Worth Fighting For Part 5
When Hope is Lost...
Relena took a deep breath as she gazed up at the large building.
Regenace Hall used to be a grand meeting place, but years of mis-uses and one too many stag nights had made the Hall a run-down pile of bricks. Although it was still used for special occasions it wasn't very often that the lights would go on and a large party was held there.
Duo watched Relena's face, she held her head high and keep her mouth in a fix line but her blue eyes showed fear and dread. Without realizing what he was doing, he reached out and touched her arm with his hand. She turned her head and looked at him and he smiled what he hoped was a reassuring smile.
"It's ok Lena." Duo whispered. "I'm here."
"Oh Duo..." She turned fully and her twin pulled her to his chest and he hugged her, taking in the feel of her body and the scent of her hair. He had missed it all so much, the long nights when he would hold her after a nightmare and when he used to sing her to sleep after them and he would sing softly against her hair feeling the softness of the blond strands. It was them moments alone that Duo treasured and missed. It was the deepest thing him and Relena had had together. (1)
Wufei did the respectful thing and looked away, he walked up the stairs and entered the building, leaving Relena and Duo outside, alone, together.
"Oh Duo, I missed you so much."
"Shhh." Duo calmed her and held her tightly, every bone in his body crying out to his sister and wanting to feel the connecting that him and his twin once had.
"Why?" She asked.
"I had to. It's hard to explain Lena, forgive me?"
Relena hugged back just as tight. "There is nothing to forgive." She told her brother. "I will help you, if you help me."
Duo pushed her back so they were standing an arm length from each other.
They studied each other, taking in the changes and commenting them to memory.
"I'm sorry Lena. I ran away because father made me feel ashamed and when I met Mike, he told me that I had nothing to be ashamed off and he made me happy again. It was not that I didn't love you, but I needed time away and Mike gave that to me."
"I understand." She smiled. "Promise brother that you won't leave again? Not without saying goodbye at least."
"I can promise nothing, but I will say goodbye if I leave."
There was silence between them.
"You do still love Heero don't you?"
"Hai, this assignment has brought everything back up and last night I was talking to a friend who told me that the past is the past and the present is now but the future is both past and present and to live a good future I will need to face my past before I go forward." (2)
Relena frowned at his words. "I don't understand that but, I will have to thank your friend, for making you see sense."
Duo smiled and silently thanked Wufei who reappeared by the entrance to the Hall.
"You coming in Deathscythe, Miss Maxwell?"
"Right with you, Shenlong."
Duo took Relena's hand and slowly together they walked up the stone steps into Regenace Hall.
"Take it slow Lena. Tell me everything that you can remember about the night when you came here. Take me step by step through your movements."
Relena gave a nod. "It was about half seven ish. Heero was standing right where you are now and he was leading me into the building but he had linked our arms up and we walked side by side."
They continued together, up the stairs and down the corridor that lead to the main hall.
"When we arrived here, he opened the door for me."
Duo reached forward, took the door handle in a firm grip and pushed the door open and let Relena through first.
"I went in first and then he followed."
Relena walked in to the room and Duo and Wufei quickly followed her into the grand hall.
"And then we were attacked, 2 men dressed in black with masks covering their faces grabbed hold of me while 4 other men, dressed the same, went after Heero. He took them down easily and then he came over to me and got the men that were holding me to let go. But they all went after him, leaving me on my own."
~#~
"HEERO!!!" Heero struggled against the 6 strong men that pinned him between them.
"HEERO!!!"
"Go Relena!" He yelled at her, kicking low and knocking one of the men to the ground. The others grabbed hold of him and started to tug him towards the backstage area.
"HEERO!"
"RELENA RUN!!! GET HELP!!!"
Relena spun round and ran towards the exit.
"Go after her." One of the men ordered the guy on the floor.
The man clamored to his feet and groaned loudly in pain. "Little shit broke my ankle." He glared at Heero who still struggled in the arms of the men. They had reach the stage by now and the men threw Heero on to it face down.
Heero gritted his teeth together as pain shot through his body and his head was slammed into the stage floor. He tasted blood in his mouth. The six men surrounded him and Heero moved one hand so that it clasped around the cross hanging on from his neck.
"What's this?" One of the men laughed. "Praying to your God to save you?!" The men all laughed and Heero pushed himself so that he was on all fours.
"Give it up, the only place that you are going is Hell."
Heero saw the blow that came, but he moved too slow and the large metal bar connected with his legs. He fell back to the floor.
"Move again and I'll make sure that you will never move again." The man holding the bar warned.
The next thing Heero knew was that he was being knocked out by one of the men and the cross around his neck was the only thing he could feel.
* * *
Heero sat up in bed, the nightmare of him being capture became real and Heero reached out, groping around his neck for the cross that always made him feel safe.
But it wasn't there.
Heero's eyes went wide and he searched the bed he had been sleeping on, but no matter where he looked, he couldn't see his cross.
Heero lumped down onto the floor, looking like a lost puppy without his master. He refused to give way to tears and held them back as the door to his cell open and his capture walked in.
"I'm Devalin Donavere. It is a pleasure to finally met you again Mr. Yuy."
"What did you do with my cross?" Heero stood up, his prussian eyes burning hell fire.
"I took nothing off you."
* * *
Duo left Relena with Wufei and he swung himself up on to the stage. He walked back and forth on it, his eyes searching for a clue or a sign.
"What about backstage?" Wufei asked and Duo gave a nod before heading off in the direction of the area that was hidden behind dark navy blue curtains.
Duo entered the dimly-lit area and he pulled a face at the smell of moss. He made his way carefully, watching every step he took to make sure he didn't trip over any rubbish that laid on the floor at his feet. But his effects were in vain and he didn't see the open box of costumes and he tripped up, falling flat on his face, sending a loud bang throughout the hall and Relena and Wufei came running.
"Duo, are you alright?!"
"Brother!"
Duo raised his head and grimaced at the taste of blood on his tongue.
"I'm..." He didn't complete his sentence as his eyes fell on a familiar cross that glinted softly. He reached a shaky hand forward and picked it up. He pushed himself to his feet and held the cross up.
"What is it?" Wufei asked, and Relena gave a gasp of surprise.
"That's Heero's cross." She said and Duo gave a nod. "He never takes it off. Someone gave it to him... must have been three years ago and since then I've never seen him without it." She informed them.
"Yeah... it was my christening cross." Duo whispered, holding the silver chain tightly.
Relena's eyes grew wide and she stared at Duo in disbelief. "You are joking right?"
"I gave it to him. It was the only thing I could give him the night that Solo forced me to leave without saying goodnight."
"He said, he would never take it off but he wouldn't tell me who gave it to him. I just thought he brought it for himself."
Duo shook his head.
"He said he would never take it off?" Wufei asked.
"Oh my god." Relena gasped and Duo grabbed her arm to steady her. "If it's off, then he must be..."
She broke off with a sob and Duo fixed his face into a stonewall.
"NO." He hissed and he let go of Relena to pace the dusty floor. "He's not dead. I would know if he was dead or not."
"You can't be sure." Wufei said. "We have found all that we can here. We'll give you a lift home Miss Maxwell."
Relena looked up, her eyes watering. "Thank you." She crocked out and Wufei lead his partner and Relena out of the hall and into the waiting car.
* * *
Devalin smiled at Heero.
"What do you want?" Heero snapped, his anger getting the better of him.
"Don't worry, it's not you."
"Then why am I here?"
"I'm not going to rape you, you can get that thought out of your head for a start. You aren't my type."
"I want to know why I am here?!" Heero demanded.
Devalin smiled. "Is it time to tell you? I guess it wont hurt you to know." He walked forward and paused by Heero's bed. He sat down on it and patted the seat next to him. "Come sit." Heero didn't move but his eyes flicked over Devalin's face, "I'm not going to tell you my story unless you come and sit here next to me."
Slowly Heero moved across the room until he was able to lower himself onto the bed making sure he was sitting as far away from Devalin as he could. His kidnapper seemed happy about it and he began.
"My story starts about 6 months ago. I was at a nightclub in a local town when I spotted your friend dancing on the floor. Very graceful mover, had all the right moves and made my blood boil at the very sight. I went up and asked for a dance, we flirted, chatted, drank and danced. But when I invited them home, I was refused and they walked away. No one just walks away from me, I always get what I want and so naturally I followed.
"They realized I was following them, and they turned round and we fought each other. Surprising they won and then once again, your friend walked away from me. But, before they got far I asked for their name, which they gave.
"What they said to me was, 'It doesn't matter to you who I am, but if you must know, my name is Maxwell, Duo Maxwell'."
Heero drew in a quick breath at the name and his blood ran cold at the memory of his old lover.
Devalin smiled. "Remember him do you?"
Heero stared at his hands in shock and finally he found his voice.
"I still don't understand, why am I here, if it is Duo Maxwell that you are after?!"
"I'll continue shall I?"
Heero gave a shaken nod.
"I learnt everything there was to know about Maxwell. I found out about his past and his present. I was determined to be his future. I was also jealous. Someone as good looking as Maxwell must have had lovers before. So I learnt about his past affairs to discover that he only had one lover and that he was still madly in love with this guy."
Devalin paused on that and looked directly into Heero's eyes.
"I hated him, the man who stole his heart. I wanted to be him; I wanted Maxwell to feel something for me. I realized the very first day I saw you that I would never hold Maxwell like you had. So I decided to make Maxwell mine another way. I asked my brother, a local pimp, for help and he said yes. The plan went off with no problems and soon I had Maxwell chained to a bed... my bed. And he still refused me!!! I tried to break him, but nothing worked. I tried and tried, a whole month I had with him, he refused me everything I asked him for. My brother in the end got fed-up with Maxwell and he went after him, determined to break him or kill him. But before my brother could do anything, Maxwell's friends saved him and Maxwell went after my brother. I don't know what happened between Maxwell and my brother, but it resulted in Maxwell killing him, and in doing so, he killed all the feelings that I had for him."
Heero sat up proper, "Duo is no killer."
"He has killed many, Mr. Yuy, I have a list of the names if you want to see it."
"Why am I here? If you don't like Duo any more, then you don't hate me any more."
"Maxwell took away the only family I had. He left me with no one. I vowed over my brother's grave that I would teach Maxwell a lesson. I went after Maxwell. We fought and we came to a conclusion, we were both evenly matched. I threaten him, I warned him but he laughed and told me I didn't have the bull to do it. So I've done it."
"Done what?"
Devalin stood up and turned to face Heero. "I vowed to Maxwell I would make him feel the pain of losing someone near to you."
"He already knows what that feels like."
Devalin shook in his head.
"Not in the same way that I do. Maxwell will pay for what he has done, and he will pay with your life."
TBC...
(1) They are brother and sister!!!! Don't take that passage in the wrong way.
(2) A friend once said this to me. He was laughing at the time but he was speaking from the heart... I think.
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