Chapter two
As they made there way down the twists and turns of the hall it began to collapse Amano quickly opened a door with his key card then made sure everyone was through only him and Yukari were left Hitomi and Van had just gone through the door when to ceiling gave out sealing Amano and Yukari on the other side.
"No!" Hitomi screamed breaking away form Van this was the fist time since they got there Hitomi has tears running down her face she was on her hands and knees pulling at the rubble when a vision hit her like a knife. Amano and Yukari were about to die at the hands of the solders that had invaded.
"Hitomi keep going!!" Amano yelled at her from the other side.
Van put his hand on her shoulder she lifted her self up with his help.
"Van… please they're going to die… I need you to help me get to the room around the corner…" Hitomi pleased with him. Van agreed they all made it to the room as she requested when they all got there the lights came on and everyone was in awe at the sight of what to them were Guymelefs.
"Hitomi what are you going to do?" Van asked as she broke away from him and stumbled over to one.
"These are Gundams and I will not let them die for me." She climbed the stair case and entered one of the Gundams. She asked them all to stand back as she powered one up. They all heard screams of pain from with in it then it began to move.
Stay here I'll be right back they heard Hitomi speak from the Gundam. She left the room it wasn't long till they heard gunshots then screams it wasn't long till the attack was over and it was all clear Van and Allen went to see what was going on the others followed curious as well.
"I don't believe it Dryden said as Hitomi came back with Amano and Yukari in her hands safe and sound she placed them down on the ground and stayed there for a moment.
"Hitomi what were you thinking? I told you to get out of here." Amano said to her as her Gundam opened Hitomi all but fell out.
"I wasn't going to let you both die we've been through to much for me to let that happen." Hitomi said trying to catch her breath from the fight then smiling at them both.
"Well no that that's all over with shall we introduce these two gentlemen to there own Gundams?" Amano said with some humor.
"You mean us?" Allen asked.
"Of course you intend to help right then you will need your own Gundams to fight he said as they all reentered the room lighting up two special designed Gundams they both looked similar to Escaflowne and Scherezade.
"Hitomi helped with the designs." Yukari pointed out to them.
"She had a feeling that you both would be here to help her soon. I just hope they work each one is programmed by DNA links." Amano explained.
"DNA?" Millerna questioned.
"What that means is basically blood Millerna." Hitomi said placing her hand on the Gundams.
Hitomi looked at the time on her watch Yukari noticed this and couldn't help but mention it.
"Hitomi your not going to run off like you always do at this time of day are you I mean your friends from Gaea are here." Yukari spoke up to her.
"No, Yukari I'm not." Hitomi replied.
"Millerna I could use some help with the injured." Amano requested of her and she agreed to help and Dryden followed.
"Merle, Chid you can come to if you like I'm sure there are some children that might need care." Yukari said to the two young ones in the group. Yukari was about to go with them when she stopped making sure that they were with Amano and the others walking down the hall. She then hung back and turned to Hitomi to speak to her.
"Hitomi, could I talk with you for a moment?" Yukari asked of her.
"What is it?" Hitomi asked her stepping off to the side with her.
"Hitomi there is something I have been wanting to say to you for a while now. I think you have been taking to many risks Amano and I don't want to see anything happen to you because…" Yukari stopped then looked at the ground.
"Yukari I know you are my friend and I know you care a lot for me but I also know you think that I'm the light of legend and that simply isn't true of me." Hitomi said to her.
"No. Hitomi you are the light Amano and I both know you are we were sent to guard you before any of this happened that's why we became you friends…" Yukari stopped once she realized what she had said to her.
"I see… so your friendship has been nothing but a lie…." Hitomi said calmly and she began to walk away when Yukari grabbed her hand to stop her Hitomi then swung her around and up against the wall.
"Don't touch me!! Ever again Yukari!! And as for us being friends it never happened!!!" Hitomi lashed out at her then took off running.
Van and Allen couldn't believe what they had just witnessed from Hitomi.
"You alright Yukari?" Allen asked her.
"Yeah I'm alright but you need to go after her and right now she wouldn't listen to a thing I had to say." Yukari said Van and Allen went the same way Hitomi did and came across a room where the door was open slightly Hitomi was in there alright she was blowing off steam by hitting a bag.
"It's all been a lie Everything!!" Hitomi yelled hitting the bag. Then and vision came to her it was Falcon who visited her often these days.
"He needs to know the truth Hitomi." Falcon spoke to her calming her down with his kind voice. Hitomi fell to her knees when she came back to reality and took a deep breath for the first time in many years she was crying tears were streaming down her face Van and Allen thought it safe to enter the room. Van knelt down in front of her and placed both hands on her shoulders and Hitomi looked him in the eye then lunged for his embrace she was shaking something neither Van or Allen could stand to see but they understood her pain none the less.
"Van… Allen come with me there are two some ones I want you to meet." Hitomi said drying her tears. They followed her down a dark hall with in the bunker they had retreated to.
"Hitomi, why don't you think that you're not this light?" Allen asked as they walked.
"Because I know who it is that carries the light." Hitomi said to them.
"And you're sure you know who it is." Van said.
"Yukari thinks she knows everything… Yes, I held the light at one time but now it's with another. A little girl named Hikaru she's almost four now." Hitomi said as they stopped at what appeared to be a dead end.
"Yukari isn't the only one that can keep a secret." Hitomi said opening a panel in the wall and placing her hand on it opening a door.
When they entered the room two little children ran to Hitomi happy to see her.
"Mommy!! We were so worried about you!" The little boy said looking up at her.
"Mommy your hurt." The little girl said with worried eyes. Hitomi smiled at them both.
"You know this is nothing I'm fine." Hitomi said to clam their fears.
"No mommy your hurt here." The little girl said pointing to her heart. Hitomi smiled once more and reassured them she was just fine now.
"Mommy who are those guys?" The little boy asked pointing at Van and Allen.
"Hiroaki, Hikaru this is Van and Allen they are friends of mine." Hitomi introduced them.
"You mean friends from Gaea?" Hikaru asked excited.
"You are too smart little one, I can't hide anything from you can I?" Hitomi said rubbing noses with her. "You know you two its very late you need to get to bed now please." Hitomi requested of them.
"But mommy we want to spend time with them…" Hiroaki said wining.
"I wont say it again now go they will be here in the morning." Hitomi said to them.
The both wanted Hitomi to pick them up and carry them into the bedroom.
Hitomi put her arms around the two and grimaced at the pain she held her breath as she lifted them both off the ground. Hitomi's legs almost gave out and Van went to help her when she caught herself.
"Alright you two… you're getting so heavy…" Hitomi said turning to Van and Allen.
"I'll be right back." She said walking the two children into the room.
"Mommy, sing us a song please…" They begged going into the room.
"Not to night mommy is tired." Hitomi said laying them down. "Now go to sleep you two…" She said leaving the room and shutting the door. Once the door was shut she fell to the floor. Van and Allen both went to her aid. Once she was on the coach she was fine.
"So… Mommy…?" Allen said to her.
"Yeah it's not been easy but they make it all worth it." She said not wanting to look at Van.
"Where is their father?" Van asked. Hitomi didn't know how to answer him.
"Right here beside me…" She spoke softly. Van and Allen were in shock at her words.
"You're saying that Van is the father?" Allen said as he turned to Van.
"Hitomi… Why didn't you tell me?" Van asked her confused.
"Because it wasn't time to tell you till now…" Hitomi said lowering her head.
"I don't understand." Van said with more confusion.
"Falcon told me not to tell you till the right time, he came to me in a vision he said not to trouble you with it then just as I knew you and Allen were at the door at the training room he came to me again and told me that it was time to tell you the truth." Hitomi said to him feeling her body ready to give out.
"Why now?" Van asked her then saw the tears swelling up in her eyes.
"Because they will need you now…" Hitomi said as everything went black.
"Hitomi!!!" Van yelled as she passed out falling into him.
"She's just exhausted Van she need to rest." Allen said taking her from Van and laying her in her bed that was off to the side.
When Allen returned at sat across from Van who was still in shock over the news.
"You have a set of twins Van that is a rear thing on Gaea." Allen said to him. "You know your daughter is the light Hitomi spoke about, her name says it all." Allen said looking at the door the children slept behind.
"Allen, I'm a father…" Van said in awe at the thought. Allen smiled at him. "What did Hitomi mean that they will need me now…?" Van said running it through his head but Allen didn't want to think on what the meaning of her words were because he could only think of one. Hitomi would not live through this war.
The morning came Van was awake sitting on the coach Allen was asleep in the chair across the room Van heard the door to the children's room open Hiroaki came out rubbing his eyes he looked at Van.
"Is mommy okay?" He asked Van.
"Your mommy will be fine she needs to rest." Van spoke to the little boy.
"Sister needs her she don't fell well." Hiroaki said.
"What's wrong with her?" Van asked.
"I don't know she feels hot." Hiroaki said trying to describe to Van.
Van got up and went into the room he saw his daughter tossing and turning she was calling for he mommy. Van put his hand on her head she was burning up Hikaru opened her eyes and looked at him.
"Mommy is sick." She said to him. Van was starting to put the pieces together Hikaru knew that Hitomi had been hut not just physically but emotionally it was like she experienced what Hitomi did and this must mean that Hitomi was sick.
Van left the room and woke Allen up.
"Allen Hikaru is sick." He said walking over to Hitomi's bed his hunch was right Hitomi was running a fever the stitches were ripping and infection had set it to the wound.
"You could call doctor Amano using the intercom on the wall there… momma had to use it before." Hiroaki said pointing to a button. Van went over to it and pressed it.
"Amano?" Van said into the box.
"Van? What is it? What's wrong?" Amano asked.
"Hitomi and Hikaru are sick and I don't know what to do." Van said to him.
"I'll be right there Van." Amano said cutting the conversation off as Yukari and the others came into his office.
"Amano where are you going?" Yukari asked him seeing him grab some supplies and walk out his door.
"What was that about?" Millerna said as they watched him run out the door.
"For him to react like this it has to be Hitomi." Yukari said almost in disgust.
"He's worried about her." Merle spoke up.
"Not to mention he's trying to keep her from dying." Chid added.
"Yukari, even though it is you duty to protect Hitomi… it sure sounds like you want her dead." Dryden spoke his opinion.
"It's not like that… it's just that Amano is my husband and he spends all his time with Hitomi… he would do anything for her…" Yukari spoke her words softly.
Down in Hitomi's room he entered the door very concerned. Van led him to Hitomi he examined the wound the stitching had come undone but he couldn't see where infection had begun to set in he didn't see any reason for her fever.
"Van where is Hikaru?" Amano asked Van lead him to her room he saw the concern he wore oh his face. Amano placed his hand on her head and Hikaru opened her eyes.
"Hikaru can you tell me what's wrong?" Amano asked her.
"My throat hurts… and I'm hot." Hikaru said as Amano examined her he took her temperature it was 104 degrees. Amano turned to Van.
"I need you to take Hiroaki out and keep him out." Amano said Allen heard his words and took the little boy out of the room. Amano turned back to Hikaru out his hands on the bed and closed his eyes.
"Amano what is wrong? Van asked him seeing the helplessness in him.
"I don't know if I can help her, her temperature is 104 degrees if we don't get it down fast she won't make it." Amano said shaking his head searching his bag. Van's heart sank he had just found out this little girl was his and now she might die.
"Amano I noticed the connection Hikaru and Hitomi have could Hitomi help her?" Van said to him.
"She told you that the twins are yours." Amano said pulling out a vial and a siring from his bag.
"I don't know how it works but for now I'm going to try something." Amano said.
Out side the room Hitomi opened her eyes and Allen was at her side.
"Allen..? Where is Van?" She asked weakly.
"He's with Hikaru." Allen said.
"Momma sister's sick really sick Doctor Amano is trying to help her."Hiroaki said worried for his sister.
Hitomi tried to get out of bed and Allen stopped her.
"Hitomi you need to stay here and rest." Allen insisted pushing her back into the bed.
"No Allen… I need to be with my daughter..!" Hitomi said pushing back. "What would you do if it were Chid?" Hitomi said tears streaming down her face pleading with him. Allen then helped her out of the bed.
"Hiroaki stay here in mommy's bed till I come back." Hitomi said hugging him and smiling reassuring him everything was going to be alright.
Hitomi and Allen entered the room just as Amano was about to give her something.
"Amano…" Hitomi said stopping him.
"Hitomi…?" Amano and Van said in unison.