Well, it's the first day of back to college, who knows if this means that chapters will come out slower or quicker, I guess that would depend on how much time I get to myself between classes, or how board I will get during classes.
Also, I don't normally do flashbacks, but I couldn't find any other way to do this one scene without it being in a flashback, oh well, hope it turned out alright.
Well, on with the chapter.
Chapter 12
As the days passed by both Quatre and Duo tried to spend time with Serena, even if it meant taking turns doing so. But every time Duo spent time with Serena, it usually ended up with Serena trying to get back at Duo. Duo's way of trying to cheer her up when she got down was by either teasing her or playing a slight prank with her. As long as it put a smile on her face Duo figured it was all good. They all found it to be in good fun. Even though they were able to keep Serena happy, she never once told any of them what was really bothering her. They would ask her about it, but she would either brush it off as if it were nothing or end up changing the subject. And because of this, Quatre still stood by his previous idea about the situation, that Serena would tell them when she was good and ready to tell them all about it.
It was about three days later when more visitors showed up, but some of them were a little unexpected. With Heero being Heero, he decided to drop by during the night, so Quatre and Duo decided that one of them would wait for Heero in the hanger, while the other keeps an eye on Serena, weather she be awake or not, so she doesn't end up finding out what they were doing. Unfortunately for them, two others decided to show up that night.
As they got out of the cab, Amara was once again cursing at how late it was, but they wanted to surprise Serena when they got back so they didn't call ahead.
As Amara was cursing, Michelle paid the cab driver so he could be on his way. All she could do was sigh at her antics; she had been in a grumpy mood for most of the trip here from Earth.
"I still can't believe she did that!" Amara said, after the cab drove off, though she was talking more to herself than to her companion.
Flashback
Amara and Michelle were walking through the space port on their way back to L4, and needless to say, Amara was not in a good mood.
"I can't believe she didn't let us go after them." Amara said, frustrated, as her and Michelle headed for their shuttle flight that was boarding at that very moment.
"You know Trista only told you that because we aren't the ones that are suppose to go after them." Michelle explained, trying to keep Amara under control, especially while they were in public.
"Yeah, yeah, I know." Amara said in a huff, but she knew that Michelle was right. "Doesn't mean I have to like it."
"Maybe if you ask them, they'll let you join in." Michelle offered, giggling a little at the look on Amara's face as it brightened at the thought. "When it's time that is."
"Right…" Amara said, as they got onto their flight. She didn't want to wait, she wanted to teach those idiots who hurt her kitten a lesion right now, but weather she liked it or not, she had to wait until it was the right time.
End Flashback
"You know why she did it." Michelle reminded her or at least tried to. At least, that was until Amara put her hand up in front of her to stop her. Michelle looked over at her, "What is it?" All she got for an answer was Amara pointing to something ahead of them.
Michelle looked to where Amara was pointing and saw this rather large truck starting to head off toward the back of the mansion that belonged to Serena's twin brother. At that moment Amara and Michelle exchanged a look. They looked into each other's eyes for a moment or two, then nodding together as one, as if silently coming to a decision. Together they made their way over to the main/front entrance to the mansion with what little they brought with them, and put their belongings in the bushes near the door, and then headed off in the direction they saw the truck heading. They were determined to find out what was going on, because, if it was something that could hurt their princess, then they were going to do something about it.
The two of them followed the truck, trying the best they could to stay hidden so whoever was in the truck wouldn't notice. Once they were on the other side of the mansion they started to wonder where it was the truck was going, the two of them didn't see anything that would need a truck that big. That was, until the truck came to a stop, and it just sat there running, as if they were waiting for something. The wait didn't take too long as some kind of large gate opened up from the ground. When the gate stopped moving, the truck started moving forward again, heading to whatever it was that was underground. Amara and Michelle watched as the truck continued on. Once they thought it was far enough down into the gate, the two of them darted forward intent on following. Luckily for them, they got to the gate before it could fully close. It was dark enough as it was in whatever place it was that they ended up in, but the two of them figured as long as they stayed in the shadows they couldn't be caught. The two of them crouched down against the wall as they saw someone get out of the truck after it was turned off.
"Welcome back, Master Heero." Rashid greeted, as Heero jumped out of the truck. Heero simply nodded back as a way of greeting.
After the simple greeting Heero started heading toward the back of the truck. Quatre met up with him near the back of the truck, but to Quatre's surprise, Heero kept on going.
"Heero?" Quatre questioned, as Heero passed by him and seemed to be heading back toward the entrance to the hanger. Quatre continued to watch Heero, Heero not even bothering to give Quatre an answer. Quatre continued to watch as suddenly Heero's hand darted to where he always kept his gun hidden. "What's wrong, Heero?" Quatre asked, once he saw the action of Heero going for his gun. Once again, Heero didn't answer him. But after a second or two after Quatre asked the question, Heero came to a stop, whipping out his gun and pointing it forward.
"Come out!" Heero demanded. At that command, everything seemed to go silent.
After a moment or two, two figures walked out of the shadows where they were hiding, and they seemed to be so brave enough that they weren't even putting their hands up, as most would while having a gun pointed at them.
Quatre silently gasped as the two came out into the light, being the first one to recognize them. Once he recognized them, he ran forward to Heero. "Heero, wait!" Quatre yelled out, as he ran to Heero. Heero glanced over at Quatre once he made it over to Heero's side. "They are Serena's friends." Quatre explained to him. All he got was a grumbled "Hn" in reply, as Heero kept staring at the two before him. "Heero, the war is over; you don't have to do this anymore." Quatre tried to reason with him.
"They've seen too much." Was Heero's reply, still not budging from what he was doing. Quatre sighed at that reply.
Michelle's hand darted up to grab Amara's arm to keep Amara from doing whatever it was that she was about to do at hearing Heero's comment. Michelle didn't want this to turn out any worse that it could be.
"Heero, what was it I just said?" Quatre asked, while trying to remain calm, while trying to deal with Heero's stubbornness, which tended to be frustrating at times. Once again a grunted "Hn" was his answer. Heero!" This time there was a sense of warning in Quatre's voice. Heero once again glanced over at Quatre because of the tone of voice Quatre used. Once there eyes locked, Heero, reluctantly, lowered his gun and walked back over to the truck, but his gun never left his hand.
Amara watched him go, as Michelle watched as Quatre walked over to them.
"Sorry about that." Quatre said, as he walked over to them. "Heero can be very…" Quatre paused to think of a word to describe it without giving too much away, "thorough."
"I see." Was all Michelle said in answer, as it would seem that Amara wasn't done staring at Heero.
"So, how is it you two actually managed to get in here?" Quatre asked.
"We followed him." It was Amara that answered this, who was still staring at Heero.
This caused Quatre to look over at Heero, he now noticed that Heero was glaring at Amara with his gun still out. This was starting to make sense. So this was why Heero was acting the way he was. They had followed him and he probably noticed it when it was too late to do something before he headed into the hanger. "That makes sense, actually." Quatre said aloud.
"What makes sense?" Michelle asked, since it was obvious that Amara wasn't going to say anything. It seemed that Amara and Heero where determined to have a staring contest…or was that a glaring contest, now that she got a better look.
"Why Heero's acting the way he is." Quatre simply explained.
"I see." Michelle simply answered; she wasn't going to get into it at the moment, since it seemed to be a tense setting. After awhile no one spoke, and Michelle took this time to take a quick look around. "That's quiet the collection of mobile suits you have there." Michelle said, trying to sound as casual as possible, "As well as two out of the five Gundams." At that statement, Heero's glare immediately shifted from Amara to Michelle, his grip tightening a little on his gun.
"Three out of the five, actually." Quatre corrected, noticing Heero's reaction, hoping to take Heero's attention off the girl standing next to him.
"Hn." Heero grunted disapprovingly. Quatre's idea had worked; Heero was staring at him now. But from the look Heero was giving him, he could tell that Heero really didn't want them to know about any of this.
"Heero, they are Serena's friends." Quatre tried to reason with him.
"Does Kitten know about any of this?" Amara asked, not giving the two boys time to argue it out, though Amara's glare remained on Heero the entire time.
Heero glare turned back to Amara when she asked this, and the look on Quatre's face, when he looked at Amara when she asked her question, clearly stated that Serena didn't know about any of this.
"You really should tell her." Michelle said.
"But…" Quatre tried to argue that he didn't want her to know.
"It won't bother her." Michelle said, trying to sound encouraging, "She'll understand."
Amara glanced over at Quatre and noticed the look that he had on his face now, it clearly saying that he didn't want her to know. "We won't tell her." Amara said, with a small sigh. "It would be better if she heard it from you then from someone else."
Quatre didn't say anything to that. So, silence reined as Heero and Rashid worked on getting Heero's gundam to a secure location in the hanger.
After everything was taken care of in the hanger, Quatre showed Amara and Michelle the way from the hanger to the mansion, that didn't consist of having to go outside to do so. Heero still didn't like any of this, but Quatre had finally convinced him to stay the night, so he was following the three of them, while Rashid took up the rear, as he followed the four of them.
Once they made it back into the mansion, Duo seemed to come out of nowhere.
"Hey, Heero! I didn't think I'd be seeing ya tonight." Duo said, as he came up next to Heero and draped an arm around his shoulders. Heero just grunted as he shrugged Duo off of his shoulders. "Aw, come on, Heero, don't be like that." Duo teased, as he was successfully shrugged off of Heero's shoulders.
"Don't mind him, Duo." Quatre said, gaining Duo's attention. "Heero's just a little upset that he got followed."
"You…followed…" Duo said, in disbelief at Quatre's explanation.
"By two of Serena's friends." Quatre pointed out, continuing his explanation and gesturing to Amara and Michelle.
"My my Heero, you seem to be losing your touch." Duo commented, as he looked over at the two girls that Quatre claimed were friends of Serena's.
At this, Heero, pushed past Duo with a grunt, and headed upstairs to his room. Heero was done with dealing with Duo tonight. And that's when Rashid decided he was going to head to bed as well.
"Jeez, I was just trying to get him to lighten up." Duo commented after Heero left.
"I know, Duo." Quatre said.
"But, man, you two must really know what you're doing." Duo commented, turning his attention back to the girls, as if he didn't even hear Quatre. As Duo turned to Amara and Michelle, both Duo and Quatre got a little confused, because only Michelle was standing there, Amara was nowhere in sight.
"Where did…" Quatre started to ask, but was cut off by the sound of the front door opening.
"Went to get our stuff that we left in the bushes near the front door." Michelle offered in way of explanation.
Not to long after she said that, they heard the front door close, and could hear footsteps coming closer to them. They watched as Amara appeared back into the room carrying there luggage with her.
"Oh yeah, the two of you definitely know what you're doing." Duo said, agreeing with what he had said earlier, a small smirk creeping onto his face. Duo then went right up to the two, figuring introductions were in order. "The name is Duo Maxwell." Duo introduced himself, hand held out for a handshake.
Amara stood there for a moment just staring at the hand offered to her to shake, that is, until Michelle elbowed her in the arm. "Amara Tenoh." Amara stated as she smirked and tossed one of their bags at Duo.
"And my name is Michelle Kaioh." Michelle said, with a slight smile at Amara's antics.
Quatre watched on as the three introduced themselves, but for some reason he couldn't shake this feeling that the way the three were acting would and could spell trouble somewhere down the road. Quatre didn't have much time to ponder this as once the introductions were over, Amara started to head upstairs to the two rooms that the two of them used the last time they were there. Michelle moved to follow Amara, but stopped over by Duo to grab the bag Amara had tossed at him, before she went up the stairs as well. Duo watched as the two disappeared up the stairs. Duo then looked over at Quatre once the two were gone. Duo just ended up shrugging his shoulders once Quatre looked over at him. And as one, the two headed up the stairs themselves, figuring that they might as well go to bed, after all, there was nothing else to do tonight.
I realize that this chapter is probably a bit on the short side, but this is where I wanted to stop. And this chapter still doesn't solve my bit of writer's block that I have. I just don't know if I should have Trowa show up during the day, like Duo did, or if I should have Trowa show up during the night, like Heero did. Would help if reviewers give me some input as to which one they would like, and I also have a poll going on in my profile page asking which one people would like for when Trowa to show up.
