The Ice Princess
Part V
Heero stood in an empty room. He couldn’t see anything. It was too dark and he was cold. Where was he? He couldn’t remember where he was. Why was that?
"Heero"
Heero turned around to see who had called his name. It was useless. He didn’t see anyone and he didn’t hear anyone near by. He was alone.
"Heero"
He heard the voice again. Now he knew it came from straight ahead. He began to walk towards that direction.
"Who are you?" Heero demanded while walking towards the heard voice.
He felt funny demanding such a thing. For some unknown reason he sensed he knew the person who was calling him. He also noticed that he wasn’t carrying his gun at all. Now he felt weird. He always carried his gun. Always. Why wasn’t he carrying his gun.
"Heero"
"Tell me who you are." Heero demanded. He began to walk faster and faster. For some unknown reason he wasn’t getting there even though the voice had sounded not that far away.
As he walked he began to feel colder. His body was beginning to shiver with coldness. He didn’t see where the cold was coming from but he knew he wasn’t going to get warmer.
"Heero"
He stopped. The voice was defiantly coming from 3 to 4 feet away from him. Yet he didn’t see anything. It was too dark to confirm who it was.
He stretched his arms forward and felt a wall in front of him. Odd, wasn’t the voice coming from that direction. He felt the wall, looking for any sign of a doorknob or a light switch. Lucky for him he found a light switch. He flicked it on and turned around to see where he was.
Emptiness. That is what he saw. It was a large room with only walls for its furniture. He didn’t see any doors at all. How did he manage to walk that much in such a room? How did he get here?
"Heero"
Whoever it was who was calling him was behind him. Wasn’t there a wall behind him? He was sure there was a wall behind him. He turned around to face the individual.
There stood Relena smiling sadly at him. She looked as she was standing a few feet above him. She was dressed in the same clothes he had seen her wear when she said goodbye to him in that cold snowy day.
"Relena" He gently whispered.
She looked pale and her lips were a blue color. She was cold just like him. But did he look like that as well.
She smiled sadly at him and tried to reach her hand to him. He began to lift his hand towards her as well.
"Heero"
Heero stopped. He heard her voice but he didn’t see her lips move. Something was wrong.
"Free me"
Heero’s eyes widen again. He stared at her. His body began to shake a bit. He was scared. He didn’t know why, but he knew he was afraid of something.
"Heero, free me"
He reached for her again but was stopped by something cold. He looked at his hand and saw the ice beginning to cover his hand. He looked up at Relena.
"Free me"
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Heero woke up from his dream. He was sweating uncontrollably. He was afraid too. He wanted it to end. He wanted that feeling to end.
Then at that moment his vid phone began to ring. He stood up and went to pick it up. Who would be calling at this time late at night? As long as it wasn’t Duo.
Duo appeared on his screen. Today wasn’t his day.
"Heero, I know it’s late over there but you need to come to the Preventers’ Headquaters."
"What happened?" Heero asked.
Duo suddenly got quiet. Heero didn’t like this.
"Did something happen to Relena?"
"Some guy strangely attacked her. He went crazy saying Relena was dead and that he saw her die." Duo responded.
"Is she hurt?"
"That’s the strange thing. The guy never touched her but Sally said she began to scream and sream until she fainted. She’s at her home right now. Lady Une is calling all of us for a meeting. Be here as soon as you can Heero."
"Hn" And with that Heero hanged up the phone.
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Quatre stared at Relena’s sleeping face. She hadn’t woke up since she fainted. It has been a day now and yet she slept.
Quatre remembered meeting Relena for the first time. He remembered talking to her and respecting her highly. Too highly he thought. Maybe that was because he liked her a lot by that time. And then when she purposed that idea of them getting married he discovered he was in love with her. He knew he had loved her for a long time he just never did anything to go down that path until Relena gave him permission to. Though he was worried about Heero but Relena said not to worry about him and that she didn’t love him and so forth. He hoped that was the truth.
She began to stir. Her eyelids beginning to twitch. Finally she opened her eyes and looked at Quatre.
"Quatre?"
"Relena, how are you feeling?"
"I was so afraid. I haven’t felt fear like that since…" Relena began to say.
"It’s okay, Relena. It’s okay." Quatre said while gently holding her hand.
Relena stared at him and he could sense her sadness dwelling behind her eyes.
Her mouth opened but at the same time the door opened as well. Millardo Peacecraft stood there.
"Quatre, can I have a few words with Relena alone."
Quatre turned to look at Relena who was now looking at her brother. He gently squeezed her hand and stood up.
"I’ll be down the hall if you need me Relena." Quatre said and left the room.
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Trowa stood by the door in Lady Une’s office. He wasn’t about to sit next to Duo who chatted endlessly in meetings.
They were all there. Well almost. Quatre had decided to stay with Relena, while Zechs decided to go back to check on her. Heero never showed up. It wasn’t a surprise. If he did come he probably when to check on Relena first.
Lady Une cleared her throat and stared at all of them.
"Quatre just called. Relena is awake now. She’s fine but a little shaken."
"What happened to the guy?" Noin asked.
"He’s been taken to cell number 214. He’s already been questioned by Wufei and Duo.
"His name is Glenn Daniels. He’s a Preventers Officer and respected by his peers. He was also assigned to Relena’s space shuttle. The very one that disappeared and then reappeared." Wufei told them.
"How can that be?" Noin asked.
"He says that he was the one who told Relena on the shuttle that they had lost power and communications. He also says that he sat across from her and watched her gently die in front of him." Duo said.
Trowa didn’t like where this conversation was heading to. He didn’t like it.
Noin stood up and grabbed Duo. She was angry. Everyone in the room knew. They just didn’t expect her to react this way.
"Are you saying that the Relena that is resting back home isn’t the Relena we all know and love?"
Duo began to shake his head. Wufei was smirking as he watched a woman mishandle Duo.
"That’s not what he’s saying. He’s saying that Glenn Daniels said that." Sally Po declared.
They all turned around to see Sally. Sally stood up and took a folder out of her briefcase.
"These are Relena’s medical records. After hearing Daniels’ story I decided to do a blood check. And I assure you all that the Relena is the Relena we all know and love." Sally confirmed.
"Are you all happy now? I hope so. I didn’t call this meeting to confirm Relena’s identity. I called you here because Daniels’ has said that some men in uniform came abroad and took Relena with them. Those were the same men that left the shuttle where we found it. Daniels says he escaped and roamed around the colony for awhile until the news media announced that they had found Relena. It took him over two months to reach Earth and find Relena. What worries me is those men he said he saw them take Relena." Lady Une said.
"This man also said he saw Relena die. What makes you think he’s telling the truth about these men?" Trowa asked.
"I’m not taking any chances. We must investigate this. We have to know why Relena appeared two weeks later and why the shuttle was found nowhere near Relena." Lady Une said.
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Heero silently stood in Relena’s closet. He was waiting for Zechs to leave her room. He wanted to talk to Relena alone. He didn’t want anyone around when he talked to her.
"What happened?" Zechs asked.
Relena didn’t answer. She remained quiet.
"Tell me what happened? Why did you react that way? Why?" Zechs demanded again.
"I don’t know." Relena answered.
"They’ll want to know what happened those two weeks. They’ll investigate even more now since that Daniels came and was questioned." Zechs said.
Relena didn’t reply. She looked at Zechs as if questioning with her own eyes.
"Daniels says he saw you die and he even said that he saw some men take you. They even did a blood test on you just to make sure."
Relena gasped.
"They did a blood test? They were that unsure about it?" Relena asked.
"You must understand. There’s a witness, he may sound crazy but they’ll still investigate. Now why did you react that way?" Zechs asked again.
Relena looked at the floor. Her body was shaking. Heero could see her fear within her. She looked up at Zechs.
"I saw her." Relena replied.
"What?"
"I saw her looking at me. She was so sad. I saw her and……" Relena said.
"I don’t understand……" Zechs began.
"I’m afraid. I never felt fear like this before. Millardo, I don’t understand anything at all. Why did I see her? Why am I so afraid? Why am I here? Can you please answer that?"
"I don’t care what you feel or what you’re afraid of. It’s common. You just have to deal with it. Now I have to go." Zechs said and began to walk away.
"Millardo, I know you hate me. I’m sorry what happened. It’s not my fault. Life goes on. She’s gone. There’s nothing you can do about it. She’s never coming back. You know that, why must you hate me so much? You’re the same as me. Why do you hate me? Why?" Relena said while nearly screaming.
Heero’s fist began to clench tighter. He didn’t know what was going on. He just knew that Relena was upset and Zechs had something to do with it.
The room was quiet now. Relena was starring at Zechs’ back. A clock can be heard clicking far away. Time was passing. Heero wanted to kill Zechs but he knew Relena would be sad. But it didn’t matter she was already sad because of him. Why would it matter now?
Finally Zechs turned around and faced Relena. His eyes were hidden away by his bangs. He was breathing hard and he looked like he was sweating.
"How can you ask me that? How? You know very well why I hate you. It’s the same reason why you hate yourself." Zechs said.
Relena looked down. She was beginning to breathe hard as well.
"You want me to show you? You want me to show you why I hate you? Do you?" Zechs yelled.
Relena shook her head.
Zechs neared Relena and stared down at her. Their eyes met in tearful eyes. She was shaking more now and so was Zechs.
"Look in the mirror." Zechs said bearly above a whisper.
"No…no…no…" Relena began to say.
"It’s because you look like her."
Heero’s eyes widen. He didn’t understand. What were they talking about? He didn’t like this at all. What were they hiding?
"You look like her."
To be continue………………….
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