Destiny of the Heart


Chapter three

Relena felt someone touch her forehead and call out her name. She opened her eyes and saw Heero kneeling on the ground beside her. He had a first aid kit open and was about to put something on her forehead. "This may sting a little." He warned her then he preceded in cleaning her cut.

"Ouch." she looked at him and could have sworn that she seen a smirk on his face for a brief second.

"Heero.". She wrapped her arms around herself and shivered. It was freezing outside and there was a light dusting of snow already on the ground.. "The plane. What happened?"

"Get up and get this on." He handed her one of the jackets he had found on the plane.

Relena sat up and took it from him. She quickly put it on, enjoying the slight warmth that it gave her. She looked at Heero to see that he didn't have one on himself. "Heero what about you, you have to be cold."

"I'm fine." His voice was cold and flat.

Relena watched Heero pull some gauze and tape out of the first aid kit. She seen that his shirt was torn., his face was very dirty , and he had a bad gash on his right arm.

"Heero your arm." She reached out and touched it only to have Heero yank his arm away from him.

He finished her bandage and placed it on her forehead.

"Thank you Heero...Please let me take care of your cut." She was hesitant at first, knowing that he may say no, but pushed it anyway.

Heero stared at her then he nodded his head and passed her the first aid kit.

Relena cleaned his wound and bandaged it up as fast as she could. She could tell that he was uncomfortable with her doing it, or maybe it was the fact that she was touching him. She has herd a few stories where Heero has even gone as far as setting his own broken bones. So she knew that he was perfectly capable of taking care of his own cut.

Once she was done Heero suddenly grabbed her by the wrist. "Come on I need your help." He drug a shocked Relena around the boulder and let go of her hand.

She froze when she seen the sight before her. There wasn't much left of the plane. There was scattered debris and small fires burning everywhere. "My god." she gasped.

Heero stopped when he took notice that Relena wasn't following him. He looked back and seen that she was in a state of shock. "Relena." He walked back to her when she didn't respond and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Relena." Her eyes locked with his. "I need you to walk around and look for anything that is salvageable." She nodded and walked away from him.

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Quatre, Duo, and Trowa arrived at Preventer Headquarters as quickly as possible after they got the information about the plane. All three of them were sitting in Une's office waiting for her to arrive.

"I hope that they are all right." Quatre said while staring at his hands.

Trowa and Duo sat in silence both silently agreeing with him.

Une walked in a few moments later. She crossed the room and sat down at her desk. "I'm sure that you are all caught up with the current situation?" All of them nodded. "I asked you to come here because we are going go need your help searching for them."

"When do we start?" asked Duo.

"We have a flight heading out next hour to where the search party is going to start in the morning. Be on it if you can spare some time to help.

"We'll be there." Quatre spoke up for the three of them.

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Heero watched Relena from the corner of his eye. It had stopped snowing. They luckily only got a light dusting that covered the ground. It was getting late and they had to find shelter soon. Heero pulled the extra jacket out of the bag and put it on. He didn't need to get sick. He had to rely on his survival skills now to keep the both of them alive. He walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Relena we have to make something to get us out of the weather tonight. We'll finish this in the morning and pack up what were going to need to survive."

Her eyes widened "Survive! What do you mean? Won't my brother know where the plane went down and send help?"

Heero shook his head. "No one knows where we are Relena."

She found it hard to swallow as those words stung at her heart. "What do you mean no one knows! How can no one possibly know where our flight was heading."

"Let's get started we don't have time for this now. It's getting dark. The longer that we stand here the more daylight that we waste." Heero turned to walk away from her.

"You can't keep doing this to me Heero Why do you always keep important things that involve my life from me?"

"Relena" Heero snapped at her. "Our safety is now resting on your shoulders. The longer that you continue to throw you little fit the more likely we may freeze to death."

Relena could feel the tears start to form. His words were very harsh and filled with anger. She only nodded her head then followed him as he turned and started to walk away from her.

"Heero, I'm sorry." There was no response from him, but she had expected that.

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Zechs greeted Quatre, Trowa, and Duo as they stepped off the plane.

"Thank you for coming. I knew that I could rely on you all." He shook hands with Quatre and Duo. He only nodded at Trowa, remembering that he didn't like to shake hands. "How long are you going to be able to say?"

"I can spare a week if the search goes on that long." Quatre informed him.

"I know that running your family business has got to keep you busy. So thank you for what ever time that you can spare." Zechs looked over at Trowa.

"I can stay for awhile." Trowa nodded.

Duo stood next to Trowa. "I'm going to stay until we find them."

"Thank you Maxwell. We will start in the morning. We have a few helicopters and biplanes to help with the search. I'll assign each of you an area to cover. Get in that car, the driver will take you to the motel that we are staying at. Get a good night sleep." Zechs then left the three of them.

They grabbed their luggage and headed toward the car.

"If Heero survived this and if Relena is ok, he'll make sure that they stay alive." Duo spoke up while throwing his luggage in the trunk of the car.

"If anyone survived." Trowa put in.

Duo and Quatre both looked at him.

"You're not already giving up hope are you Trowa?" Quatre asked.

"No." Trowa shook his head." I know that Heero's alive."

"I know what you mean." said Duo. "I have that feeling too."

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Relena scooted into the small shelter that they built out of parts from the plane and curl up on the far side of it, hugging herself to keep warm. The shelter would protect them from the winds, but not the cold. Heero climbed in a few moments later and handed her something.

"Here take it." he shoved a blanket in her hands.

"Thank you." she wrapped herself up in it and watched Heero as he laid down not far from her. "Are you going to be alright Heero?"

He looked at her. "I'll be fine. Got to sleep. We're going to have a busy day tomorrow." He looked away from her and crossed his arms.

Relena watched him until he closed his eyes. "Goodnight Heero." She then closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep

Heero looked over at her. "Goodnight Relena." he whispered, knowing already that she was fast asleep.



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