Mortal Fear
By: Faraway Dawn
AN: Well to those who know me I am an Insane Kansas Fan!!! (The band Kansas) if anyone has heard of Dust in the Wind you will probably understand why it is the music Zechs hears in the hospital room with Myruh and Noin. And uh...fair warning...this is a much longer chapter. HAPPY READING!!! -
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing (you would know if I did and you'd probably hate me) or Dust in The Wind. Both are the property of their respective owners... (BUT...I CAN WISH!)
Dust in the Wind
Zechs stared at the doctor. That just couldn't be... a coma???? She might never wake up. His heart pounded. This just couldn't be.
"Sir, should we take her off?"
"Off what?" Zechs said still in shock from the news.
"Life support."
"What?! Why would you take her off?"
"You are not her husband...Where is Kyle DiMarco?"
"Not here." Zechs responded. And lucky he isn't he thought. I'd kill him right here if I saw him or that other guy. "Can I see her?" he read the doctor's response...no... "Please, she's my best friend and she's my partner at the Preventers Agency, are you telling me I can't see my partner?"
"I am sorry sir, but without your identification I cannot permit you to see her." The doctor said shaking his head again. "Please excuse me; I have some of my other patients to attend to."
Zechs watched him walk away...shaking as his worst nightmare became reality. He felt a tug on his shirt and looked down. Myruh looked up questioningly.
"Can we see mummy now?" she whispered to him when he bent down.
"Not yet...I have to make a call first..." he pulled out his phone and dialed HQ. Une would help him this time.
"Une here."
"I need a favor."
"Wind? What is it?"
"I need you to send my file to Cederdale Hospital, now."
"What for?"
"Fire's in a coma." Zechs said staring ahead at her door. She was in there...but...was she seeing the images of her past over and over like he had in his coma...or was she...
"A COMA!? Did that bastard do this to her?"
"No." Zechs answered. "Jason did it..."
"Do you know Kyle's real last name Zechs?"
"Real last name....Thought it was DiMarco..." Zechs muttered...maybe Myruh knew... "Hang on. Myruh, what is Kyle's last name....the one Jason calls him?"
"Tolven. That's what I heard on the machine..."
"The answering machine?" Zechs asked.
"Uh-huh." The child said with a nod. Zechs smiled at her.
"Thanks Myruh." Zechs said kissing her cheek. "Une...the name is Tolven. Can you find it in the records?"
"Give me a minute." He could hear the sound of her computer searching for matches. Then a beep. "Good lord...."
"What?"
"Zechs...he's wanted on earth and six other colonies...he's murdered three other women and has raped four others...including Noin." He heard the sound of the keys on her keyboard. "I sent your files. You should be able to see her." He thanked her and hung up. Zechs picked up Myruh and went to the receptionist's desk.
Kyle punched Jason again. This was bad. If she died their plan would go down the drain. She was one of the few who knew about the original Operation Meteor...and she was going to help them make it a reality. Not with one of the colonies though...he had something much more destructive in mind. "You idiot! Don't you realize that we could have lost everything if you've managed to kill her?"
"I'm sorry. Look, check the hospital...she'll probably be there..." Jason said though the pain. Kyle was brutal when he was pissed off.
"Yeah..." Kyle speed dialed the hospital. His loyal 'dog' as he referred to him was waiting with information. "What do you got doc?"
"She's here. A man brought her in said he was her fiancé. He has Myruh with him." The doctor looked over his files. "His name's Zechs Merquise....Preventer Wind...also know as Milliardo Peacecraft...and...oh this will interest you."
"What is it?'
"Remember that paternity test you ordered? We know you aren't Myruh's father...but this Zechs Merquise...he is the child's father...they have the same blood type too...the genes match up..."
"That...fucking bastard." Kyle growled. "When did he fuck her?"
"She was pregnant before you married her by the hospital records...and on his records it states that the two were engaged and would have been married a week after the 154 tragedy. It appears he was on that flight and survived."
"Lucy, I wish you could open your eyes...I feel like...I'm going to loose you forever. I'm sorry...I should have protected you...I should have gone with you. I wish that it was me there in that bed...you never deserved this." Zechs whispered holding her hand gently. He watched Myruh sitting by the window with a radio. He heard a song that nearly brought tears to his eyes. Dust in the Wind...she loves this song...
I close my eyes only for a moment and then the moment's gone.
All my dreams pass before my eyes a curiosity
Dust in the wind, All they are is dust in the wind
Zechs smiled at the memory of their first real date after leaving earth. He'd planned everything perfectly. It was Valentine's Day and the forecast in the colony called for a warm day...but due to a minor...alright...major lack of citizenry the forecast was changed to rain. The day started out perfect...warm bright...he went to the old bridge on one of the parks paths and began his preparations. With the colonies permission, candles floated on the river and hung from some of the trees. The table and chairs for dinner set on a small boat he had rented. Perfect...nothing could ruin this one. He laughed softly to himself. Everything went completely wrong. When they arrived the storm started. She slipped on the path and nearly fell into the river which was rising at an alarming rate. He pulled her up and helped her up into a willow tree nearby the river. They sat there soaking wet and cold. "Damn it..." he had muttered.
"What?" she said softly snuggling up against him.
"It wasn't supposed to be like this..." he muttered.
"Well...I think this is pretty romantic..." she said with a smile. He remembered the kiss...that kiss...it started everything...
Same old song, just a drop of water in and endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Another memory...but this one...it was a raid on a terrorist group known as 'ANGEL' although...to this day nobody really knew how they got their name. They had gotten the better of Sally and Wufei, how nobody knows....but the two of them were called in with Heero and Duo to rescue Po and Chang and then destroy the rebel base. He admired her tactical skills. She proved time and time again that her strategies were flawless. "Heero, you and Zechs take the east wing Duo, you come with me."
"Noin...you sure this will work?" Zechs asked before they split up.
"Come on...she knows what she's doing." Heero remarked with a smirk. "You just wanted to pair up with Noin."
Zechs glared at the eighteen year old boy and with a sarcastic grin headed off along the east wing of the base. He was grateful he kept his radio on the same frequency as hers...he could listen in so he would know right away if she was in danger.
"So ya think he loves ya?" Duo asked.
"Will you focus on the mission at hand Duo?"
"I'll take that as a yes." Duo muttered drawing his gun and pulling Noin against the wall as gunfire shot through the corridor. "Damn it, Zechs and Heero better hurry. They'll figure out that we're just decoys soon enough."
"Zechs do you copy? We're in a bit of a fix here!" She yelled over the radio.
"Yeah I hear that...we're in some deep water ourselves..." he muttered tossing a smoke bomb down the corridor. "If it gets too rough I want you to get out of there you understand?"
"You have got to be kidding." She said with a laugh. "I am not leaving ever, got that Zechs Merquise?"
"Ooh...someone just got scolded." Duo laughed loudly on his radio. Heero laughed in agreement.
"Yeah the look on Wind's face is priceless..." Heero said ignoring Zechs who glared at him. "Priceless..."
"Well if you had a camera I'd ask for a picture."
"WILL YOU TWO QUIT IT AND FOCUS!!!!!!!!" Noin yelled. Her eyes focused on the vent above them. She flipped open her laptop and started punching in data... "Duo this vent goes to the control room...if you can sneak in and knockout the guards..."
"Way ahead of ya Fire." Duo chirped and jumped up to open the vent. "See ya later." He called crawling through the ventilation system.
Hours later everything was over and they were all exhausted. Noin fell forward on the floor and it was a few minutes before anyone realized why. There was blood on the floor. It seemed to be coming from her leg...and arms. "Hey...do ya think you could get Sally loose....I need...uh..." Noin whispered to Zechs before she passed out. They took her to a hospital and she received a blood transfusion...she was lucky to be alive.
"It's in credible that she survived...she was poisoned. It appears that the poison causes hemorrhaging and eventually death if the blood isn't cleansed."
"How did the blood get out of her body though?"
"She had an immunization recently and it appears a large cut on her leg...she's lucky for that...if her poisoned blood remained in her body the consequences would have been devastating."
"She will be ok though?" Heero asked watching as Zechs paced the halls.
"As I said she is most fortunate. However...I am concerned...That specific poison is very deadly. It's usually only used in the military. Why would...no...how would she have come in contact with it?"
"She's a Preventer." Heero answered plainly glancing for a moment at Zechs who knew, although he wished it wasn't so, that it was a part of their job, to risk their lives for the safety of others. "It's her job."
"Ah I see." The doctor said turning his attention to Zechs. "Mr. Merquise...She would like to see you."
He walked slowly into the room. "Hey" She whispered from her bed. She looked paler than usual. "Did it all work out?"
"Yeah. How bout you? What the hell happened Noin?" He said sitting on the windowsill across form her bed. Her smile was as weak as her voice.
"There was a trap stationed at the command room...I redirected the gas in the pipes, but there was only one other vent to redirect it to." She said with a small grin. Her eyes sparkled even though she was weak and obviously tired. "What else did you expect me to do?"
He recalled her frightened voice. What she had done could have killed her and she knew it. The poison could have taken her life and she did it all for a stupid rescue mission. "I don't want you work for the Preventers anymore. Not if you are going to be so reckless." He had answered. Her response was the natural defiant answer of 'Like hell.' He responded in a rather unnatural way though. "I don't know what I would have done if I had lost you Lucrezia Noin." He whispered in her ear. "You are all I have and I can't bear to think of a world without you."
"Zechs...I...well...um..."
"Lucrezia Noin...I love you...I...I want you to marry me." He had pulled out the ring and smiled as her eyes widened in disbelief. She sat upright and looked back and forth from the ring to his face. "Please...I would be honored if you would marry me."
"Oh Zechs...oh...of course...of course I will." Her tears were tears of happiness...and the few she didn't see as he held her in a tight embrace were his own.
Don't hang on nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away and all your money won't another minute buy.
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.
All we are is dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.
Myruh had fallen asleep. He pulled his jacket off and covered her up. He moved back by Lucrezia and watched her. I wish you would just wake up... He ran his hand gently over hers. The ring he had given her on her ring finger. The other no longer there...was she his...
Kyle was furious, "You must be kidding. That's just not possible!!! That bomb was powerful enough to blow Gundanium sky high...he couldn't be...he just can't be alive!"
"He's in there with her right now. He's only been in there for about four minutes. Want to come down?" The doctor asked looking through the one way window.
"Later...tell me when the bastard leaves. I'll corner him...and I'll get some info out of him before she wakes up...plenty of information from the one who almost did it..."
"Almost...ah you are referring to Christmas Eve AC 195...that's him?"
"Yeah...bet he has all the information I could ever dream of. Oh yeah...and you can take the bitch off life support..."
AN: Oh no!!! What now?????? Will Noin be ok? What will happen to Zechs and Myruh? And what exactly is Kyle going to try and do??? Don't look at me I don't know either! -
Hey MistressSara no worries! You won't get away from me that easily!!! There are always the powers of the net and fellytones! Besides who else in that hell knew about fan fiction??? I'll read anything you want k??? Just keep up on this one plz??? –luv ya MistressSara! - Faraway Dawn-
By: Faraway Dawn
AN: Well to those who know me I am an Insane Kansas Fan!!! (The band Kansas) if anyone has heard of Dust in the Wind you will probably understand why it is the music Zechs hears in the hospital room with Myruh and Noin. And uh...fair warning...this is a much longer chapter. HAPPY READING!!! -
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing (you would know if I did and you'd probably hate me) or Dust in The Wind. Both are the property of their respective owners... (BUT...I CAN WISH!)
Dust in the Wind
Zechs stared at the doctor. That just couldn't be... a coma???? She might never wake up. His heart pounded. This just couldn't be.
"Sir, should we take her off?"
"Off what?" Zechs said still in shock from the news.
"Life support."
"What?! Why would you take her off?"
"You are not her husband...Where is Kyle DiMarco?"
"Not here." Zechs responded. And lucky he isn't he thought. I'd kill him right here if I saw him or that other guy. "Can I see her?" he read the doctor's response...no... "Please, she's my best friend and she's my partner at the Preventers Agency, are you telling me I can't see my partner?"
"I am sorry sir, but without your identification I cannot permit you to see her." The doctor said shaking his head again. "Please excuse me; I have some of my other patients to attend to."
Zechs watched him walk away...shaking as his worst nightmare became reality. He felt a tug on his shirt and looked down. Myruh looked up questioningly.
"Can we see mummy now?" she whispered to him when he bent down.
"Not yet...I have to make a call first..." he pulled out his phone and dialed HQ. Une would help him this time.
"Une here."
"I need a favor."
"Wind? What is it?"
"I need you to send my file to Cederdale Hospital, now."
"What for?"
"Fire's in a coma." Zechs said staring ahead at her door. She was in there...but...was she seeing the images of her past over and over like he had in his coma...or was she...
"A COMA!? Did that bastard do this to her?"
"No." Zechs answered. "Jason did it..."
"Do you know Kyle's real last name Zechs?"
"Real last name....Thought it was DiMarco..." Zechs muttered...maybe Myruh knew... "Hang on. Myruh, what is Kyle's last name....the one Jason calls him?"
"Tolven. That's what I heard on the machine..."
"The answering machine?" Zechs asked.
"Uh-huh." The child said with a nod. Zechs smiled at her.
"Thanks Myruh." Zechs said kissing her cheek. "Une...the name is Tolven. Can you find it in the records?"
"Give me a minute." He could hear the sound of her computer searching for matches. Then a beep. "Good lord...."
"What?"
"Zechs...he's wanted on earth and six other colonies...he's murdered three other women and has raped four others...including Noin." He heard the sound of the keys on her keyboard. "I sent your files. You should be able to see her." He thanked her and hung up. Zechs picked up Myruh and went to the receptionist's desk.
Kyle punched Jason again. This was bad. If she died their plan would go down the drain. She was one of the few who knew about the original Operation Meteor...and she was going to help them make it a reality. Not with one of the colonies though...he had something much more destructive in mind. "You idiot! Don't you realize that we could have lost everything if you've managed to kill her?"
"I'm sorry. Look, check the hospital...she'll probably be there..." Jason said though the pain. Kyle was brutal when he was pissed off.
"Yeah..." Kyle speed dialed the hospital. His loyal 'dog' as he referred to him was waiting with information. "What do you got doc?"
"She's here. A man brought her in said he was her fiancé. He has Myruh with him." The doctor looked over his files. "His name's Zechs Merquise....Preventer Wind...also know as Milliardo Peacecraft...and...oh this will interest you."
"What is it?'
"Remember that paternity test you ordered? We know you aren't Myruh's father...but this Zechs Merquise...he is the child's father...they have the same blood type too...the genes match up..."
"That...fucking bastard." Kyle growled. "When did he fuck her?"
"She was pregnant before you married her by the hospital records...and on his records it states that the two were engaged and would have been married a week after the 154 tragedy. It appears he was on that flight and survived."
"Lucy, I wish you could open your eyes...I feel like...I'm going to loose you forever. I'm sorry...I should have protected you...I should have gone with you. I wish that it was me there in that bed...you never deserved this." Zechs whispered holding her hand gently. He watched Myruh sitting by the window with a radio. He heard a song that nearly brought tears to his eyes. Dust in the Wind...she loves this song...
I close my eyes only for a moment and then the moment's gone.
All my dreams pass before my eyes a curiosity
Dust in the wind, All they are is dust in the wind
Zechs smiled at the memory of their first real date after leaving earth. He'd planned everything perfectly. It was Valentine's Day and the forecast in the colony called for a warm day...but due to a minor...alright...major lack of citizenry the forecast was changed to rain. The day started out perfect...warm bright...he went to the old bridge on one of the parks paths and began his preparations. With the colonies permission, candles floated on the river and hung from some of the trees. The table and chairs for dinner set on a small boat he had rented. Perfect...nothing could ruin this one. He laughed softly to himself. Everything went completely wrong. When they arrived the storm started. She slipped on the path and nearly fell into the river which was rising at an alarming rate. He pulled her up and helped her up into a willow tree nearby the river. They sat there soaking wet and cold. "Damn it..." he had muttered.
"What?" she said softly snuggling up against him.
"It wasn't supposed to be like this..." he muttered.
"Well...I think this is pretty romantic..." she said with a smile. He remembered the kiss...that kiss...it started everything...
Same old song, just a drop of water in and endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Another memory...but this one...it was a raid on a terrorist group known as 'ANGEL' although...to this day nobody really knew how they got their name. They had gotten the better of Sally and Wufei, how nobody knows....but the two of them were called in with Heero and Duo to rescue Po and Chang and then destroy the rebel base. He admired her tactical skills. She proved time and time again that her strategies were flawless. "Heero, you and Zechs take the east wing Duo, you come with me."
"Noin...you sure this will work?" Zechs asked before they split up.
"Come on...she knows what she's doing." Heero remarked with a smirk. "You just wanted to pair up with Noin."
Zechs glared at the eighteen year old boy and with a sarcastic grin headed off along the east wing of the base. He was grateful he kept his radio on the same frequency as hers...he could listen in so he would know right away if she was in danger.
"So ya think he loves ya?" Duo asked.
"Will you focus on the mission at hand Duo?"
"I'll take that as a yes." Duo muttered drawing his gun and pulling Noin against the wall as gunfire shot through the corridor. "Damn it, Zechs and Heero better hurry. They'll figure out that we're just decoys soon enough."
"Zechs do you copy? We're in a bit of a fix here!" She yelled over the radio.
"Yeah I hear that...we're in some deep water ourselves..." he muttered tossing a smoke bomb down the corridor. "If it gets too rough I want you to get out of there you understand?"
"You have got to be kidding." She said with a laugh. "I am not leaving ever, got that Zechs Merquise?"
"Ooh...someone just got scolded." Duo laughed loudly on his radio. Heero laughed in agreement.
"Yeah the look on Wind's face is priceless..." Heero said ignoring Zechs who glared at him. "Priceless..."
"Well if you had a camera I'd ask for a picture."
"WILL YOU TWO QUIT IT AND FOCUS!!!!!!!!" Noin yelled. Her eyes focused on the vent above them. She flipped open her laptop and started punching in data... "Duo this vent goes to the control room...if you can sneak in and knockout the guards..."
"Way ahead of ya Fire." Duo chirped and jumped up to open the vent. "See ya later." He called crawling through the ventilation system.
Hours later everything was over and they were all exhausted. Noin fell forward on the floor and it was a few minutes before anyone realized why. There was blood on the floor. It seemed to be coming from her leg...and arms. "Hey...do ya think you could get Sally loose....I need...uh..." Noin whispered to Zechs before she passed out. They took her to a hospital and she received a blood transfusion...she was lucky to be alive.
"It's in credible that she survived...she was poisoned. It appears that the poison causes hemorrhaging and eventually death if the blood isn't cleansed."
"How did the blood get out of her body though?"
"She had an immunization recently and it appears a large cut on her leg...she's lucky for that...if her poisoned blood remained in her body the consequences would have been devastating."
"She will be ok though?" Heero asked watching as Zechs paced the halls.
"As I said she is most fortunate. However...I am concerned...That specific poison is very deadly. It's usually only used in the military. Why would...no...how would she have come in contact with it?"
"She's a Preventer." Heero answered plainly glancing for a moment at Zechs who knew, although he wished it wasn't so, that it was a part of their job, to risk their lives for the safety of others. "It's her job."
"Ah I see." The doctor said turning his attention to Zechs. "Mr. Merquise...She would like to see you."
He walked slowly into the room. "Hey" She whispered from her bed. She looked paler than usual. "Did it all work out?"
"Yeah. How bout you? What the hell happened Noin?" He said sitting on the windowsill across form her bed. Her smile was as weak as her voice.
"There was a trap stationed at the command room...I redirected the gas in the pipes, but there was only one other vent to redirect it to." She said with a small grin. Her eyes sparkled even though she was weak and obviously tired. "What else did you expect me to do?"
He recalled her frightened voice. What she had done could have killed her and she knew it. The poison could have taken her life and she did it all for a stupid rescue mission. "I don't want you work for the Preventers anymore. Not if you are going to be so reckless." He had answered. Her response was the natural defiant answer of 'Like hell.' He responded in a rather unnatural way though. "I don't know what I would have done if I had lost you Lucrezia Noin." He whispered in her ear. "You are all I have and I can't bear to think of a world without you."
"Zechs...I...well...um..."
"Lucrezia Noin...I love you...I...I want you to marry me." He had pulled out the ring and smiled as her eyes widened in disbelief. She sat upright and looked back and forth from the ring to his face. "Please...I would be honored if you would marry me."
"Oh Zechs...oh...of course...of course I will." Her tears were tears of happiness...and the few she didn't see as he held her in a tight embrace were his own.
Don't hang on nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away and all your money won't another minute buy.
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.
All we are is dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.
Myruh had fallen asleep. He pulled his jacket off and covered her up. He moved back by Lucrezia and watched her. I wish you would just wake up... He ran his hand gently over hers. The ring he had given her on her ring finger. The other no longer there...was she his...
Kyle was furious, "You must be kidding. That's just not possible!!! That bomb was powerful enough to blow Gundanium sky high...he couldn't be...he just can't be alive!"
"He's in there with her right now. He's only been in there for about four minutes. Want to come down?" The doctor asked looking through the one way window.
"Later...tell me when the bastard leaves. I'll corner him...and I'll get some info out of him before she wakes up...plenty of information from the one who almost did it..."
"Almost...ah you are referring to Christmas Eve AC 195...that's him?"
"Yeah...bet he has all the information I could ever dream of. Oh yeah...and you can take the bitch off life support..."
AN: Oh no!!! What now?????? Will Noin be ok? What will happen to Zechs and Myruh? And what exactly is Kyle going to try and do??? Don't look at me I don't know either! -
Hey MistressSara no worries! You won't get away from me that easily!!! There are always the powers of the net and fellytones! Besides who else in that hell knew about fan fiction??? I'll read anything you want k??? Just keep up on this one plz??? –luv ya MistressSara! - Faraway Dawn-
