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"Baby Series 1"Written By: Karina
Pairing: Relena + Wu Fei + Sally Notes: Challenge 14 . #42 in the Baby Series. Takes place immediately after Legends and Love. Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the
Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
The Man I See "Poisoned?" Relena breathed in horror. "I’ve administered medication to buy us some time. A detailed analysis of his blood is now being processed to isolate the components of the poison. It would be faster if we had a pure sample to analyse." "How long do we have, Sally?" Chang moved to stand close to the bed. "Maybe twelve hours. Not much more and possibly less. I need to know how it was administered and what it was so that I can purge it from his system." "The manor. Somebody there must know." Relena watched ice develop in obsidian eyes and shivered delicately. Chang Wu Fei was not in a good mood and she had no doubt he would find who was responsible and how the poison was administered. His eyes centered on her brother and she noted something flicker there that she was not quite certain she could identify. "Wu Fei." Dark eyes turned to her. "Find who did it. He does not deserve this." For a moment she saw again that odd expression before he offered a small formal bow, then he was gone and Sally was watching her. "Does my brother have a chance?" "If they can find what was used quickly enough. He’s a strong man, Relena, not one to give in easily." "I know. He’s always been strong, that’s the trouble." Sally arched an eyebrow. "Pardon?" "Milliardo’s strong and strong people tend not to seek out help and when trouble comes … He seems so alone and he should not be. I don’t want to lose my brother when I have only just begun to find him." "You’ve known your brother for some years now and …" "I’ve known the public front, not my true brother. I’ve watched him with Stephan and the hard man I saw who would unflinchingly do whatever needed to be done is not the man I see. That’s not Milliardo, just a part of him. When I read that letter in the newspaper I think it was the first time I caught a glimpse of the real man." "Some people are quite complex. Much as you might try you never know them. Zechs carries baggage from the past and he’ll never be free of it." "He will not if we fail him. We sprout that this is a free world, that our citizens live the lives they wish but how free are we, Sally? So many of us are prisoners. Zechs fought for peace as much as you and he was willing to go further. None of us are ever purged of our past. It lingers." "He threatened an entire planet. They don’t see your brother as you do, they see something else entirely." "I know. He’s not a monster, Sally, just misunderstood but that is changing. I never thought I would be grateful to those people for publishing that letter but … It is making people re-examine the past and I think that is a good thing." |
