Chapter 8
"Welcome to colony X-14342." The stewardess bows and steps to the side so the passengers can get off the shuttle. "It's time to wake up Relena." Vincent looks at her sleeping form. He gently shakes her to consciousness. "What?" Relena blinks as her mind becomes aware again. "We're at the colony now. C'mon." He stands up and she gets up as well. A man bumps into Vincent and apologizes. "Hey, sorry about that, didn't see ya there." Vincent sneers lightly. "That's fine." The man bows and looks at Relena. "You have a lovely wife." He then leaves, a long braid following after him. Relena stares at him. Wasn't that Duo?
"Is something wrong dear?" Relena blinks and shakes her head. "Nothing, I'm fine." Vincent smiles. "Then let's leave." The two exit the shuttle and Relena looks around to see if the braided man was still around. She didn't see him so she forgets about it, not needing to be worrying about it. While looking into the store windows, something catches Relena's eye. "A teddy bear…" She pauses in front of the small toy store and stares at the teddy bear. "I have one just like it, Heero gave it to me…" She blinks and shakes her head when she feels Vincent's eyes on her.
"Are you all right dear?" Relena nods. "Yes, it's just that I have a teddy bear like it." Vincent arches an eyebrow at her. "From a young girl, right? It's stupid to be giving an adult a childish toy." Relena looks at him in a mixture of confusion and annoyance. "It might be a little childish, but it shows someone cares." Vincent scoffs and walks off. "Whatever, come along now, we've wasted enough time here." Relena glances at him before looking back at the teddy bear. "Heero." She walks away from the store to follow Vincent.
Relena gets to him and he reaches over and puts his arm around her. She tenses slightly at this, which puts a frown on Vincent's face. "What is it? There's no need to be frightened, I'm right here." That's plenty reason enough, Relena thinks to herself. He tightens his grip on her, forcing her closer. "You're with me now, and you'll do as I say, understood?" The harshness in his voice surprising her, she had not heard such a tone since Heero told her he would kill her. Why do I keep thinking about Heero?
She hears laughter and looks to the side, where a man is pointing at them. "What's so funny." Vincent's gray eyes harden at the man. The other looks up from his ball cap, his face becoming apparent. "Duo." Duo smiles at Relena. "How are ya? I thought that was you, and I couldn't help but laugh. Poor Heero, he's going to be heartbroken." Duo chuckles to himself some more. "C'mon Relena, let's leave this idiot alone." Relena moves towards Duo as Vincent walks away. "Duo is a friend of mine, and was an invited guest at my last birthday party."
Vincent's eyes flash for a second and he takes a step towards her before catching himself. He grinds his teeth and nods slowly to her. "He may have been your friend, but you will come along now. That is, of course, unless you want what I told you before to occur." Relena winces inside and nods lightly. "All right. Bye Duo, I hope to see you again." Vincent leads Relena off, leaving Duo watching them in disbelieve. "Unbelievable. That guy's got some serious issues. He's worse than Heero…" Duo shakes his head and pulls out a cell phone, making a call.
"Hey, it's me. The two lovebirds are heading away now. I still don't see how this will get Heero and Relena together though, it seems like he would kill her if she doesn't do things as he wants." He sighs at the other's response. "All right, leave it to me. Heero's gonna owe me big time for this." Duo hangs up and frowns at the direction they had went. "He's gonna owe me real big." Sticking his hands in his pockets, he follows them down the street.
Vincent leads Relena to a park, where they walk along the cemented path and gaze at the flowers and watch the children playing. "It's nice here, isn't it?" Relena nods, not looking at Vincent. "I think it's nice, but not as beautiful as the natural parks found on the Earth." Vincent smiles slightly before speaking. "So you prefer things natural things and not man made?" Relena glances at him before nodding. "Yes, because not everything made by humans is good."
Vincent waves towards a bench and the pair sit down on it. "I think that man made things are good. It's only right to take pride in what we have achieved." Relena looks over at the blonde. "Yes, in what we achieved, but not the things we made, such as war and weapons and hate." "No one made hate, it was something humans had created within themselves. It's not as if the first people intentionally made themselves hate each other." "So do you hate someone?" Vincent closes his mouth and doesn't speak for a few seconds. "Yes, I do." Relena presses on, having a good idea who that someone was. "Then who do you hate?"
Vincent looks hard into Relena's eyes. "I hate Yuy. I hate how perfect he is." Vincent gets up off the bench and watches as two boys start fighting, with the smaller of the two is knocked down to the grass. "I hate how much better he is… as well as having your affection." Vincent turns back to look at Relena. "But I'll show him. He'll see that I'm more of a man than he is. And I will have you beside me when that happens, so he can witness the fact that you love me instead of him."
Relena looks quizzically at Vincent. "What makes you think that Heero would care about that?" Vincent clenches his fist and sets his jaw in frustration before speaking. "He follows you under the disguise of protecting you. Any man doesn't protect a female without their being some kind of love between them. He might not think so, but that's how it goes." Relena blinks and the past events cross her mind, thinking of all the times Heero had protected her. Does he… love me?
"So to prove that I'm better, I'll take away the only thing that matters to him." He looks at Relena coolly. Relena stops thinking to herself and looks at him, seeing the intensity in his eyes. "So what would happen if you were not able to succeed?" Vincent smirks at her. "I won't lose." Relena arches an eyebrow at him when she notices someone walking towards them. Duo? The braided man is walking towards them, trying not to be suspicious. Now what is he doing?
Vincent notices she wasn't staring at him and turned to see what it was that was obviously more important than him. His face becomes twisted in anger. "You again…" Duo waves at them. "Hey, I thought that you guys looked like you would need some fun. So… I'm passing along the information that the circus is here." Relena's eyes widen. "The circus? Do you mean Trowa?" Duo nods and smiles. "Yeah, it's pretty good. Hilde and I saw them before, and it was great." Vincent scoffs. "A circus, how childish." Relena glances at him, crossed, before looking back at Duo. "So where is it at?" "It's being held next to the river in the center of the city. It's quite beautiful there. I'm sure you'll have a blast." Relena smiles and looks at Vincent. "We should go and see it, it would be fun."
The blonde haired man sighs, vexed. "All right, fine." Relena smiles. "So will you be joining us Duo?" He shakes his head, his braid moving like a snake behind him. "Sorry, I can't, I've got some work with Hilde to do in a little bit. Try and have fun without me though." Relena nods. "All right, see you later Duo." He waves at them and walks away. After disappearing from sight, Duo circles around to check on them. "I don't know why Zechs made me do this. I'm good at sneaking around unnoticed, but babysitting these two won't be any fun." Relena and Vincent head to the river with Duo in their shadow. Relena thinks as she walks, wondering why Duo had suggested going there. Something's going on here. I don't know what, but things can't be a coincidence.
"Is something wrong dear?" Relena blinks and shakes her head. "Nothing, I'm fine." Vincent smiles. "Then let's leave." The two exit the shuttle and Relena looks around to see if the braided man was still around. She didn't see him so she forgets about it, not needing to be worrying about it. While looking into the store windows, something catches Relena's eye. "A teddy bear…" She pauses in front of the small toy store and stares at the teddy bear. "I have one just like it, Heero gave it to me…" She blinks and shakes her head when she feels Vincent's eyes on her.
"Are you all right dear?" Relena nods. "Yes, it's just that I have a teddy bear like it." Vincent arches an eyebrow at her. "From a young girl, right? It's stupid to be giving an adult a childish toy." Relena looks at him in a mixture of confusion and annoyance. "It might be a little childish, but it shows someone cares." Vincent scoffs and walks off. "Whatever, come along now, we've wasted enough time here." Relena glances at him before looking back at the teddy bear. "Heero." She walks away from the store to follow Vincent.
Relena gets to him and he reaches over and puts his arm around her. She tenses slightly at this, which puts a frown on Vincent's face. "What is it? There's no need to be frightened, I'm right here." That's plenty reason enough, Relena thinks to herself. He tightens his grip on her, forcing her closer. "You're with me now, and you'll do as I say, understood?" The harshness in his voice surprising her, she had not heard such a tone since Heero told her he would kill her. Why do I keep thinking about Heero?
She hears laughter and looks to the side, where a man is pointing at them. "What's so funny." Vincent's gray eyes harden at the man. The other looks up from his ball cap, his face becoming apparent. "Duo." Duo smiles at Relena. "How are ya? I thought that was you, and I couldn't help but laugh. Poor Heero, he's going to be heartbroken." Duo chuckles to himself some more. "C'mon Relena, let's leave this idiot alone." Relena moves towards Duo as Vincent walks away. "Duo is a friend of mine, and was an invited guest at my last birthday party."
Vincent's eyes flash for a second and he takes a step towards her before catching himself. He grinds his teeth and nods slowly to her. "He may have been your friend, but you will come along now. That is, of course, unless you want what I told you before to occur." Relena winces inside and nods lightly. "All right. Bye Duo, I hope to see you again." Vincent leads Relena off, leaving Duo watching them in disbelieve. "Unbelievable. That guy's got some serious issues. He's worse than Heero…" Duo shakes his head and pulls out a cell phone, making a call.
"Hey, it's me. The two lovebirds are heading away now. I still don't see how this will get Heero and Relena together though, it seems like he would kill her if she doesn't do things as he wants." He sighs at the other's response. "All right, leave it to me. Heero's gonna owe me big time for this." Duo hangs up and frowns at the direction they had went. "He's gonna owe me real big." Sticking his hands in his pockets, he follows them down the street.
Vincent leads Relena to a park, where they walk along the cemented path and gaze at the flowers and watch the children playing. "It's nice here, isn't it?" Relena nods, not looking at Vincent. "I think it's nice, but not as beautiful as the natural parks found on the Earth." Vincent smiles slightly before speaking. "So you prefer things natural things and not man made?" Relena glances at him before nodding. "Yes, because not everything made by humans is good."
Vincent waves towards a bench and the pair sit down on it. "I think that man made things are good. It's only right to take pride in what we have achieved." Relena looks over at the blonde. "Yes, in what we achieved, but not the things we made, such as war and weapons and hate." "No one made hate, it was something humans had created within themselves. It's not as if the first people intentionally made themselves hate each other." "So do you hate someone?" Vincent closes his mouth and doesn't speak for a few seconds. "Yes, I do." Relena presses on, having a good idea who that someone was. "Then who do you hate?"
Vincent looks hard into Relena's eyes. "I hate Yuy. I hate how perfect he is." Vincent gets up off the bench and watches as two boys start fighting, with the smaller of the two is knocked down to the grass. "I hate how much better he is… as well as having your affection." Vincent turns back to look at Relena. "But I'll show him. He'll see that I'm more of a man than he is. And I will have you beside me when that happens, so he can witness the fact that you love me instead of him."
Relena looks quizzically at Vincent. "What makes you think that Heero would care about that?" Vincent clenches his fist and sets his jaw in frustration before speaking. "He follows you under the disguise of protecting you. Any man doesn't protect a female without their being some kind of love between them. He might not think so, but that's how it goes." Relena blinks and the past events cross her mind, thinking of all the times Heero had protected her. Does he… love me?
"So to prove that I'm better, I'll take away the only thing that matters to him." He looks at Relena coolly. Relena stops thinking to herself and looks at him, seeing the intensity in his eyes. "So what would happen if you were not able to succeed?" Vincent smirks at her. "I won't lose." Relena arches an eyebrow at him when she notices someone walking towards them. Duo? The braided man is walking towards them, trying not to be suspicious. Now what is he doing?
Vincent notices she wasn't staring at him and turned to see what it was that was obviously more important than him. His face becomes twisted in anger. "You again…" Duo waves at them. "Hey, I thought that you guys looked like you would need some fun. So… I'm passing along the information that the circus is here." Relena's eyes widen. "The circus? Do you mean Trowa?" Duo nods and smiles. "Yeah, it's pretty good. Hilde and I saw them before, and it was great." Vincent scoffs. "A circus, how childish." Relena glances at him, crossed, before looking back at Duo. "So where is it at?" "It's being held next to the river in the center of the city. It's quite beautiful there. I'm sure you'll have a blast." Relena smiles and looks at Vincent. "We should go and see it, it would be fun."
The blonde haired man sighs, vexed. "All right, fine." Relena smiles. "So will you be joining us Duo?" He shakes his head, his braid moving like a snake behind him. "Sorry, I can't, I've got some work with Hilde to do in a little bit. Try and have fun without me though." Relena nods. "All right, see you later Duo." He waves at them and walks away. After disappearing from sight, Duo circles around to check on them. "I don't know why Zechs made me do this. I'm good at sneaking around unnoticed, but babysitting these two won't be any fun." Relena and Vincent head to the river with Duo in their shadow. Relena thinks as she walks, wondering why Duo had suggested going there. Something's going on here. I don't know what, but things can't be a coincidence.
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