Standard disclaimers: you all know them.
Hatikva Ch.5
"Why are you making me see all this," Heero interrupted his Gundam's
soul. "Why do I have to go through it again?"
After Hatikva/Wing had told him that she wanted him to return with
her, he had refused. She had sat up and made him lie on her lap. When
she placed her fingers on his temples, he started to re-live the
recent incident. Only he wasn't living it in person.
It was rather like reading a book and watching it's movie version
at the same time. He had seen himself and Mariemaia, and had felt her
thoughts, her fears, along with his.
He fought it and when he was able to shake himself out of it, he
asked her why. yet he didn't move from her lap.
"Because it's the only way I can make you see. The only way you'll
come back." She answered. She removed her fingers from his temples
and instead stroked his hair.
Heero thought about her words, how it might affect the outcome.
"It might just have the opposite effect." He finally said. What makes
you so sure I will go back?"
"I'm showing you the events the way I saw them." She smiled, "I saw
things you didn't. I know things you don't. I just want you to have
the whole picture."
"You can read people's minds?" Heero asked. He looked into Hatikva/
Wing's eyes, which were now a bright green, instead of the blue he
remembered.
"Some people are more open than others," She answered, "Quatre
knows how to shield his mind. Yours I can read because of our bond,
and I can read Mariemaia's because of her simmilarities with you. She
was programmed just like you, you know."
Heero nodded absently and touched the nape of his neck. "The first
time someone called me Zero-one I wondered if they knew the truth. But
it was because Lady Une designated the original Wing as Zero-one." He
closed his eyes, "I don't want to back. What's there for me, but the
reminder of the pains and deaths I've caused? At least here, it's
peaceful enough to come to terms with my own ghosts."
"You would only be running away from yourself." Hatikva/Wing said.
"What are you?" Heero opened his eyes. "First you were my most
persistent ghost, then my Gundam and now my shrink?" The next question
he asked in the serious tone of the Perfect Soldier. "Do you think
choosing between life and death is as easy as choosing between eating
with silverware and eating with a spork?"
Hatikva/Wing raised an eyebrow at the question. Then she decided it
was an apportunity to lighten his mood. "Well?" She asked, "What
would you choose?" She smiled, "Between silverware and spork, I mean."
"The spork, of course," Heero answered with a hint of a smile in his
eyes, "Ican use it to drink a Wantan soup and then eat the Wantan." His
eyes darkened again, "I don't have much choice in this matter, do I?
You are going to stay here until I decide to return."
Hatikva/Wing nodded vigorously witha smile that reminded her of Duo,
"Shall I continue?" She asked, placing her left hand on his forehead
and taking his hand with her right.
"Just take a break once in a while," Heero said, "By body may be in
a coma and my mind in a ZERO created world, but it's tiring."
He closed his eyes and allowed Hatikva/Wing's senses to flood him.
This time he was ready for them
************To be continued**********
Sporks in this chapter, sporks in the next, sporks to lighten the mood.
I know someone will like this, right?
Blackthorn Hiei Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Yuy Ayanami
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's tailfeathers
Future Guardian of Heero's deadly spork
Hatikva Ch.5
"Why are you making me see all this," Heero interrupted his Gundam's
soul. "Why do I have to go through it again?"
After Hatikva/Wing had told him that she wanted him to return with
her, he had refused. She had sat up and made him lie on her lap. When
she placed her fingers on his temples, he started to re-live the
recent incident. Only he wasn't living it in person.
It was rather like reading a book and watching it's movie version
at the same time. He had seen himself and Mariemaia, and had felt her
thoughts, her fears, along with his.
He fought it and when he was able to shake himself out of it, he
asked her why. yet he didn't move from her lap.
"Because it's the only way I can make you see. The only way you'll
come back." She answered. She removed her fingers from his temples
and instead stroked his hair.
Heero thought about her words, how it might affect the outcome.
"It might just have the opposite effect." He finally said. What makes
you so sure I will go back?"
"I'm showing you the events the way I saw them." She smiled, "I saw
things you didn't. I know things you don't. I just want you to have
the whole picture."
"You can read people's minds?" Heero asked. He looked into Hatikva/
Wing's eyes, which were now a bright green, instead of the blue he
remembered.
"Some people are more open than others," She answered, "Quatre
knows how to shield his mind. Yours I can read because of our bond,
and I can read Mariemaia's because of her simmilarities with you. She
was programmed just like you, you know."
Heero nodded absently and touched the nape of his neck. "The first
time someone called me Zero-one I wondered if they knew the truth. But
it was because Lady Une designated the original Wing as Zero-one." He
closed his eyes, "I don't want to back. What's there for me, but the
reminder of the pains and deaths I've caused? At least here, it's
peaceful enough to come to terms with my own ghosts."
"You would only be running away from yourself." Hatikva/Wing said.
"What are you?" Heero opened his eyes. "First you were my most
persistent ghost, then my Gundam and now my shrink?" The next question
he asked in the serious tone of the Perfect Soldier. "Do you think
choosing between life and death is as easy as choosing between eating
with silverware and eating with a spork?"
Hatikva/Wing raised an eyebrow at the question. Then she decided it
was an apportunity to lighten his mood. "Well?" She asked, "What
would you choose?" She smiled, "Between silverware and spork, I mean."
"The spork, of course," Heero answered with a hint of a smile in his
eyes, "Ican use it to drink a Wantan soup and then eat the Wantan." His
eyes darkened again, "I don't have much choice in this matter, do I?
You are going to stay here until I decide to return."
Hatikva/Wing nodded vigorously witha smile that reminded her of Duo,
"Shall I continue?" She asked, placing her left hand on his forehead
and taking his hand with her right.
"Just take a break once in a while," Heero said, "By body may be in
a coma and my mind in a ZERO created world, but it's tiring."
He closed his eyes and allowed Hatikva/Wing's senses to flood him.
This time he was ready for them
************To be continued**********
Sporks in this chapter, sporks in the next, sporks to lighten the mood.
I know someone will like this, right?
Blackthorn Hiei Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Yuy Ayanami
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's tailfeathers
Future Guardian of Heero's deadly spork