Heero sat typing furiously at his laptop. After 'X' left two weeks ago, the rate of assassination attempts rose drastically. He was currently working on profiling Xavier Jackson, colony delegate for L7-7904. He found many news clippings on his doings. He then pulled up a psychological profile on him. For the first time in Heero's life he was afraid. Not for himself, but for his beloved. The report read:
Xavier Jackson: Delegate of L7-7904
Diagnosis: Criminally psychotic. Obsessive compulsive. Unhealthy obsession with Vice- Foreign Minister Dorlain.
Heero swallowed hard. Relena chose that moment to run into the room, tears streaming down her face. "Heero, look," she choked out, holding a box before her. He took the box from her hands, opening it slowly. He blinked. Inside the box were a dozen dead roses. The card was enclosed, signed with, 'Do you like them? They reflect my heart after hearing that you will not be my bride. Dead. And soon, so will you be. ~X'
Heero's fists clenched. She'd never gotten a message from him. Not like this. Before it was just a phone message. But now he was getting closer. She looked at the profile on the screen. "He's obsessed with me?" she questioned. Heero could just nod. She clutched him near to her, and she cried in fear.
He smoothed her hair whispering to her, "Shhh, it will be alright. I won't let him hurt you." She dried her eyes on his shirt. They hugged for a moment and proceeded down the stairs. A shadow stretched itself across the room and whispered, 'No you can't protect her, and yourself...'
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"...So that is all we can do?" Duo questioned. Lady Une nodded, sighing softly. There was pain etched upon her face. Duo didn't like the feeling he had. Something was wrong. Something bad was close. He could almost feel it reaching out to him, like a sixth sense of sorts. He'd developed one to know when Heero was mad so he could protect his precious hair.
"I'm afraid so. We can't expose the fact we are searching for him. But we can't let him any closer than he is now," she paused looking around the room. "I fear we don't have very much time before something happens..." she stopped, all eyes turned to Quatre.
He was convulsing in violent seizures. Trowa rushed to his fiancee's side, wrapping his arms around him, protecting him from himself. He calmed after a few minutes. Looking up he spoke, "We're too late..."
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Duo reached the room first to find Relena sprawled in the floor, bleeding from a gash on her forehead. She moaned. Duo shot to her side, lifting her limp body into his arms. "Lena, sweetie, what happened?" he questioned. She opened her mouth to speak, bringing up a small amount of blood. Duo gasped and rushed through the door with her held tightly in his arms. "SALLY! Sally, 'Lena needs help!" he screamed. Sally appeared and gasped, noticing the blood on her mouth and the gash.
"Lay her on the table, Duo," she commanded. She looked at her and poked and prodded. Her eyes grew wide, realizing she probably ruptured something and X-rayed her immediately. He X-rays confirmed her suspicions. She had a ruptured kidney. "She needs surgery immediately..."
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He woke and tried to figure out where he was. It was dark and he couldn't see anything around him. His head hurt. When he tried to reach for his head he couldn't, realizing he was chained to the wall. 'Today is NOT my day,' he thought.
Heero groaned in pain as he realized he had a gash on his wrist. He felt the blood trickle down his wrist. Suddenly the door burst open, revealing... (A.N: Haven't you noticed the door-opens-to-reveal-? pattern yet???)
"Xavier," he breathed. Xavier only smiled. Speaking softly but fiercely.
"If I couldn't keep her from being near you, I'd take you away." He smiled at Heero. He reached out and slapped Heero across the face. Heero just looked at him. Xavier continued, beating, cutting, whipping until Heero just hung there. Smiling, he left the young man who'd stolen the heart of the woman he wanted to his pain.
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She awoke to find her friends standing over her. She smiled seeing Duo. He perked up noticing she was awake. She spoke softly, "Where is Heero?" None looked at her. She climbed out of the bed and looked at her brother. "Where is he?" she questioned, gaining no response. She looked at them all and spoke, "I know now X must have him. Find me a list of his regular haunts and other stuff that would lead us to where he would have Heero," she paused. "I mean it! NOW!!" Everyone scurried off.
She looked up at the ceiling of the white room, whispering, "I will get you for this Xavier."
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