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My name is Red, I think. I have no past, and no future where I am now. This is the story of my life, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Spacebarge- construction zone
"Move it Red." Said the very large black man who called himself my boss.
"I'm working! This is a gundam, It's not easy to build. Give me a break." I snapped. I was tired, and this was not the way I was planning to spend the evening. So sue me.
"You're right, that's a gundam, and Mr. Reily is getting impatient."
"Well fuck him, I'm a designer, I don't do hard labor." I added a vulgar sign to give it more effect.
"Get used to it or get out." He said and left.
"Bastard." I mumbled. I was the designer of the gundam I was currently being forced to build, and was doing the finishing touches, by myself. The workers acted like it was the zero system or something. It was actually really similar to that system but still... Anyway I was the only one that understood it. Well, one more day, then that baka pilot could take away my beautiful design and blow it up... I frowned and went back to work.
After another hour of wiring, zapping my fingers, and sealing compartments, I went to sign off for the day. I saw Duo walk in.
"Hey there Angel." He said brightly as he waved at me.
"Hello Duo." I turned to look at my masterpiece, The Fireball. It was exactly what I'd want to pilot if I were a soldier.
"That's quite the gundam." he said. I blushed, unable to hide my pride and appreciation for compliments from him. Just then Hilde walked in and draped her arms over Duo's shoulders. She kissed his cheek, just to piss me off, I could swear it.
"Duo, I've been looking all over for you! Have you been in here the whole time?" she said, glancing up at me. Blue eyes met amber ones as she stared at me while rubbing his chest with her fore finger.
"Yeah, sorry I gotta go home girls, why don't you give Red a ride home Hilde?" He said obliviously.
"No really, that's okay." I said glaring at Hilde.
***
In the year that followed the completion of the Fireball, I grew more and more interested in the battle surrounding me. I stole the Gundam I had designed and built, and began to fight by myself. I fought on the same side as the gundams, but not with them. I had my own agenda. I was dubbed 'Hell's Angel', the oxymoron fitting because of the wings on my gundam and the death I brought with me. Also, I was pyrokinetic. Not that anyone really knew, but I brought way more fire than any Beam Cannon could to the battle field with me.
Later on I ran into Zechs and Treize in my battles, and we had a very strange encounter. Zechs had decided he wanted me to fight with them, for the good of OZ, but I had declined, and told him the gundams and the path they followed were all I knew or cared about, and that even if I didn't fight with them I fought for them. He was furious, and from that moment on became my enemy. When he went insane and decided he would destroy the earth, I fought my first battle with the gundams. I had to stop him.
Space
I was in the middle of a large pile of debris I had created. Almost all the mobile dolls had been totally destroyed. I heard a voice on the com-link.
"Main event, I reserved you VIP seating Princess." It was Zechs himself. The beam cannon on a near by battleship started powering up. Deathscythe and Zero sat in front of it, facing the other way. It fired. I went to full speed to push them out of the way, they couldn't be destroyed, they were too important. To me and the planet. We all got safely out of the way when another smaller beam hit me. I spun, and hit my head, hard. The force of the blow knocked me out, and the last thing I saw was the worried faces of Duo and Heero on the com-link.
on solid ground
"Heero, she alright?" Duo asked hurriedly as he entered the hospital room.
"Yes." He nodded.
"Good cuz I got news, this place is supposed to be clean off the map by now, it's an remnant OZ building controlled by white fang, we aren't welcome here bud." The body that was sitting next to me got up, and another sat down. "Wake up sleepin' beauty we gotta GO." It sounded soft, and kind, but who was it... I tried to remember what had just happened, I was drawing a complete blank, I couldn't remember anything... I couldn't remember how I got here, my name, or what I did for the past, how many years? How old am I? What's happening to me...? I opened my eyes. A boy was sitting there next to me.
"Alright. Your awake, first of all, we won! It's over, all we worked for. thanx for shoving me out of the way, too... I had no clue..."
"Slow down, what did I do? Where am I, WHO am I?"
"Huh? You just saved my life, we won the war, your in a hospital controlled by white fang, and your name is Red... " He looked confused.
"Wha...? White fang? What kind of name is RED?"
"I guess you got hit harder than we thought..." My head started to hurt and I became aware of the gauze patch and bandage on my head. I saw a piece of hair fall across my eye, what strange color... It was blonde with all different kinds of red strands in it. I saw some red that didn't fit, it was blood... How did I get hit? I asked him that very question. He answered,
"You got hit saving my life." He wasn't looking at me. Apparently that was all he was going to tell me right now. Another boy entered the room, he had short brown hair and blue eyes. He looked dark and expressionless... I looked into those eyes and saw, his heart, his emotions. I saw, deep down, a heart that trusts and loves, encased in solid stone. Why could I see these things? Could they? was this normal? The new boy spoke.
"We've got to go. Can you walk?" There was no concern in his voice.
"I think so... Why does it matter?" I don't know why I needed to go with them, what did I do?
"You think we're just gonna leave you here?" Duo asked indignantly.
"I don't see why you shouldn't..."
"Because this place is gonna blow up that's why!"
"Oh." I sat up to find the stinking doctors had me in one of those weird paper dress things. The boy threw an out fit down on the bed next to me. It must have been what I had been wearing earlier. Gee, I must be some kind of rebel teenager in /these/ outfits. I grabbed the clothes and looked at the boys, then the door. They got the message and let me change in peace. I had a hard time because I kept getting dizzy and things wouldn't come back into focus. After I had accomplished putting on my shirt and pants, they came back in and kept me steady while I put my shoes on. I guess they heard the thunk when I hit the floor trying the first time. I stood up, and took a few steps. I hope it's not a long walk... They led me down the hall and out of the building. Heero pressed the button on what appeared to be a detonator. He picked me up and started running, Duo followed. I felt his heart again. I tiny crack had formed in the stone. The building exploded, we were still too close. the explosion hit us, the fire rushing over us. I was sure we were dead, but we were still there, and we had what appeared to be a red and orange bubble around us. And it was one HOT bubble. It disappeared a few seconds later.
"That was weird... I seem to remember that that wasn't supposed to happen..." I said, incredibly confused.
"Tell me about it! What was it?" asked duo.
"It was fire. But why did it do that?" asked Heero flatly. It was kinda, strange listening to Heero talk, so uncaring, so emotionless...
"Well, let's go..." We started walking and eventually got to a car, whether it was theirs or not I'll never know. I sat in the front next to Heero. I felt Duo's heart now, why could I do this? His heart was deep down, but uncovered, it was real, and it was jealous. Of who? I dropped the thought as we sped off. A few minutes later we arrived at a large house. It looked almost freakishly big, not that I had much to compare it to. Duo helped me out of the car, and we went inside. Or, almost... The effort of keeping things upright and in focus on the trip seemed to be a little too much, because I blacked out a minute later, I didn't fall over or anything, I just, couldn't see anymore. My head hurt, bad. I ended up getting carried inside. I don't know why they were being so nice... I didn't seem to remember people being kind to me, out of what I did remember about the world. Once inside, I heard Duo's voice call to someone.
"Hey Quatre! Look what we brought." I heard a chair screech, and felt someone come nearer. His presence felt somewhat lighter, happier than those of Heero and Duo.
"Who is she?" asked the one that must be Quatre.
"You don't know? she's been helping us in battle, and she's gonna stay with us for helpin' me out today."
"Your letting her stay here just because she helped you?" Quatre pried.
"I don't know why I am, I just, am." Duo replied. I kinda collapsed then, I was still awake, but I was, asleep, it was weird. I felt Heero put me down on something soft.
"She's going to stay here, /you/ can go if you have a problem with that." He said with some strange emotion in his voice.
"Fine, fine." I felt Quatre smile, and he bounced away. I heard the chair screech again, and I fell asleep.
"Who is she?" Wufei asked, he was not happy with the girl sleeping on the couch.
"Her name, well, I call her Angel, but everyone else calls her Red, cuz she doesn't really have a name. She's no threat, she saved my life."
"I still want her out."
"You want me, to throw a beautiful girl out on the street when she can't remember her own name?"
"I don't see a problem with that." Wufei huffed.
"Wufei, she's blind, be it long term or short, she can't remember anything, and she fell over trying to tie her own shoes. She's staying, get used to it and get off my back." Duo couldn't remember Wufei ever being so mean before.
"I seemed to notice a girl sleeping on the couch." Trowa commented as he entered the kitchen Duo was sitting in.
"She can't see, she can't keep her balance, she can't remember anything. she's staying, gotta problem too bad."
"She's pretty, who is she?" Trowa asked, ignoring Duo's tone.
"She's got no name, they call her Red, I call her Angel. She can't remember that though." Trowa seemed to sympathize. He accepted the fact she was staying and left Duo to sit and stare at the wall.
I woke up, my eyes were shut but I knew it was morning. I gave a slight moan at the stiffness in my neck. Someone apparently heard because someone came over to the couch I had been sleeping on. I couldn't tell who it was. Who ever it was his presence was almost, disturbing. Mixed emotion of wanting me to leave and get hit by a car or something, and wanting me to stay, to be here forever. Both were slightly frightening.
"Open your eyes." He said. I did so, I saw, gray and blue. And a little purple. That's it. I was completely blind.
"What's the use? Can't see anything anyway." I replied.
"I needed to check the color."
"Make sure I'm not bluffing right, make sure I'm completely blind and not just lying to get attention from you people." I scoffed.
"Exactly."
"Your so kind."
"What are you doing to the girl now?" It was another unknown voice. He didn't feel so scary, he was more, comforting.
"Nothing" was his answer, he got up and left.
"That was Wufei, and I'm Trowa. Glad to see you awake." He left it at that. I felt yet another boy come into the room. I was pretty sure it was Quatre.
"Would you like some food?" He didn't seem to care that I was invading his home. He actually seemed to enjoy having me there. I nodded in response, I hadn't had lunch or dinner yesterday, and there was a snowball's chance in Hell that I was gonna miss breakfast. The only problem was getting to the table... I sat up and stood, kind of bent over feeling around so I wouldn't bump into anything. Quatre thankfully took my hand and led me after I reached him. We entered the kitchen, I think, and I heard yet another chair screech.
"Hey! You're up! Can ya see anything yet?" I looked down and frowned, this sucks.
"No." I replied, Duo sounded so hopeful.
"Oh, well, don't worry." Duo said. I could tell he wasn't feeling very cheerful now. I wanted to see him, so he couldn't hide from me anymore. Quatre sat me down next to him, and proceeded in making breakfast for everybody. I heard two more people sit down, Wufei and Trowa, unless I was mistaken. A third person sat down. I was sure that was Heero. That crack in stone was impossible to miss.
"Try these on." Heero said as he placed a pair of glasses in my hands. "If they don't help..." He trailed off. I placed the glasses on my face, realized they were upside down, and put them back on right side up.
"I, can see outlines now... No color, no features besides outline..." I said, that hadn't been very encouraging.
"'Least you can see somethin'" said Duo, cheering up a little more.
"Yes, I know your there, but I don't see what use It is. If a complete stranger walked up to me I could mistake him for any of you."
"Well, they look nice." He said, he wouldn't give up. Quatre put plates in front of us and everyone started to eat, but me.
"What is it?" It felt like he was a little offended, then I guess he remembered all I could see was the table and faintly the plate.
"It's an omelet, here." He put the fork in my hand and sat down himself. I put the fork on the plate, and found the omelet. I cut myself a piece with the fork, and successfully brought it to my mouth. It was rather good, I wished I knew what it looked like... I closed my eyes after a while, straining to see was hurting my eyes, and it didn't really help anyway.
//Duo's POV//
She's pretty when she closes her eyes like that. Hell, she's pretty when she doesn't! If only she could see, and remember... I want to thank her, but I can't. This is a chance for her to start over, I'm not going to take it away. We'll find a way to get her sight back, and then, I'll get things back the way they were, only better this time. Some things even I can't change but... I'll try...
After I was sure I had cleaned off the plate, I carefully got up, and picked up the plate and fork. Holding them securely in one hand, I searched for the sink, determined to find it myself. I placed the dishes in the sink successfully, and turned back around.
"Well, now what?" I didn't have anything to do, and boredom wasn't a choice.
"Um..."Quatre was clueless.
"Uh..."so was Duo.
"Why don't you fix her hair Duo." Wufei's remark was meant to be snide, but the result was rather different from what he intended. "I will if she'll let me." he replied, happy to create another braided one.
"Would you? It probably looks horrible right now..." I asked, feeling the mass that adorned my head.
"Sure." He ran away and came back with a brush and tie. he sat me down and went to work. From the amount of time it took to brush it out, I suspected there was a lot of it to brush. He braided it with expert hands, and tied the end. "There, looks pretty good if you ask me." I smiled, he tried to be so happy all the time. The door bell rang and the door banged opened, a person walked in with happy carelessness in her heart. That happiness faded in less than two seconds flat.
"Duo, what is SHE doing here!?" It was a girl. Duo's girlfriend?
"Ah! Hilde, she's just staying here for a while, she hit'er head and, I was just helping her do'er hair..."
"WHY IS SHE HERE." she asked again.
"Speak a little louder will ya?" I asked. "What I'm doing here is a damn good question, and I'd suggest you don't jump to conclusions so quickly, you might miss the mark and jump off a cliff or something..."
"Well, here's a suggestion for YOU, stay away from MY duo, and a sharp tongue like that'll give you a new name REAL fast Red dear, Bitch is the first one that comes to my mind." I knew I had met this girl before, she had always been the barrier between me and happiness. I walked out of the room and bumped into Heero. Another crack showed up. I quickly apologized and walked around him, straining to see so I wouldn't bump into something else and make a fool of myself. This wasn't fair, I want to be like them, to know what's going on, I want to be able to protect someone that's, all mine... Like Hilde... Did I ever have someone?
"Why are you letting that creature stay here?!" Hilde demanded.
"Why not?" answered Heero in that strange flat voice of his.
"Wha-uh-just, BECAUSE, she's rude, and she's spending too much time around my Duo! AND am I mistaken in saying she's played you the same way?" Heero gave her a cold look. "Why, I should ask Miss Relena what she thinks of this, I don't think she'll be so easy to forgive the girl..." she said, her eyes gleaming. Heero's gaze got darker. *crack* The stone casing on his heart had three cracks in it, each coming from the very center.
I kept walking, losing vision rapidly I turned into a room and stopped. My head hurt, a lot...
"Are you all right?" It was Quatre.
"I, I'm gonna fall over if I don't sit down first..."
"Here, sit." he pulled up a chair.
"Thank you." I said sitting down and tilting my head back. "Quatre?"
"Yes?"
"Why are you people doing this for me?"
"I-well-because..."
"Well?" I asked, I had to know what was so special about me that they would take care of me like this.
"I-really don't know. I have guesses, but that's all."
"What might those guesses be?"
"Well, I might be wrong..."
"Just tell me." I had to know.
"I think, that Duo and Heero have grown somewhat attached to you. You probably don't know this, being that you can't see me let alone yourself, but your very pretty, and I wouldn't be surprised if they had grown so fond of you. They knew you before this happened, and you protected them when you yourself were in danger. I'm glad they brought you here, you're what reminds us of what we're fighting to protect, even though you're in a bad position you can still go on. You still have the chance to live." I looked up, I could faintly make out his outline. I'd have to remember it. I'd have to remember that I can trust him.
"Quatre..." Deep down I knew, I would never see a sunset again, I'd never read, I'd never watch another movie. All I could do was try to help with what I could, and be a nuisance when I couldn't do it. I could hope though, and I would. I wouldn't let this life claim and devour me. I let my expression fall and slumped in my chair.
"It happened to you because it had to. Your old life was leading you toward destruction, this is your second chance, use it to your advantage." I nodded. Just then someone else walked in, Hilde. Her presence was so shameless it hurt.
"You need to leave." She said simply.
"Fine. I don't happen to live anywhere do I?" It seemed she hadn't expected that reaction.
"You don't have to go anywhere." It was Duo.
"She want's me to leave fine, where do I live?"
"I'll take you then." Said Quatre. "But you really don't have to go."
"I'm coming too, if you really are leaving. It'll be nice to see Kari anyway." said Duo.
"Kari?" I asked.
"Later, let's go." Hilde had a triumphant air around her as we walked out the door.
A/N: Hope you all liked it! Please review!!!
My name is Red, I think. I have no past, and no future where I am now. This is the story of my life, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Spacebarge- construction zone
"Move it Red." Said the very large black man who called himself my boss.
"I'm working! This is a gundam, It's not easy to build. Give me a break." I snapped. I was tired, and this was not the way I was planning to spend the evening. So sue me.
"You're right, that's a gundam, and Mr. Reily is getting impatient."
"Well fuck him, I'm a designer, I don't do hard labor." I added a vulgar sign to give it more effect.
"Get used to it or get out." He said and left.
"Bastard." I mumbled. I was the designer of the gundam I was currently being forced to build, and was doing the finishing touches, by myself. The workers acted like it was the zero system or something. It was actually really similar to that system but still... Anyway I was the only one that understood it. Well, one more day, then that baka pilot could take away my beautiful design and blow it up... I frowned and went back to work.
After another hour of wiring, zapping my fingers, and sealing compartments, I went to sign off for the day. I saw Duo walk in.
"Hey there Angel." He said brightly as he waved at me.
"Hello Duo." I turned to look at my masterpiece, The Fireball. It was exactly what I'd want to pilot if I were a soldier.
"That's quite the gundam." he said. I blushed, unable to hide my pride and appreciation for compliments from him. Just then Hilde walked in and draped her arms over Duo's shoulders. She kissed his cheek, just to piss me off, I could swear it.
"Duo, I've been looking all over for you! Have you been in here the whole time?" she said, glancing up at me. Blue eyes met amber ones as she stared at me while rubbing his chest with her fore finger.
"Yeah, sorry I gotta go home girls, why don't you give Red a ride home Hilde?" He said obliviously.
"No really, that's okay." I said glaring at Hilde.
***
In the year that followed the completion of the Fireball, I grew more and more interested in the battle surrounding me. I stole the Gundam I had designed and built, and began to fight by myself. I fought on the same side as the gundams, but not with them. I had my own agenda. I was dubbed 'Hell's Angel', the oxymoron fitting because of the wings on my gundam and the death I brought with me. Also, I was pyrokinetic. Not that anyone really knew, but I brought way more fire than any Beam Cannon could to the battle field with me.
Later on I ran into Zechs and Treize in my battles, and we had a very strange encounter. Zechs had decided he wanted me to fight with them, for the good of OZ, but I had declined, and told him the gundams and the path they followed were all I knew or cared about, and that even if I didn't fight with them I fought for them. He was furious, and from that moment on became my enemy. When he went insane and decided he would destroy the earth, I fought my first battle with the gundams. I had to stop him.
Space
I was in the middle of a large pile of debris I had created. Almost all the mobile dolls had been totally destroyed. I heard a voice on the com-link.
"Main event, I reserved you VIP seating Princess." It was Zechs himself. The beam cannon on a near by battleship started powering up. Deathscythe and Zero sat in front of it, facing the other way. It fired. I went to full speed to push them out of the way, they couldn't be destroyed, they were too important. To me and the planet. We all got safely out of the way when another smaller beam hit me. I spun, and hit my head, hard. The force of the blow knocked me out, and the last thing I saw was the worried faces of Duo and Heero on the com-link.
on solid ground
"Heero, she alright?" Duo asked hurriedly as he entered the hospital room.
"Yes." He nodded.
"Good cuz I got news, this place is supposed to be clean off the map by now, it's an remnant OZ building controlled by white fang, we aren't welcome here bud." The body that was sitting next to me got up, and another sat down. "Wake up sleepin' beauty we gotta GO." It sounded soft, and kind, but who was it... I tried to remember what had just happened, I was drawing a complete blank, I couldn't remember anything... I couldn't remember how I got here, my name, or what I did for the past, how many years? How old am I? What's happening to me...? I opened my eyes. A boy was sitting there next to me.
"Alright. Your awake, first of all, we won! It's over, all we worked for. thanx for shoving me out of the way, too... I had no clue..."
"Slow down, what did I do? Where am I, WHO am I?"
"Huh? You just saved my life, we won the war, your in a hospital controlled by white fang, and your name is Red... " He looked confused.
"Wha...? White fang? What kind of name is RED?"
"I guess you got hit harder than we thought..." My head started to hurt and I became aware of the gauze patch and bandage on my head. I saw a piece of hair fall across my eye, what strange color... It was blonde with all different kinds of red strands in it. I saw some red that didn't fit, it was blood... How did I get hit? I asked him that very question. He answered,
"You got hit saving my life." He wasn't looking at me. Apparently that was all he was going to tell me right now. Another boy entered the room, he had short brown hair and blue eyes. He looked dark and expressionless... I looked into those eyes and saw, his heart, his emotions. I saw, deep down, a heart that trusts and loves, encased in solid stone. Why could I see these things? Could they? was this normal? The new boy spoke.
"We've got to go. Can you walk?" There was no concern in his voice.
"I think so... Why does it matter?" I don't know why I needed to go with them, what did I do?
"You think we're just gonna leave you here?" Duo asked indignantly.
"I don't see why you shouldn't..."
"Because this place is gonna blow up that's why!"
"Oh." I sat up to find the stinking doctors had me in one of those weird paper dress things. The boy threw an out fit down on the bed next to me. It must have been what I had been wearing earlier. Gee, I must be some kind of rebel teenager in /these/ outfits. I grabbed the clothes and looked at the boys, then the door. They got the message and let me change in peace. I had a hard time because I kept getting dizzy and things wouldn't come back into focus. After I had accomplished putting on my shirt and pants, they came back in and kept me steady while I put my shoes on. I guess they heard the thunk when I hit the floor trying the first time. I stood up, and took a few steps. I hope it's not a long walk... They led me down the hall and out of the building. Heero pressed the button on what appeared to be a detonator. He picked me up and started running, Duo followed. I felt his heart again. I tiny crack had formed in the stone. The building exploded, we were still too close. the explosion hit us, the fire rushing over us. I was sure we were dead, but we were still there, and we had what appeared to be a red and orange bubble around us. And it was one HOT bubble. It disappeared a few seconds later.
"That was weird... I seem to remember that that wasn't supposed to happen..." I said, incredibly confused.
"Tell me about it! What was it?" asked duo.
"It was fire. But why did it do that?" asked Heero flatly. It was kinda, strange listening to Heero talk, so uncaring, so emotionless...
"Well, let's go..." We started walking and eventually got to a car, whether it was theirs or not I'll never know. I sat in the front next to Heero. I felt Duo's heart now, why could I do this? His heart was deep down, but uncovered, it was real, and it was jealous. Of who? I dropped the thought as we sped off. A few minutes later we arrived at a large house. It looked almost freakishly big, not that I had much to compare it to. Duo helped me out of the car, and we went inside. Or, almost... The effort of keeping things upright and in focus on the trip seemed to be a little too much, because I blacked out a minute later, I didn't fall over or anything, I just, couldn't see anymore. My head hurt, bad. I ended up getting carried inside. I don't know why they were being so nice... I didn't seem to remember people being kind to me, out of what I did remember about the world. Once inside, I heard Duo's voice call to someone.
"Hey Quatre! Look what we brought." I heard a chair screech, and felt someone come nearer. His presence felt somewhat lighter, happier than those of Heero and Duo.
"Who is she?" asked the one that must be Quatre.
"You don't know? she's been helping us in battle, and she's gonna stay with us for helpin' me out today."
"Your letting her stay here just because she helped you?" Quatre pried.
"I don't know why I am, I just, am." Duo replied. I kinda collapsed then, I was still awake, but I was, asleep, it was weird. I felt Heero put me down on something soft.
"She's going to stay here, /you/ can go if you have a problem with that." He said with some strange emotion in his voice.
"Fine, fine." I felt Quatre smile, and he bounced away. I heard the chair screech again, and I fell asleep.
"Who is she?" Wufei asked, he was not happy with the girl sleeping on the couch.
"Her name, well, I call her Angel, but everyone else calls her Red, cuz she doesn't really have a name. She's no threat, she saved my life."
"I still want her out."
"You want me, to throw a beautiful girl out on the street when she can't remember her own name?"
"I don't see a problem with that." Wufei huffed.
"Wufei, she's blind, be it long term or short, she can't remember anything, and she fell over trying to tie her own shoes. She's staying, get used to it and get off my back." Duo couldn't remember Wufei ever being so mean before.
"I seemed to notice a girl sleeping on the couch." Trowa commented as he entered the kitchen Duo was sitting in.
"She can't see, she can't keep her balance, she can't remember anything. she's staying, gotta problem too bad."
"She's pretty, who is she?" Trowa asked, ignoring Duo's tone.
"She's got no name, they call her Red, I call her Angel. She can't remember that though." Trowa seemed to sympathize. He accepted the fact she was staying and left Duo to sit and stare at the wall.
I woke up, my eyes were shut but I knew it was morning. I gave a slight moan at the stiffness in my neck. Someone apparently heard because someone came over to the couch I had been sleeping on. I couldn't tell who it was. Who ever it was his presence was almost, disturbing. Mixed emotion of wanting me to leave and get hit by a car or something, and wanting me to stay, to be here forever. Both were slightly frightening.
"Open your eyes." He said. I did so, I saw, gray and blue. And a little purple. That's it. I was completely blind.
"What's the use? Can't see anything anyway." I replied.
"I needed to check the color."
"Make sure I'm not bluffing right, make sure I'm completely blind and not just lying to get attention from you people." I scoffed.
"Exactly."
"Your so kind."
"What are you doing to the girl now?" It was another unknown voice. He didn't feel so scary, he was more, comforting.
"Nothing" was his answer, he got up and left.
"That was Wufei, and I'm Trowa. Glad to see you awake." He left it at that. I felt yet another boy come into the room. I was pretty sure it was Quatre.
"Would you like some food?" He didn't seem to care that I was invading his home. He actually seemed to enjoy having me there. I nodded in response, I hadn't had lunch or dinner yesterday, and there was a snowball's chance in Hell that I was gonna miss breakfast. The only problem was getting to the table... I sat up and stood, kind of bent over feeling around so I wouldn't bump into anything. Quatre thankfully took my hand and led me after I reached him. We entered the kitchen, I think, and I heard yet another chair screech.
"Hey! You're up! Can ya see anything yet?" I looked down and frowned, this sucks.
"No." I replied, Duo sounded so hopeful.
"Oh, well, don't worry." Duo said. I could tell he wasn't feeling very cheerful now. I wanted to see him, so he couldn't hide from me anymore. Quatre sat me down next to him, and proceeded in making breakfast for everybody. I heard two more people sit down, Wufei and Trowa, unless I was mistaken. A third person sat down. I was sure that was Heero. That crack in stone was impossible to miss.
"Try these on." Heero said as he placed a pair of glasses in my hands. "If they don't help..." He trailed off. I placed the glasses on my face, realized they were upside down, and put them back on right side up.
"I, can see outlines now... No color, no features besides outline..." I said, that hadn't been very encouraging.
"'Least you can see somethin'" said Duo, cheering up a little more.
"Yes, I know your there, but I don't see what use It is. If a complete stranger walked up to me I could mistake him for any of you."
"Well, they look nice." He said, he wouldn't give up. Quatre put plates in front of us and everyone started to eat, but me.
"What is it?" It felt like he was a little offended, then I guess he remembered all I could see was the table and faintly the plate.
"It's an omelet, here." He put the fork in my hand and sat down himself. I put the fork on the plate, and found the omelet. I cut myself a piece with the fork, and successfully brought it to my mouth. It was rather good, I wished I knew what it looked like... I closed my eyes after a while, straining to see was hurting my eyes, and it didn't really help anyway.
//Duo's POV//
She's pretty when she closes her eyes like that. Hell, she's pretty when she doesn't! If only she could see, and remember... I want to thank her, but I can't. This is a chance for her to start over, I'm not going to take it away. We'll find a way to get her sight back, and then, I'll get things back the way they were, only better this time. Some things even I can't change but... I'll try...
After I was sure I had cleaned off the plate, I carefully got up, and picked up the plate and fork. Holding them securely in one hand, I searched for the sink, determined to find it myself. I placed the dishes in the sink successfully, and turned back around.
"Well, now what?" I didn't have anything to do, and boredom wasn't a choice.
"Um..."Quatre was clueless.
"Uh..."so was Duo.
"Why don't you fix her hair Duo." Wufei's remark was meant to be snide, but the result was rather different from what he intended. "I will if she'll let me." he replied, happy to create another braided one.
"Would you? It probably looks horrible right now..." I asked, feeling the mass that adorned my head.
"Sure." He ran away and came back with a brush and tie. he sat me down and went to work. From the amount of time it took to brush it out, I suspected there was a lot of it to brush. He braided it with expert hands, and tied the end. "There, looks pretty good if you ask me." I smiled, he tried to be so happy all the time. The door bell rang and the door banged opened, a person walked in with happy carelessness in her heart. That happiness faded in less than two seconds flat.
"Duo, what is SHE doing here!?" It was a girl. Duo's girlfriend?
"Ah! Hilde, she's just staying here for a while, she hit'er head and, I was just helping her do'er hair..."
"WHY IS SHE HERE." she asked again.
"Speak a little louder will ya?" I asked. "What I'm doing here is a damn good question, and I'd suggest you don't jump to conclusions so quickly, you might miss the mark and jump off a cliff or something..."
"Well, here's a suggestion for YOU, stay away from MY duo, and a sharp tongue like that'll give you a new name REAL fast Red dear, Bitch is the first one that comes to my mind." I knew I had met this girl before, she had always been the barrier between me and happiness. I walked out of the room and bumped into Heero. Another crack showed up. I quickly apologized and walked around him, straining to see so I wouldn't bump into something else and make a fool of myself. This wasn't fair, I want to be like them, to know what's going on, I want to be able to protect someone that's, all mine... Like Hilde... Did I ever have someone?
"Why are you letting that creature stay here?!" Hilde demanded.
"Why not?" answered Heero in that strange flat voice of his.
"Wha-uh-just, BECAUSE, she's rude, and she's spending too much time around my Duo! AND am I mistaken in saying she's played you the same way?" Heero gave her a cold look. "Why, I should ask Miss Relena what she thinks of this, I don't think she'll be so easy to forgive the girl..." she said, her eyes gleaming. Heero's gaze got darker. *crack* The stone casing on his heart had three cracks in it, each coming from the very center.
I kept walking, losing vision rapidly I turned into a room and stopped. My head hurt, a lot...
"Are you all right?" It was Quatre.
"I, I'm gonna fall over if I don't sit down first..."
"Here, sit." he pulled up a chair.
"Thank you." I said sitting down and tilting my head back. "Quatre?"
"Yes?"
"Why are you people doing this for me?"
"I-well-because..."
"Well?" I asked, I had to know what was so special about me that they would take care of me like this.
"I-really don't know. I have guesses, but that's all."
"What might those guesses be?"
"Well, I might be wrong..."
"Just tell me." I had to know.
"I think, that Duo and Heero have grown somewhat attached to you. You probably don't know this, being that you can't see me let alone yourself, but your very pretty, and I wouldn't be surprised if they had grown so fond of you. They knew you before this happened, and you protected them when you yourself were in danger. I'm glad they brought you here, you're what reminds us of what we're fighting to protect, even though you're in a bad position you can still go on. You still have the chance to live." I looked up, I could faintly make out his outline. I'd have to remember it. I'd have to remember that I can trust him.
"Quatre..." Deep down I knew, I would never see a sunset again, I'd never read, I'd never watch another movie. All I could do was try to help with what I could, and be a nuisance when I couldn't do it. I could hope though, and I would. I wouldn't let this life claim and devour me. I let my expression fall and slumped in my chair.
"It happened to you because it had to. Your old life was leading you toward destruction, this is your second chance, use it to your advantage." I nodded. Just then someone else walked in, Hilde. Her presence was so shameless it hurt.
"You need to leave." She said simply.
"Fine. I don't happen to live anywhere do I?" It seemed she hadn't expected that reaction.
"You don't have to go anywhere." It was Duo.
"She want's me to leave fine, where do I live?"
"I'll take you then." Said Quatre. "But you really don't have to go."
"I'm coming too, if you really are leaving. It'll be nice to see Kari anyway." said Duo.
"Kari?" I asked.
"Later, let's go." Hilde had a triumphant air around her as we walked out the door.
A/N: Hope you all liked it! Please review!!!