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Untold Secrets…The
Memories of Death
The 5
pilots filed off the shuttle, one at a time. The colony brought back memories
of Duo's childhood. The war. The church…eventually the tragedy, they all
plagued Duo's mind at one point or another as Duo followed Quatre through the
terminal. Lately Duo had been having weird dreams. Dreams about his past,
things he had long forgotten…things he would rather not remember. Still that
fuzzy picture of the photograph came to mind. Duo didn't know if it were
something from his past or just something from his imagination. Duo's friends
had good intentions, wanting to take some time off to see if it was what Duo
needed. Being a Preventer was not easy, so when Duo started having problems on
the job because of his dreams, Lady Une had granted the request of the pilots.
Duo knew that his friends planned on going to this particular colony, he just
didn't have the heart to tell them that this was where he grew up. Duo was sure
that they didn't know about this colony and that he had lived here. To be easy
Duo said nothing as he followed his friends out and onto the sidewalk beside
the busy street. "I can pull through this!" Duo thought confidently.
"Hey why
don't we send our bags ahead of us and onto the hotel?" Quatre said. "Then we
can enjoy the colony and later, after we sightsee a bit, we can walk to the
hotel?" Quatre looked around, waiting for the other pilots' reactions to his
idea. "Okay!" Wufei said nodding. Trowa nodded and Heero shrugged. They all
looked at Duo for his input. "Sure, why not?" Duo said mustering a smile.
Quatre made arrangements for the luggage and soon the group was on their way.
After
walking for a while the busy streets gave way to the more calm streets with
houses lining the sidewalks. "I think we've gone far enough for today." Quatre
said, looking around. "I got directions to the hotel and it should be down this
street and then we'll come to a busier street and we should be able to see it
from there." Quatre explained looking down the street. Duo followed his friends
deep in thought. Suddenly the street that they were walking down caught Duo's
attention, the house with green shutters and the fence behind the church. "The
church!" Duo thought. "This is Maxwell church!" Duo stopped and stared at the church.
It was different from the way Duo remembered it. And there was a sign in front
of the church that Quatre had stopped to read. "Hey guys!" Quatre yelled to the
group that had continued on down the street. "Look this is where the Maxwell
church tragedy took place." Suddenly Quatre realized where they were. "Duo?"
Quatre asked his friend who was staring up at the church. Quatre walked up to
Duo and the other pilots soon joined him. "This is where you grew up, isn't
it?" Quatre asked. Duo stood still for a moment before answering. Finally he
nodded, "It's not the exact same it was when I was seven." "Well the sign did
say that it had been rebuilt because the massacre had left it in ruins. Some
parts of the building are still in the original state but the rest was built on
top of it." Quatre explained. "See that window?" Duo asked, pointing to a stain
glass window near the top of the church. "It used to not be there. This colony
was too poor to afford such nice things. In fact, we didn't even have a window
there." Duo walked around the side of the church. "There was a broken window
right there." Duo said, again pointing to another window on the side of the
church. "Thanks to me and a baseball." Duo smiled, remembering the happy times
he had while at the church. "Why don't we go inside?" Trowa asked. "I don't
think that Duo would like that." Quatre said turning around and walking out to
the sidewalk. "No it's alright, Quatre." Duo said still looking at the church.
"I think this is what I might need to finally let go." Duo bravely walked up to the two front doors
of the church and braced himself for the memories that were sure to come
flooding over him again. Trying to sound casual Duo pointed out another thing
about the church. "Oh, and we didn't have the double doors!"
Faint
singing could be heard as soon as the pilots stepped inside the front foyer.
"Can I help you?" The boys turned and saw a man in a priest outfit. "We were
just looking." Quatre explained. "We can leave." He added quickly. "No stay!"
The priest said. "I'm father Ivan and anyone is welcome here at Maxwell
church." "How much of the church has been restored?" Duo asked, turning and
staring at the ceiling. "All of it!" Father Ivan answered. "Even the children's
rooms where the orphans used to stay?" Duo asked. "Well yes. In fact that was
the only part of the building where we didn't have to totally rebuild the floor
and one wall. Why do you ask?" "Can I see it?" Duo asked, looking at the
priest. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt. Follow me." Father Ivan started down a
hallway that was very familiar to Duo.
At first
Duo just stood at the door and stared, the room was very similar to the way Duo
remembered it. The beds were in roughly the same place and there was Duo's bed
off in the corner. He slowly walked up to it as Father Ivan explained to the
other pilots all about the orphans who used to live there. Slowly he knelt
beside the bed and ran his hand over the sheets. Shutting out everything else
in the room Duo let the memories take hold. He remembered a hiding place he
used to have, in the floor under his bed. "The Father did say that this was the
only part of the church that didn't have to have the floor redone, didn't he?"
Duo thought. Holding his breath Duo reached under the bed and quietly found the
loose board. Gently he lifted it out of place and reached his hand in the
little hole he had created. Slowly he lifted a small box covered in dust and
brought it up to the surface of the bed. Duo ran his hands over the top of the
box clearing some of the dust, amazed that it would still be there Duo opened
the lid. He reached inside and pulled out the first thing he saw. A picture,
slightly yellowed at the edges, but still there was no mistaking it, it was a
picture, the same picture that Duo had been seeing in his dreams. On the
picture were four people, a mother, a father, Duo, and it looked like another
Duo, but Duo had no family, right? Duo blinked his eyes and memories of these
people he was staring at came alive to him. Duo dropped the picture and slowly
stood up. He backed away from the bed and in the place where he had just been
there was another boy…Duo when he first came to live at Maxwell church. Little
children were also in the room and some were staring over Duo's shoulder. "Hey
who are the people in the picture?" A
little boy asked. "Duh! It's his family!" Another said. "Look there's his
mother and father and him and it looks like another him!" The child went on.
All this time the young Duo said nothing. "Well it must be his twin!" Another
guessed. "Hey leave Duo alone!" A boy said, moving the children aside. "Duo? So
that's his name? Must be because he's a twin." A boy said. That was when the
rest of the children started calling him Duo. He had called himself Duo before
that, but not because he was a twin, it was because he had planned on dying
with Solo. But instead he lived and now, because of his photo, the other
children also called him Duo. As Duo watched this scene he shook his head and
closed his eyes until he could see it no more. "Duo?" he heard a voice say.
"Duo?" Duo tried to shut it out but it just got louder until Duo realized that
it was Quatre who was calling his name. "Duo, are you okay?" Quatre asked
looking worried. The other pilots had left the room and Duo and Quatre were alone.
Duo couldn't say anything to Quatre so instead he pointed at the bed. Quatre
walked over to the bed and picked up the photograph off the floor where it had
dropped. "Duo, is this your family?" Quatre asked staring at the picture. Duo
licked his lips and nodded. "I didn't know you had a brother! I guess he died
in the war when you were little." Quatre wondered out loud. "Was he your twin?"
Quatre asked this time looking up at Duo. Again Duo nodded. "How old were you
when this picture was taken?" Quatre went on. "I was three." Duo said after a
pause. Just then the priest reappeared. "Your friends are waiting out side for
you." He said but then noticed that the two boys were looking at something.
"What have you found?" The priest asked. Quatre looked at Duo and Duo nodded.
"We found this photograph." Quatre said. "Well actually Duo found it." Quatre
corrected himself. "May I see it?" The priest asked. Duo took the picture from
Quatre and handed it to the priest. At first the priest looked at the picture but
then he looked up at Duo. "Is this you?" He asked pointing at the picture and
then at Duo. Duo nodded and sat on the bed. "Where did you find it?" The priest
went on. "Under the bed, in a box. I hid it there when I was little." Duo said
without looking at either of the two people in the room. "Does this mean that
you lived here for a while?" The priest asked. "I lived here from the beginning
until the end." Duo said sadly. "You mean you're the only survivor of Maxwell
church?" The priest asked astonished. Again Duo nodded. "You know there was a
man here a few days ago looking for the survivor of the tragedy." The priest
said. "I told him I didn't know who the survivor was and that I only knew that
there was one. He left and said that if I ever found out to give him a call. He
said he was staying for a couple more days and that he would check by later in
the week to see if I've found anything. Would you like to meet him? I have his
number." Hearing this Duo looked up from the floor. After a minute of consideration
Duo declined and walked out of the door. As Duo and Quatre were leaving the
church the priest waved goodbye and bid God's blessing on them. Outside the
five pilots were talking to a man on the front lawn of the church. As Duo and
Quatre got closer they tried to catch some of the conversation. But before they
could tell what was going on a young man got out of the car and ran toward Duo.
"Michael?" He exclaimed stopping and staring at Duo. Duo tilted his head and
looked at the young man in front of him. The pilots stood by watching this and
as the watched they observed that Duo and this young stranger looked very much
alike. In fact they were almost identical. The hair was the same color and as
far as they could tell so were the eyes. The only differences were the clothes
and the fact that Duo had a braid and the other boy did not. Finally Duo spoke,
"Jonathan?"
To
Be Continued…
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