Standard disclaimers: you all know them.
Hatikva Ch.6
"So what you're telling me, Heero," Sally said, after hearing the
boy's request, "Is that you've got this gut feeling, and you want me
to exhume Dekim's body?"
"Yes." Heero answered.
They were standing in line in the Preventers HQ's cafeteria. Sally
was holding the line, trying to decide what to eat her Wantan soup
with. Wufei was glaring at her from the table he was reserving for
them, trying to make her hurry up.
"Just to see if he has a scar that nobody in his family, except
his wife, knew about?" Sally asked again. Heero decided for her by
picking a spork from among the forks and spoons and set it on her tray.
"Can't be done." She dead-panned.
"Why?" Heero asked when they seated. "Something legal?"
"That wasn't in my mind." Sally answered, "The body is probably so
decomposed, that if he had a scar, which I don't remember seeing, it
won't be recognizable." She dipped the spork in her soup, stabbed a
Wantan and started eating. "I can show you the morgue pictures, though."
"Working on a case?" Wufei asked, "But I thought Lady Une..."
"Shut up, Wufei." Mariemaia said with a death glare that rivaled
Heero's. "It's none of your business."
Wufei had served under Mariemaia long enough to know that her glare
conveyed more menace than her words. He wondered why she acted like
the Heero sometimes. And she was like that even before she had started
hanging out with the Japanese pilot.
"Then it's personal," Wufei said. "It wouldn't be right to get
involved."
"How about you meet me at the hospital at 5." Sally said. "I've
got his file there." She smiled when Heero nodded. "Until then,
you should both go home to rest. Do your homework..."
"Done." Mariemaia interrupted.
"Then read a book. Play some video games. Do something people your
age normally do, and don't think about this until the time comes."
"I do those things." Mariemaia protested, then smiled as she stood,
"Now I'll have to see if I can get Heero to join me in an old-fashioned
game of Mario Kart."
"Huh?" Heero turned to her at the mention of his name. He had been
watchingbthe cafeteria entrance.
"Let's go to my place," She pulled his arm, "You only have one-player
strategy games, and I get bored just watching you."
Wufei watched them leave the cafeteria, then turned to Sally.
"He's been very distracted lately. Not like him at all." He said,
"Maybe Lady Une should order him to take a vacation."
"I don't blame him," Sally said, "If I were in his place, I would
be jumping at every little sound."
"What do you mean?" Wufei asked, but Sally was already concentrated
on her soup.
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"She knew?" Heero opened his eyes.
"She knew since the first time you met." Hatikva/Wing answered "She
saw the designation tattooed on your nape. So after you escaped, it
was just a matter of putting two plus two together." She cocked her
head. "Then she investigated, though she found nothing. That is until
Dr. J gave her access to your files, when he decided she was good
enough to be your doctor."
"Hmm..." Heero was thoughtful, "Wonder why she never said anything
about it."
"Well, you have a tendency to become aggresive when it comes to
your secrets..." Hatikva/Wing said.
"You're right..." Heero sighed. He stroked Mary's head, who had
curled up and fallen asleep on his stomach. The puppy yawned and
stretched, only to fall asleep again. Heero yawned too and realized
that he was tired.
"I still don't get it." He said, "How can I be in a coma and still
be tired?"
"Beats me." Hatikva/Wing answered, "I can explain a lot of things
but not everything." She stroked the boy's hair and he closed his eyes.
"Do you want to sleep?"
Heero nodded and was asleep before Hatikva/Wing told him he could.
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He woke up a few hours later. As was his habit, he started to
analyze his situation with his sense before opening his eyes. He
slowly recalled having had a conversation with a dead girl that claimed
to have been reborn in his Gundam, and what she had made him see.
'Am I really in a coma and talking with her, or was it all just a
really weird dream?' He asked himself. For an answer, he heard
someone humming to him, and he was on that persons lap. 'Relena? No,
her voice is diffeent.' He had never actually heard the song she
was humming, but somehow he knew the lyrics by heart.
"When veils of silence lay them down," He started singing along
with the humming, "And no one seems to be around... I know that song."
He said opening his eyes.
"You should," Hatikva/Wing smiled gently, "Your mother used to sing
it to you when you were a baby." Before Heero could ask, she added. "I
got a good look at your subconscious when you first piloted the Wing
ZERO. I liked it and learned it."
"I see..." Heero said softly, "Mother... I don't remember her...
wonder what became of her..."
"Huh? Did you say something?"
"Nothing," Heero shook his head, "Well, are you going to continue?"
"Ah, yes!" Hatikva/Wing grinned, "Where were we..."
************To be continued**********
The sporks strike again! I even found a way to put them in the next
chapter.
The song Hatikva/Wing (whom I'll just call Hatikva from now on) was
humming and Heero started singing is called 'Good night' from Fool's
Garden. It's in the 'Go and ask Peggy for the Principal Thing' album.
I've always loved that song, and it somehow feels right to sing it
to Heero
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
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork
Hatikva Ch.6
"So what you're telling me, Heero," Sally said, after hearing the
boy's request, "Is that you've got this gut feeling, and you want me
to exhume Dekim's body?"
"Yes." Heero answered.
They were standing in line in the Preventers HQ's cafeteria. Sally
was holding the line, trying to decide what to eat her Wantan soup
with. Wufei was glaring at her from the table he was reserving for
them, trying to make her hurry up.
"Just to see if he has a scar that nobody in his family, except
his wife, knew about?" Sally asked again. Heero decided for her by
picking a spork from among the forks and spoons and set it on her tray.
"Can't be done." She dead-panned.
"Why?" Heero asked when they seated. "Something legal?"
"That wasn't in my mind." Sally answered, "The body is probably so
decomposed, that if he had a scar, which I don't remember seeing, it
won't be recognizable." She dipped the spork in her soup, stabbed a
Wantan and started eating. "I can show you the morgue pictures, though."
"Working on a case?" Wufei asked, "But I thought Lady Une..."
"Shut up, Wufei." Mariemaia said with a death glare that rivaled
Heero's. "It's none of your business."
Wufei had served under Mariemaia long enough to know that her glare
conveyed more menace than her words. He wondered why she acted like
the Heero sometimes. And she was like that even before she had started
hanging out with the Japanese pilot.
"Then it's personal," Wufei said. "It wouldn't be right to get
involved."
"How about you meet me at the hospital at 5." Sally said. "I've
got his file there." She smiled when Heero nodded. "Until then,
you should both go home to rest. Do your homework..."
"Done." Mariemaia interrupted.
"Then read a book. Play some video games. Do something people your
age normally do, and don't think about this until the time comes."
"I do those things." Mariemaia protested, then smiled as she stood,
"Now I'll have to see if I can get Heero to join me in an old-fashioned
game of Mario Kart."
"Huh?" Heero turned to her at the mention of his name. He had been
watchingbthe cafeteria entrance.
"Let's go to my place," She pulled his arm, "You only have one-player
strategy games, and I get bored just watching you."
Wufei watched them leave the cafeteria, then turned to Sally.
"He's been very distracted lately. Not like him at all." He said,
"Maybe Lady Une should order him to take a vacation."
"I don't blame him," Sally said, "If I were in his place, I would
be jumping at every little sound."
"What do you mean?" Wufei asked, but Sally was already concentrated
on her soup.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
"She knew?" Heero opened his eyes.
"She knew since the first time you met." Hatikva/Wing answered "She
saw the designation tattooed on your nape. So after you escaped, it
was just a matter of putting two plus two together." She cocked her
head. "Then she investigated, though she found nothing. That is until
Dr. J gave her access to your files, when he decided she was good
enough to be your doctor."
"Hmm..." Heero was thoughtful, "Wonder why she never said anything
about it."
"Well, you have a tendency to become aggresive when it comes to
your secrets..." Hatikva/Wing said.
"You're right..." Heero sighed. He stroked Mary's head, who had
curled up and fallen asleep on his stomach. The puppy yawned and
stretched, only to fall asleep again. Heero yawned too and realized
that he was tired.
"I still don't get it." He said, "How can I be in a coma and still
be tired?"
"Beats me." Hatikva/Wing answered, "I can explain a lot of things
but not everything." She stroked the boy's hair and he closed his eyes.
"Do you want to sleep?"
Heero nodded and was asleep before Hatikva/Wing told him he could.
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He woke up a few hours later. As was his habit, he started to
analyze his situation with his sense before opening his eyes. He
slowly recalled having had a conversation with a dead girl that claimed
to have been reborn in his Gundam, and what she had made him see.
'Am I really in a coma and talking with her, or was it all just a
really weird dream?' He asked himself. For an answer, he heard
someone humming to him, and he was on that persons lap. 'Relena? No,
her voice is diffeent.' He had never actually heard the song she
was humming, but somehow he knew the lyrics by heart.
"When veils of silence lay them down," He started singing along
with the humming, "And no one seems to be around... I know that song."
He said opening his eyes.
"You should," Hatikva/Wing smiled gently, "Your mother used to sing
it to you when you were a baby." Before Heero could ask, she added. "I
got a good look at your subconscious when you first piloted the Wing
ZERO. I liked it and learned it."
"I see..." Heero said softly, "Mother... I don't remember her...
wonder what became of her..."
"Huh? Did you say something?"
"Nothing," Heero shook his head, "Well, are you going to continue?"
"Ah, yes!" Hatikva/Wing grinned, "Where were we..."
************To be continued**********
The sporks strike again! I even found a way to put them in the next
chapter.
The song Hatikva/Wing (whom I'll just call Hatikva from now on) was
humming and Heero started singing is called 'Good night' from Fool's
Garden. It's in the 'Go and ask Peggy for the Principal Thing' album.
I've always loved that song, and it somehow feels right to sing it
to Heero
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
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork