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"Baby Series 3"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Relena + Duo Notes: Challenge 156. Baby Series 3 #241. Takes place a few hours after Everyone Protests. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
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A Political Crossroad "Perhaps the emitters should not have been used." Relena watched the television and the newscast of the events that had taken place earlier in the day. Milliardo had been afraid of how she would react to the escalating violence. Never before, she admitted, had protesters attacked her car and she had, indeed, been reacting badly to the situation, but she had thought she had covered her growing fear reasonably well. //Apparently not.// "Don't worry about it." Duo stood by the huge bay windows dominating the room, one hand holding the curtain enough for him to look out. There was a security cordon keeping the gates clear and she presumed that was his focus of attention. He looked rather smart in his dark suit with a black velvet ribbon sealing off his trademark plait of hair. Some days she wondered how he coped with the chestnut mass. There were days she considered cutting short her hair and it was not half the length or thickness of Duo's. "It is all over the news." "Of course it is." "They are blaming Milliardo for it all." "Of course they are." "Does it not concern you?" Duo dropped the curtain and sighed as he made his way to stand before the blazing hearth and drink in the fire's heat. "Something had to be done. It was an obvious set up and not just to cause a fuss. Someone wanted to attack the car and they wanted either you or him dead. If we had used a more conventional means to nip the riot in the bud they would have had their chance. Resigning your position will be seen as a political crossroads. Is the Dove of Peace turning her back on government policies, does she know something `we' don't? Why is she abandoning us?" "I'm not abandoning anyone!" "I know that, Princess, but some people are easily led. Those doing the leading are taking advantage of other people's uncertainty. Its to be expected there would be people who would take the chance to milk any advantage for their own gain." Relena looked into the dancing flames with a sinking heart. "Am I being too selfish, Duo? Wanting something other than running around all over the ESUN… wanting Heero. A family of my own." "A little bit of `me' never goes astray. It can't always be for others; sometimes it has to be `you'. You'll be able to go places and do things your position in the government would never have allowed for fear of `embarrassing' the powers that be. It's a crossroads, a turning point for you and for the government. They've relied on the peoples' regard for you too long and its about time they realised it. They can't make use of your reputation forever." "A political crossroads. I hope I am making the right decision." "Nothing is served by second guessing yourself. There's no reason why you can't have your family and work to help everyone else." ~ * ~ |
