Okay, here I reveal the past of Sean
and what happened, where he's from and
little things like that.
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Notes:
It's been a few months and Relena's just started to feel comfortable again.
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Chapter 12: Sean
By Yuki-hime
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Relena smiled as she watched the little kids play in the garden.
'I can't wait til I have a child one day,' she
thought as the game of tag
progressed.
"Relena," Heero's voice came from behind her. 'She's watching the
children again,' he thought as he hugged her.
"Aren't they cute, Heero?" she whispered, almost afraid that if she
talked to loud, she would scare them away.
He laughed lightly, "Of course." They stood a moment before Relena
broke the silence.
"What's wrong?" she asked. Hoping that it would be something she
could handle and not another problem from her past.
"There's a man here to talk to you. He won't say about what and he
won't talk to anyone else."
Relena looked at him for a moment, debating what to do. "Where is
he?" she said finally.
"Outside. Are you sure you..."
Relena cut him off. "Yes. I'm very sure," she said smiling.
"Will
you please bring him in."
Heero stood where he was for a second longer, then lightly kissed
her forehead. "I'm right outside in case you need me," he said and
then
walked to the door. "You can see her now," he said as a man walked
in.
The door closed as Heero took one last look at Relena. She smiled
in return. "Welcome to the
to him and extend her hand.
"The pleasure is all mine, Miss Relena," he said. Relena had
judged him to be in his late 20's or early 30's. "My name is Robert Sanson.
I work for Dantic Alliance."
"Well, you must be pretty well off," Relena laughed.
"Yes, well. I'm going to get fired for telling you this." He looked
around nervously.
"What's wrong?" Relena said, concern setting in.
"There's a conspiracy. One that's been going on for a
few years now.
When Dantic was created after the war, it's public main goal was to help
rebuild the colonies. Strengthen outerspace."
"Public?" Relena questioned. She had caught
the word, like it was
meant to hang in the air.
"Yes, publically the company rebuilt
space," he repeaded.
"But what about privately?" she asked.
"That's an intirely different matter. Once the
company was
officially established, the owner started illegal operations concerning
the work of iron and gundianum. He tried to produce a
Gundam, but the
catch was that there would be iron also. He had no idea if it would work
because of the iron. It was a theory that he had picked up from the war.
He had workers on his project day and night, when it was finished, it was
taken to the outer edge of Pluto to be tested."
'Pluto,' she thought absently.
~* FLASHBACK *~
The ground was rocky and uneven as Relena tried to
hide. She was
sure Sean had escaped from the shuttle and she definitely didn't want him
finding her. She'd as sooner die then that. Losing her grip, Relena stumbled
and fell in the rocks. Aquiring bleeding cuts and burises.
She had to find a cave to at least rest in. Relena glanced around
the terrian, looking for a place to hide. Then she
spotted a cave, and
stuggled to stand and reached it.
When Relena had made her way, she noticed that the cave was smaller
than it appeared, and deeper. She sighed, 'Nothing will go my way, will it?'
she thought and she began to slowly make her way in
the cave. "At least it's
something," she whispered to the walls.
~* END FLASHBACK *~
"What happened to the Gundam?" Relena asked.
"The man who owned the company took it out himself with a few
people he trusted. They came back about a week later and a Gundam short.
He was furious and said that gundianum and iron were
more a menance than
just a Gundam. He never went back out and never built another Gundam,"
Robert said.
"May I ask who the man was." Relena was
curious, very curious.
"Sean," he whispered.
Relena couldn't believe her ears. Sean had owned a company. That
explained the part about the Gundams he always talked about. But then why
had he took her out to Pluto. To see
his Gundam? If it were in one piece.
Nothing made sense. "I don't understand. Sean owned Dantic
Alliance?
And he built a mobile suit out of gundianum and iron?
But what happened to
it?"
"The suit was never saw again. It's thought to be
destroyed. That's
why Sean was so mad, he never even went to Pluto
again."
Relena knew that last statement wasn't true. Sean had taken her to
Pluto. Perhaps to kill her, as it almost did. But she
was never sure. And
the nightmares she had at night were proof.
~* FLASHBACK *~
Relena stumbled on the smooth floor of the cave. Her left leg was
bleeding badly, and she could no longer feel her fingers from the cold.
Then she ran into something hard that blocked the way. She hadn't stepped
in five feet and already she was in trouble. She stood as still as possible
and waited. But nothing moved and there was no sound except for her short
raspy breaths. She reached out her hand to try to feel her way around.
'Hard and cold,' she thought and she trudged along the side of it.
It felt strangely familiar to her, but she shoved that thought away
immediately. Not wanting to have hopes of living invade
her waking moments
too. Her dreams were enough for both states of concinious.
~* END FLASHBACK *~
"What did Sean do after he returned?" the question plagued her.
They hired him only after Heero left. He couldn't have been gone for a week
and trained at the same time. Unless he was already a
soldier.
"He left again. Said something about not looking for
him. That he
would send orders. We never did know what happened until he returned a few
months later," Robert finished.
"Did Sean have any training?" Relena questioned.
"Yeah, he had been a soldier during the war."
"What side?"
"The colonies. He was caught in the final battle
and just escaped
an attack from a Gundam. After that was when he created the company."
"What happened after Sean returned from the absence?" Relena was
eager to learn anything she could on her nightmare. Maybe the knowledge
would ease the nightmares.
"He worked longer hours and hardly spoke. It was like he closed up.
His temper was worse. Then, about a year ago, a man came in and talked to
him. That was when the company began to change. It was about the same time
you approved for Beta Colony 5."
"Dantic Alliance worked on the colony, didn't
it?" she was sure
that it had, but the need to be sure asked.
"Yes."
'So the blueprints for BC5 weren't necessary at all. Sean only
used Professor Jay to get to me. But if Sean wasn't behind the attack and
it was someone else, then who could possibly want to cause so much trouble?'
Relena's thoughts wondered off.
"I'm sorry to have to bring this up, Miss Relena, but the company
has been having incidents and someone that has influence needed to know.
all we could think of was you, at least anyone that
cared enough to take
action. We think it might be the man Sean meet with,
trying to take care
of old business. Get rid of anything that might make him known."
"It's my pleasure to help you, don't worry about it. Do you have any
idea what this man might look like?" Relena asked. If they had a clue then
there would be a private 'search party' to look. That is if they had a
clue.
"No, I'm sorry. We never meet him or saw photos. The survalence
cameras that held tapes that he might have been on, disappeared."
"Don't worry. I'll see what I can do," she said smiling. 'It
never ends, does it?' she thought to herself. Rising, Relena walked Robert
out to the door and down to his car. She noticed Heero and the others
posted outside her office. "I'll contact you as soon as I know something
solid."
"Miss Relena, I don't know how to say thank you enough," he said
smiling. "Even though the company was owned by Sean, the colonies need
it."
"I'll keep your company afloat, Mr. Sanson. You
don't have to worry.
If anything new arises, please let me know."
"I will," he said as he stepped into his car and drove off.
~* FLASHBACK *~
Relena gasped at the sight of what lay in front of her. 'A
Gundam!'
her mind screamed. 'But way out
here. And it looks to be a few years old,'
she thought. Her eyes searched the surface.
The style was unique, but something was amiss. It didn't seem to be
completely made of gundianum. But it looked exactly
like one. 'How can this
be? Wouldn't the others know of it?' she circled the Gundam, searching for
the idenity or a trademark.
Her hand slide across an engraving that caught her attention.
"Plutian," she whispered as she read the
word. "Gundam Plutian."
~* END FLASHBACK *~
"Why did Sean favor Pluto?" she whispered aloud, unaware of the
person standing behind her.
"What did he say?" Heero's voice questioned her.
Relena turned and smiled. "He was from Dantic
Alliance, and they
have asked for my help."
"What else?" he knew Relena too well to know that there was more.
The need to keep her safe and away from danger was stronger now then it
had been before.
Relena sighed. "I'll tell you all later at dinner. I still have
some paper work to see to," she said and walked past him, stalling a few
seconds to add, "Please trust me."
Heero turned to watch her go, entering the double doors. 'What's
going on Relena?' he thought as he started for the doors. "Might
as well
get started on dinner. Now all I have to do is track down the
guys."
He sughed at the thought of finding
them.
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So what did ya think? I decided to finish writing
what I had originally
planned. But, if for any reason, the rest of the chapters never appear on
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I would like very much to thank everyone who reviewed my work. Your
encouragement kept me going and made me decided to finish my stories. I'm
sorry this chapter wasn't long, but it sets up a bunch of stuff. ~.^