The Ice Princess
Part VII
Quatre sat by Relena’s bed. He watched her sleep once again. He didn’t know exactly what was going on but he was confused. Relena was beginning to confuse him. But it didn’t matter he would be here for her. No matter what, he would be here for the woman he had first met at the Sank Kingdom.
The door opened to reveal Noin standing there with questioning eyes.
"You’re back already, Miss Noin?" Quatre said but noticed fear in her eyes for some reason.
"What’s wrong Miss Noin?"
"I can’t find Millardo anywhere. I tried calling him on his phone but he’s not responding. Something is not right, I just know it." Noin whispered.
"I’m sure he’ll be back Miss Noin." Quatre whispered back.
Noin entered the room and began to watch Relena gently sleeping.
"He left a letter Quatre." Noin said while handling him the letter.
Quatre held the letter and read it. He was confused even more now.
Dear Noin,
I have tried to live with the Peacecraft secret all this time. It’s too devastating to keep inside. I have decided to share my secret with Heero Yuy. I don’t know if I’ll be returning, but I do know this, that no matter what, I hope you can forgive me. I know I haven’t said this to you for a long time but I love you.
M. Peacecraft
Quatre stared at Heero Yuy’s name. Heero Yuy was here. He might have been in the house and even in Relena’s room. And what secret was Millardo talking about? What Peacecraft secret was he talking about?
"Do you know what he’s talking about in this letter Miss Noin?" Quatre asked.
"I don’t know. But I do know this, Heero was suppose to show up for the meeting at Lady Une’s office, he never showed up. He must have been here."
Quatre didn’t like this. Millardo and Heero left for who knows where. But why did they leave?
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Heero sat by the shuttle’s window. He watched the clouds below them. It looked like an ocean to him. An ocean like the one where he had met Relena at.
Free me
He could still hear her words in his head. He didn’t understand anything at all. He didn’t know where he was going or why. All he knew was that it had something to do with the Peacecrafts.
Soon Zechs came and sat next to him. Heero could hear him sigh. Even Zechs was nervous.
"We’re almost there."
"Where is there?" Heero responded.
"Don’t you recognize the surroudings?" Zechs asked.
Heero gave him a look and then turned to look outside the shuttle. He could see land now. Beautiful acres of land. He could see small villages from a far distance. The surroundings did look familiar to him. That’s when it hit him.
"The Sank Kingdom."
"That’s right Heero. That’s our destination." Zechs said.
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As soon as they landed Heero felt uneasy about the trip. They had landed 25 miles away from the Sank Kingdom or what was left of it.
Heero followed Zechs blindly through the forest. Soon they were near a cave entrance hidden within a hill. The entrance was covered in metal doors with a punch in code keylock. Zechs quickly entered a code and the doors were open for them.
As soon as they entered they were met up with two men and Zechs quickly shot them leaving them for dead. As they ran inside the cave, Heero noticed that there wasn’t that many people inside. But the people they did meet up with Zechs killed them without asking questions. Heero didn’t care for these people, he only wished to know the truth behind everything.
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Trowa arrived at the Peacecraft’s home. Once he rang the doorbell Pagan had quickly told him to head upstairs to Relena’s office.
He knew something was going on. Pagan was even acting suspicion, something that he never did unless something happened.
When he arrived at Relena’s office he knocked. He didn’t know what to expect.
"Come in." He heard a male’s voice that he recognized to be Quatre’s.
Once he entered the office he began to remember.
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He sat in front of her desk watching her closely. Relena sat there watching him back. She was gently smiling at him. She had called him for some reason. She didn’t want to mention it on the phone but he knew it was something important.
"Trowa, I need you to do something for me."
Trowa didn’t answer he waited for her to continue.
"I was informed of something two weeks ago and it has made me uneasy. I need you to go to the Sank Kingdom and investigate anything out of the regular."
Trowa didn’t know what she was getting at.
"If what I was told is true then I need to know about it. I need to know what’s going on at the Sank Kingdom."
"What were you told?" Trowa asked.
Relena lost her gentle smile and looked at something behind him with a glare.
"I was told there’s something there, something that the Peacecrafts did. I don’t know for sure. That’s why I need you to investigate." Relena said while looking back at him.
"Why not Heero? Or Anyone else? Why me?" Trowa asked.
Relena gently smile again at him.
"I don’t want Heero to know about this investigation for reasons of my own. But you Trowa, I trust the most to keep it a secret. I can trust you, right?" Relena asked.
Trowa smiled slightly at her and caught himself in her eyes.
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Quatre sat in Relena’s chair as Trowa walked in her office.
"Hello Trowa. How are you doing?" Quatre asked.
"Fine. How are you doing?" Trowa asked back.
"I’m fine."
"How is she?"
"She’s fine as well. I’m so glad you decided to visit us. But we have a problem." Quatre said.
Trowa asked him with his eyes. Quatre took out the note Millardo had left for Noin and let Trowa read it. After he had read the letter, Trowa gave him back the paper.
"Millardo has disappeared and it seems he took Heero with him. It’s been nearly a day now. Noin is very upset, she doesn’t know what to do. I’m so confuse Trowa. I don’t know what’s going on." Quatre said.
"Does Relena know?" Trowa asked.
"We haven’t told her."
Trowa stood up and walked up to the window that showed the back garden of the house. There was bearly little snow now upon the garden. It was nearly gone now.
"In a few days we’re going to announce our engagement to the world, Trowa. The world will soon know and Millardo is gone with Heero." Quatre ranted.
"Did Heero see Relena?"
"I don’t know."
It was true, Quatre felt he didn’t know anything. He felt out of place and useless. He even felt that Trowa knew something.
"Trowa, I don’t know if you know but I confronted Relena about the engagement once again and she wants to be happy with me."
Trowa didn’t say anything.
"I even spent the night with her. Can you believe that Trowa? I don’t want anything bad to happen. I don’t know what I’ll do if something bad did happen. I just want everything to be fine. I want Relena to be happy. That’s all I want."
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Heero continued to follow Zechs further in the cave. He knew they were going deeper. He also knew that whoever they saw in their way Zechs would killed them. Many of the people’s faces were shocked. They cried out the name Peacraft. It seemed to Heero that the people looked like as they were betrayed.
After what it seem to be a mile inside the cave they reached another solid metal door. Zechs once again punched in a code in the keylock.
The doors opened and Heero felt a cold wind hit his face. He couldn’t see anything in the room but darkness but it was so cold in there. Heero felt like he was in his dream again.
Free me
He heard those words repeat in his head. Something was wrong here, he could feel it in the air. And he felt afraid.
"What’s in here?" He asked Zechs who he knew was right behind him.
"This is our secret Heero. This is the Peacecraft’s secret"
Heero didn’t see anything but darkness. He kept on walking until he hit something cold and large. Suddenly the lights flickered on and Heero was blinded by its brightness. He reached his hand out and touched the object in front of him. If felt like glass but it was cold.
"The men here called her the Ice Princess," Zechs said.
Heero’s eyes adjusted to the light inside the room. He looked at the object that was in front of him and he began to shake with even more fear. It was a large tube that held frozen ice inside. But there was something else inside. A frozen woman dressed in royal clothing was inside as well.
"But we all know her as Relena."
To be continue………………
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