero. We’re trying very hard to relocate her."
He felt his heart skip a beat knowing that Relena was missing.
"I’m on my way."
"Wufei and I will be searching the area for her. Don’t worry Heero, we’ll find her." Sally said while disappearing from the screen.
Heero looked outside the window.
The blizzard was still strong.
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Noin stood as Sally finished explaining the situation.
"I understand. I’ll inform Millardo about it." Noin said while disconnecting the line with Sally Po.
Relena was missing. How was she going to tell Millardo about this?
She headed towards his home office.
She saw him sitting quietly on his chair staring at the blizzard outside the window.
"Millardo."
Noin looked around the office.
She notice that the place had suddenly become covered with ripped pieces of papers and broken vases.
Did he already know?
"Millardo, Relena is missing. We lost communications with her shuttle."
Still no reaction.
"Millardo, we need to find her."
Millardo suddenly laughed.
"Millardo?"
He stood up and turned around to face her.
His eyes were red due to crying.
Noin realized he already knew about the situation.
Millardo stopped laughing and took a deep breath.
"You’re right Noin, we need to find her."
Noin was surprise with this sudden change of emotions. But she didn’t question it and accepted it.
"Let’s go." Millardo said and headed out the door while Noin followed closely behind.
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Wufei watched the empty radar screen for any signs of life out in space, especially, Relena Darlian’s life.
They had been searching for her for over a week now. He was beginning to doubt that she was still alive.
Relena was being considered lost in space along with the shuttle’s crew.
All the ex-Gundam Pilots had joined in the search along with the Preventers.
To Wufei, Relena Darlian wasn’t his friend. But she did represent peace. And that meant that she was important, not only to him but the Earth and its Colonies.
He wasn’t planning on giving up. And he knew that the others didn’t plan on it as well.
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Lady Une sat in her Preventers’ office.
She knew it was useless. Relena was gone.
She had been missing for over a week now. Earth and the Colonies were on hold awaiting news about their former Queen of the World.
She looked down at her desk and prayed that the people did not loose another icon like Treize.
Suddenly her vidphone rang.
She straightened herself out and answered it.
On the screen appeared a unknown man wearing a doctor’s uniform.
"Who are you?" Lady Une asked. She wasn’t in the mood for phone calls.
"Are you in charge of the Rescue Mission of the Vice Foreign Minister?" Asked the stranger.
"Yes. Once again, who are you?"
"My name is Dr. Ritz."
"Yes?" She wanted to end this conversation quickly.
"I’m calling in regards of the Vice Foreign Minister. You see, she is presently at our clinic on Colony L1."
Lady Une stood up and nearly grabbed the vidphone off her desk.
"She’s alive?!"
"Well, she was brought in by a young gentlemen who said found her on the street unconscious. She was in a coma for five days and awoke yesterday. She told us who she was and gave us your number."
"That’s great! Where are you located exactly?!" Lady Une said while jumping for a pen and paper.
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Relena was alive.
That was all Heero could think of.
She was alive and well.
Though his face showed no emotion, inside he was jumping with joy.
"Hey man, I know you’re happy that she’s alright. Come on! Act happy at least." Duo told Heero while they walked down the hall that lead to Relena’s hospital room.
Heero and Duo were the first ones to arrive on Colony L1. The rest would arrive shortly.
Soon they were standing in front of the doorway of her room.
Duo smiles grew bigger suddenly while Heero remained emotionless outside.
They opened the door and saw her standing by the window.
Her hair was tied in a braid like Duo’s.
She turned around and looked at them.
Heero felt like something was different.
"I really thought you were dead Relena!" Duo announced as he gave Relena a hug.
"What happened?" Heero asked suddenly.
Relena looked at him.
"We lost power and communications. I don’t know how though. Next thing I knew I woke up here." Relena said never taking her eyes off of Heero.
Duo smiled. "Don’t worry. As long as you’re alive and safe nothing else matters."
Relena nodded.
"By the way, what happened to the other people who were on the shuttle with you?" Duo asked.
"I don’t know."
"Relena!" They heard a voice yell.
They turned around to see Noin and Zechs standing at the doorway.
Noin ran up to Relena and hugged her.
"I’m so glad you’re okay." Noin said.
Zechs stepped into the room and stared at Relena.
The room filled with silence.
They knew what to expect.
But Zechs only nodded and went to sit at the couch next to the bed.
Nobody knew how to react.
Zechs had never acted like this with Relena before.
"Well, lets go home, Relena. The others will be there to welcome you." Noin said changing the subject.
"Alright."
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Trowa watched as everyone had a good time at Relena’s home.
They all had been worried but now they were much happier.
Even Wufei was sort of having fun.
Trowa left the room filled with a very drunk Duo and Hilde and entered the private library of Relena’s.
She had so many books and it looked like a mini library instead of a home one.
When Trowa reached the back of the library he heard the door open and foot steps.
Trowa remained quiet, something he was very good at.
"Are you alright?" A male voice said.
"Yes." A female voice answered.
Trowa knew these voices.
"Were you afraid?" The female voice asked.
"Yes." The male answered.
Trowa knew who it was now.
It was Zechs and Relena.
"I was afraid." Relena said. "I still am."
"You’ll get over it. I did." Zechs replied.
"I heard you attacked your home office?"
"Noin likes to extend the truth just a bit."
"Why did you do it?" Relena asked.
Zechs sighed.
"You really cared, didn’t you?" She asked.
"You wouldn’t understand."
"I don’t, you should know better though."
"It doesn’t matter anymore. Nothing will ever be the same again." Zechs said.
"You cared that much that you would sacrifice peace for……?"
"Like I said before, it doesn’t matter anymore."
"Millardo, I will do everything in my power to maintain peace. My life is to maintain it and if necessary, to create it where it has not yet been establish. Do you understand? That is the will of a Peacecraft." Relena said.
Soon the door opened and someone walked out.
"Yes, the will of a Peacecraft. That is the only life for you and I……….Relena." Zechs said to himself.
"I miss the old Relena." Zechs said.
Then the door opened again and he left.
Trowa walked out from behind the bookcase.
Something must have happened to Relena.
He had never seen her this way before.
Now that he thought about it, he hasn’t seen her smile once all day since her return.
Something wasn’t right.
Where was Relena’s smile that she shared with her friends and love ones? Where?
To be continue………………….
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