Title:The Truth Shall Set You Free

Author:YaoiGoddessNekoJin

Rating:T

Warnings:Yaoi, Violence, Blood, Slight Language

Disclaimer:I, in no way, own Gundam Wing or any of its characters. I wish I did though. -

A/N: Yay! Another chapter!

Chapter II

"Not good. Not good. Dammit Solo, what the hell were you thinking?!" Duo was pacing around the small, trashy apartment, frustrated with how his friend had acted earlier that night. He was still terribly shaken about the whole thing, praying that the man they had robbed had not died after they left. The last thing he needed was to face murder charges because of Solo's stupidity. Solo just sat back on the old, ratty couch and watched Duo, amusement dancing in his golden eyes.

"Chill out. It's nothing to worry about." he stated calmly.

"Nothing to worry about? You nearly KILLED that man earlier." Duo's anger and voice were rising with every word that left his mouth. "Have you gone insane? You can't just go around beating people up." Duo's voice began to quiet down until he sounded small and scared. "What happened to you Solo? You've changed." Duo gave a defeated sigh and headed down the small hallway towards his bedroom. "I'm going to bed." he whispered as he entered his room. Neither boy spoke to the other for the rest of the night.

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Heero paced the hospital waiting room, nervous about the verdict on whether his father would be okay or not. Wufei and Trowa had arrived at the hospital, after they had filed their report on the events that had taken place that night, and watched their friend pace, worry evident in their eyes. None of them uttered a word for what seemed like an eternity. Finally, a white-haired doctor came towards them. His face was expressionless, making it impossible to tell whether they were going to receive good news or bad. Heero stilled, back rigid, as the doctor came to a stop in front of him.

"Are you Mr. Heero Yuy?" the doctor questioned, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose with his middle finger.

"Yes." Heero answered, apprehension lacing his voice. He saw Trowa and Wufei in his peripheral vision. They were sitting up straight and staring intently at the doctor. Heero turned his full attention back on the doctor just in time to see his once emotionless face crack into a large grin.

"I have good news, my boy." he said jovially while patting Heero's back. "Your father's going to be just fine. He sustained some minor lacerations and has heavy bruising, but nothing is broken. We're going to keep him here overnight for observation, though, just in case any complications begin to develop." Heero sighed heavily at the news and collapsed into the chair next to Trowa. He felt like a weight had been lifted off of his shoulders.This, however, gave way to the feeling of physical and mental exhaustion. The doctor smiled fondly at Heero and spoke once more before heading back down the hall.

"I'll have a nurse come and get you when he wakes up. You may see him then."

Heero, Trowa, and Wufei were still sitting in the same waiting room chairs when a blonde blur came racing down the hall. Everyone around was shocked at the site. Everyone, that is, except the trio of friends in the waiting room. Trowa just calmly stood and opened his arms in anticipation of what was coming next. The blur barreled into Trowa and came to a grinding halt. Once all movement ceased, it could be seen that the blur was a young man. He had shimmering, blonde hair and crystal blue eyes that were currently filled with worry. Trowa looked down at the man in concern.

"Quatre, are you okay?" he asked quietly as his arms wound around Quatre's waist. The two had been dating ever since high school.

"I'm fine." he turned around in Trowa's arms to face Heero. "How's your father? I came as soon as I heard what had happened."

"The doctor says that he'll be fine. He just needs rest." Heero replied tiredly.

"Do you know who did this?"

"No, but when I find out, the bastards are gonna pay."

TBC

A/N: Okay, I think I'm gonna stop there. I know it's kinda short, but I need to get to Heero's past and I don't see any other way of doing that except to make it it's own chapter. So, next chapter will be Heero's past and maybe I'll touch some on Duo as well. I am also hoping that future chapters are longer than the first two. Finally, I just wanted to say thank you and that I'm very grateful to the people who reviewed and/or added my story to their favs or alerts list.

P.S.: Wow, Heero really sounds like Duo in that last line. -

Byesies!