Hi there! Welcome to my new Gundam Wing story!
I always had some ideas about Quatre having a sister he never knew about. The last few weeks I've gotten more ideas for a plot and I started working on them and here we are!
A few things about the story, first:
This story will be a new 'long time' project. I'll try to update every two weeks, but I'm very busy with school, so forgive me if it takes longer.
The song "For the heart I once had" by Nightwish is used in this story. It's a really beautiful song and I think this song fits Aalia.
I might as well, write a lemon for this story. If I do, I'll let you know. I will be able to find the lemon on freedom of speech fanfiction.
A few things about the plot:
Quaterine Winner, died after giving birth to Quatre. This is shown in Episode Zero. However… in my story she pretended to die and fled the colonies. (I don't know how she pretended, but hey, I'm the writer! I'll come up with something! :D)
Quatre's father has done a few 'evil' things, when he found out. Later he regretted them, but then it was already too late.
This story is a TrowaxOC.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the song 'For the heart I once had' by Nightwish.
For the heart I once had.
Chapter 1.
Heaven
today is but a way Once my heart beat to the rhythm of the falling
snow For the heart Ill never have Living today without a way For the child, for the light For the heart Ill never have Time will not heal a Dead Boys scars For the heart Ill never have
To a place I
once called home
Heart of a child, one final sigh
As another
love goes cold
Blackened below, the river now flows
A stream of molten
virgin snow
For the child
forever gone
The music flows, because it longs
For the heart I
once had
To understand the
weight of the world
Faded and torn, old and forlorn
My weak and
hoping heart
For the heart I
once had
Ill believe and foresee
Everything I could ever
be
For the child forever
gone
The music flows, because it longs
For the heart I once
had
Time will
kill
For the child forever
gone
The music flows, because it longs
For the heart I once had
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The mission was complicated. The building was well guarded. But that couldn't have stopped them. Guns with silencers took care of the guards. They entered the building. Every room was checked, the people in the rooms arrested. Two preventers checked out the basement.
The basement was dark. There was a door that lead into another room. While one of the preventers went back to search for the light switch, the other silently broke into the room. He shone around with his flashlight. The room seemed empty, but the bundle of light caught something in the corner. He shone on it again and saw that it was a body. He quickly walked over and noticed it was the body of a young woman. He carefully knelt down and checked for a pulse. There was one. He moved some dirty locks of hair out of her face. It was clear she had been in this basement for quite some time. Her body was thin, a sign that she had not been fed well.
Suddenly the light went on and the preventer turned off his flashlight. He looked at the woman again and froze. Green eyes widened in shock. "Oh God…"
He pulled her upper body towards him. He carefully shook her. "Wake up."
The young woman's eyelids fluttered.
"Wake up," he said again.
She slowly opened her eyes. And his suspicions were confirmed.
"Nanashi…" A weak whisper. "You found me…"
The use of his old nickname made him tense slightly. He heard footsteps coming down the stairs. His partner was coming.
He looked at the woman's face. She was slipping into unconsciousness again. "Don't…" he said softly, "Stay with me. We're going to help you."
She closed her eyes. "Don't… leave me again," she whispered, before slipping away.
"Trowa, what…" His partner stopped talking. "Oh shit."
Duo ran back up the stairs, calling out that he needed medical support. Trowa carefully lifted up the woman and followed his partner. In the hallway a team of paramedics took the woman out of his arms. She would be brought to the hospital for examination. Heero pushed a handcuffed man through the hallway. Trowa recognized him. The man's eyes narrowed and he spat on the ground.
"I'm not done with you!" He threatened.
"Really?" Heero smirked.
"And you…" the man stopped walking and stood in front of Trowa, glaring venomously. "Just wait. You won't have her. No man will have her. You hear me?"
Trowa rather felt then saw the quizzical looks that were sent. But he only had eyes for the man in front of him. He leaned closer, a dangerous glint in his eyes. "Or what?"
The man was pulled back when he went to attack the preventer in front of him. "You bastard! She's mine!"
"She was never yours," Trowa said calmly, "Get him out of here."
Heero grabbed the man's arm and pulled him along with him. Duo stepped up next to Trowa. "What was that about?"
Trowa shrugged. "Old issues."
"Was it about the girl?" Duo followed him when he went outside.
He saw the paramedics taking care of the woman. He walked towards the ambulance. "Which hospital will she be taken to?" he asked.
One of the paramedics looked up. "The one in Cairo, sir. Were there found any documents about her in the building?"
Trowa shook his head. "No. But I know her name."
"That is good. We can contact her family then."
"Her family doesn't know about her existence," Trowa said.
The paramedic looked at him, puzzled. "Excuse me?"
"Does it matter? I'll take care of her."
"Very well then. What is her name?" The paramedic grabbed a block note.
Trowa sighed, being very aware of Duo standing next to him, of Heero approaching them and of the fact that he was going to reveal something that he had kept secret for many years.
"Her name is Aalia Jewhara Winner."
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It had been a promise that he couldn't have made. But still he did. He still remembered the eyes of her mother. They had shined so brightly, even though she was about to pass away.
"Nanashi," She had whispered. "Nanashi… promise me you'll take care of Aalia."
He had taken her hand. "I promise," he had said.
He had promised to take care of a girl whose eyes shone with the innocence he had lost long ago. At the age of fourteen he had promised her mother. But he had failed to protect Aalia.
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"So… she is Quatre's sister?" Duo asked.
"His twin sister."
"And he never knew about her?"
"I already told you that, twice," Trowa said.
"Alright, alright!" Duo sighed and rubbed his nose. "Still, I can't figure out why you kept his twin sister a secret."
"I thought she was dead." Trowa stood up and walked towards the window, "There was even a grave."
"Really?" Duo came to stand next to him. "Why would they want you to believe she was dead?"
"To keep me away from her. Isn't that obvious? Afzal wanted her for himself and he couldn't bear the thought of me coming to look for her." Trowa stared out of the window.
Afzal Kadeem was the man who had threatened him, back in the building. Since he was arrested he hadn't said anything. But Trowa had seen the hate in the man's eyes. Afzal was a powerful man. Even in prison he could still be a danger to Aalia.
"Aalia has to leave the country."
"Are you planning to take her with you?" Heero entered the room.
"She is not safe here," Trowa said.
"Mister Barton?" A nurse entered the room. "Miss Winner has woken up. She is asking for you."
Trowa followed her to Aalia's room. She looked up when he entered the room. A small smile spread on her face. The nurses had washed her hair and now he could see how much she looked like her mother.
"So…" She said softly, "It's Trowa now?"
He nodded. He noticed she was a bit hesitant to speak and he wondered why.
"Why… didn't you come to look for me… sooner?" She asked. Then she smiled again. "I'm sorry. I have not spoken to anyone in English for a long time."
"It's okay," he said while sitting down in the chair next to her bed. "They told me you had died."
"Really? But…"
"There was a grave." He said softly. "I'm sorry. I should have known better."
"Trowa…" She tested the name. He smiled slightly. "You had to fight a war… There was no time for me. We both knew it. And you have found me, now."
Her accent was kind of cute.
"I want to thank you for saving me," She said softly.
"There is no need to do that," he muttered, "Anyway, when you are released from the hospital; you're coming with me to Europe."
"You cannot do that!" she protested, "I will be fine."
"I called Quatre."
"You WHAT?!" Her eyes widened. "Nanashi…"
"Trowa," he reminded her, "What is so wrong about calling your brother? He wants to meet you."
"But, my father…"
"Is dead. He died in the war. Quatre is a nice guy. I'm sure he will like you."
"No. No. He won't! Look at me!" She gestured to herself. "I am too skinny and… I'm not pretty."
He raised his eyebrow. "Who told you that?"
She looked away from him. "Does it matter? The fact is that I am not pretty."
"Afzal… He told you that."
"Yes, he did. Plenty of times." She sighed.
"Well… he lied."
"You're just saying that because you are my friend." She smiled wryly.
He took her hand. "I am sure Quatre will like you."
She entwined her fingers with his. She looked at him and reached out with her other hand. She playfully tugged on the bangs that covered one side of his face. "You need a haircut," she said.
He smiled slightly. He knew better than to answer that. From the moment they had met she had told him he needed a haircut. And always she would tug on his bangs.
"Will you come to Europe with me?" He asked.
"I would love to."
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"I bet these two were involved." Duo grinned at Heero.
"So what if they were? It doesn't mean they are now." Heero continued to type away on his laptop.
"Aw come on," Duo said, "That Afzal guy nearly went nuts when he saw Trowa."
"He was already nuts. Otherwise he wouldn't have kept a girl locked up in a basement for five years," Heero said dryly.
Duo sighed. "Yeah… I guess you're right about that."
"Did you know that she was trained to become a Gundam pilot too?" Heero asked.
"What? No…" The surprise was clear in Duo's eyes.
"The base where her Gundam was built was completely destroyed. Guess who blow it up?"
"Afzal Kadeem."
"Correct. Quaterine Winner got hurt during the explosion and died afterwards. Aalia's Gundam was never rebuilt and Afzal locked her up in the basement." Heero shut his laptop. "Trowa came to earth to fight in the war."
Duo stared out of the window. "How did Quatre react when Trowa called him?"
"Shocked. But he wants to meet Aalia," Heero said while standing up.
"Where are you going?" Duo asked.
"There are still a few things that have to be taken care of before we go back to Europe."
"Right, do you need help?"
"I'll be fine." Heero left the room.
Duo walked towards Aalia's room and stood in the door opening. He grinned when he saw that Trowa and Aalia were holding hands. They were talking. He almost cursed when his cell phone rang. He would have loved to see anything happen between those two. He walked away from the room, while picking up.
"Hello?"
"Hi Duo." Quatre's voice sounded on the other end of the line.
"Quatre! How are you doing?" Duo asked.
"I'm fine. Which hospital do I need to go to?" Quatre asked.
"The one in Cairo. You're early!"
"I know," Quatre chuckled, "But I want to meet my sister."
"Do you want me to come and pick you up?"
"That would be nice!"
"Alright. I'll be there in twenty minutes," Duo said, "See ya!"
He walked back to Aalia's room and grinned. "Quatre is at the airport. I'm going to pick him up."
Aalia looked away nervously. Trowa nodded at Duo. "Alright. I'll see you later then."
Duo waved and left.
"Is Quatre… angry with you for not telling him about me?" Aalia asked.
Trowa shrugged. "I don't know. But Quatre doesn't get angry easily."
She smiled. "Just like my mother."
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Heero walked into the small room and looked at the man who was sitting at the table. He was handcuffed. The man looked up, a hateful glint in his eyes.
"I'm not going to tell you anything."
"There is no need to," Heero said calmly, "I'm one of the best hackers and I broke into your system. I found out why you locked up Aalia."
Afzal smirked. "Really? Care to enlighten me?"
"Aalia's father promised her to you. But you found out about Trowa."
"The kid doesn't have a fucking name!"
"He has now. You saw him as a danger. So you took the girl and locked her up. But you never married her."
"I had to break her spirit first. She would be a lot easier to handle then," Afzal said.
"You're going to be locked away for a very long time. Not only for your dirty businesses. Trowa pressed charges against you for kidnapping."
"WHAT?" Afzal called out, "That fucking bastard! If I get him he is a dead man!"
"We'll see that," Heero smirked and left the room.
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What do you think? Let me know.
-xxx- Kimberley