Standard disclaimers: you all know them.
Hatikva Ch.16
It was dark. Pitch black. But when he looked down he clearly saw
his hands. He could also see Hatikva, despite the darkness.
"Where's Mary?" Was the first thing he thought to ask.
"We'll have to look for her later," The girl answered, "Come. We
still have to pick someone before we head back."
Heero hurried up after her, not wanting to loose her in the
darkness.
After a while they walked up to a war-torn city. He froze when he
recognized the ruins. It was the apartment complex where Hatikva had
died.
"Heero..." Hatikva said, "This isn't easy for me, either."
"Where exactly are we?" Heero asked softly, "It looks like somewhere
inside me."
"This is where your guilt lies." She made her way through the
rubble, looking for something. She finally popped up from behind a
fallen wall. "Come here." She called the pilot.
Heero reluctantly walked towards her and found himself staring at a
young boy who looked exactly like himself.
The boy was curled up against the wall, trembling, clearly afraid.
"Is he... Is he a part of myself?" Heero asked softly.
"He was the part of you that Dekim tried to kill." Hatikva
answered. She noticed that the boy cringed at the mention of the dead
man's name. "Relena and Mariemaia had managed to make him loose his
fear and come out, but... the recent..." She trailed off, trying to
find an appropiate word, "incident, made him panic and hide deeper
within you."
"I always come back here, don't I?" Heero said, kneeling in front
of the child. He extended his hand, palm up.
"It's the safest place to hide." Hatikva answered. "After all, no
one would think to look for you in the place you suffered the most."
Heero nodded. How true it was.
The child looked at Heero's empty hand. His eyes moved to Hatikva
and again to Heero. He stopped trembling, yet his eyes still showed
fear.
"Is she an angel?" The child asked Heero.
"More or less." Heero answered with small smile, "She's going to
take us home."
"Home?" The boy asked, "Where's home?" The boy looked away from
Heero, tears pooling in his eyes. "Odin didn't care. He died and left
me alone... everyone else just wants to hurt me... some even try to
kill me..."
"I know..." Heero whispered, "I understand..." He took the boy's
hand, "But the people we met on Earth... they want to help us... even
when it's hard for me to accept their help... " He trailed off, not
knowing what else to say. "Dekim's dead." He finally said. "He won't
hurt us anymore." He offered his other hand to the child.
"Is the angel lady coming with us?"
Hatikva knelt next to Heero and smiled. "Sure. After all, you two
are the reason I'm still alive."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Mariemaia's eyes snapped open when she felt Heero's hand twitch.
She looked up and saw Hatikva standing next to her.
The winged girl's hand moved to touch the boy's cheek while her
green eyes turned to Mariemaia.
"Did you do it?" the red-haired girl asked. "Is he coming back?"
"He is." Hatikva smiled, "Just let him sleep a bit. What we went
through was very exhausting, even when he got to nap a couple of
times..." She yawned. It was more a reflex than a real need, "I'm
tired too, I'm going back to the hangar to rest."
"Won't you be here when he wakes up?" Mariemaia said, "He'll
probably expect you to be here."
"I'll know when he's ready to wake up." Hatikva smiled while
stretching her wings, "You should rest too..."
Mariemaia jumped from the bed, "Would you wait up for me?" She
asked, "I'll go tell Lady Une so that she tells the others. I'll be
back soon."
Hatikva nodded and turned her attention back to the sleeping boy.
"You'll see Heero," She whispered, "A lot of people care about you."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Dr. J was alone in the hangar, the other scientist having gone to
grab lunch. He looked at the angel-winged Gundam, feeling a little sad
because he hadn't participated in it's constrution or it's upgrading.
Though he had been involved in it's original design, all the credit
went to Quatre, Heero and a handful of technicians.
"Did you know you are Heero's vision of what the Gundams should
have been?" He said loudly, before he realized he was talking to a
machine. He laughed out loud when he noticed what he was doing and
decided to continue. After all, Heero talked to Wing all the time. "I
would love to know what's going on inside you. To see which ghost
from Heero's past decided to protect him instead of haunt him."
He heard footsteps and he turned to the entrance. It was Meyers,
the engineer who had worked in the reconstruction of the original
Wing, and had later helped Heero with the re-design of Wing ZERO.
"Still active?" Meyers stood next to the scientist. When Dr. J
nodded, he shook his head and shivered. "It gives me the creeps."
After a long silence, he continued, "Lady Une called and left you a
message. She says that Heero will be waking up soon."
"Looks like she did it." Dr. J grinned looking at the Gundam's face.
"'She', sir?" Meyers also looked up. "You mean the Wing ZERO?"
"The spirit within Wing ZERO." Dr. J turned to Meyers, "It feels
right to refer to Wing ZERO as female, doesn't it?" He shoved his hands
in his lab coat and turned his back to the Gundam, "Despite the fact
that we created the ZERO System, we only understand a fraction of it."
He started walking out of the hangar, "Tell Lady Une I'll be returning
to L-1. Considering the fact that I was somehow responsibloe for what
happened, I doubt Heero will want to see my face for a while."
"What about Wing ZERO? What if she keeps acting weird?" Meyers
asked.
"Heero trusts you are able to handle any situation, so that's enough
for me." With that Dr. J ended the conversation and left the hangar.
"It may be true," Meyers said to himself, "But Heero never said what
I should do if Wing ZERO started moving on it's own." He looked again
at the Gundam, "Don't think on walking around by yourself." He told
the Gundam, before leaving the hangar.
************To be continued**********
Blackthorn Hiei Heero Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Ayanami Shinohara
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's feathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork
Hatikva Ch.16
It was dark. Pitch black. But when he looked down he clearly saw
his hands. He could also see Hatikva, despite the darkness.
"Where's Mary?" Was the first thing he thought to ask.
"We'll have to look for her later," The girl answered, "Come. We
still have to pick someone before we head back."
Heero hurried up after her, not wanting to loose her in the
darkness.
After a while they walked up to a war-torn city. He froze when he
recognized the ruins. It was the apartment complex where Hatikva had
died.
"Heero..." Hatikva said, "This isn't easy for me, either."
"Where exactly are we?" Heero asked softly, "It looks like somewhere
inside me."
"This is where your guilt lies." She made her way through the
rubble, looking for something. She finally popped up from behind a
fallen wall. "Come here." She called the pilot.
Heero reluctantly walked towards her and found himself staring at a
young boy who looked exactly like himself.
The boy was curled up against the wall, trembling, clearly afraid.
"Is he... Is he a part of myself?" Heero asked softly.
"He was the part of you that Dekim tried to kill." Hatikva
answered. She noticed that the boy cringed at the mention of the dead
man's name. "Relena and Mariemaia had managed to make him loose his
fear and come out, but... the recent..." She trailed off, trying to
find an appropiate word, "incident, made him panic and hide deeper
within you."
"I always come back here, don't I?" Heero said, kneeling in front
of the child. He extended his hand, palm up.
"It's the safest place to hide." Hatikva answered. "After all, no
one would think to look for you in the place you suffered the most."
Heero nodded. How true it was.
The child looked at Heero's empty hand. His eyes moved to Hatikva
and again to Heero. He stopped trembling, yet his eyes still showed
fear.
"Is she an angel?" The child asked Heero.
"More or less." Heero answered with small smile, "She's going to
take us home."
"Home?" The boy asked, "Where's home?" The boy looked away from
Heero, tears pooling in his eyes. "Odin didn't care. He died and left
me alone... everyone else just wants to hurt me... some even try to
kill me..."
"I know..." Heero whispered, "I understand..." He took the boy's
hand, "But the people we met on Earth... they want to help us... even
when it's hard for me to accept their help... " He trailed off, not
knowing what else to say. "Dekim's dead." He finally said. "He won't
hurt us anymore." He offered his other hand to the child.
"Is the angel lady coming with us?"
Hatikva knelt next to Heero and smiled. "Sure. After all, you two
are the reason I'm still alive."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Mariemaia's eyes snapped open when she felt Heero's hand twitch.
She looked up and saw Hatikva standing next to her.
The winged girl's hand moved to touch the boy's cheek while her
green eyes turned to Mariemaia.
"Did you do it?" the red-haired girl asked. "Is he coming back?"
"He is." Hatikva smiled, "Just let him sleep a bit. What we went
through was very exhausting, even when he got to nap a couple of
times..." She yawned. It was more a reflex than a real need, "I'm
tired too, I'm going back to the hangar to rest."
"Won't you be here when he wakes up?" Mariemaia said, "He'll
probably expect you to be here."
"I'll know when he's ready to wake up." Hatikva smiled while
stretching her wings, "You should rest too..."
Mariemaia jumped from the bed, "Would you wait up for me?" She
asked, "I'll go tell Lady Une so that she tells the others. I'll be
back soon."
Hatikva nodded and turned her attention back to the sleeping boy.
"You'll see Heero," She whispered, "A lot of people care about you."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Dr. J was alone in the hangar, the other scientist having gone to
grab lunch. He looked at the angel-winged Gundam, feeling a little sad
because he hadn't participated in it's constrution or it's upgrading.
Though he had been involved in it's original design, all the credit
went to Quatre, Heero and a handful of technicians.
"Did you know you are Heero's vision of what the Gundams should
have been?" He said loudly, before he realized he was talking to a
machine. He laughed out loud when he noticed what he was doing and
decided to continue. After all, Heero talked to Wing all the time. "I
would love to know what's going on inside you. To see which ghost
from Heero's past decided to protect him instead of haunt him."
He heard footsteps and he turned to the entrance. It was Meyers,
the engineer who had worked in the reconstruction of the original
Wing, and had later helped Heero with the re-design of Wing ZERO.
"Still active?" Meyers stood next to the scientist. When Dr. J
nodded, he shook his head and shivered. "It gives me the creeps."
After a long silence, he continued, "Lady Une called and left you a
message. She says that Heero will be waking up soon."
"Looks like she did it." Dr. J grinned looking at the Gundam's face.
"'She', sir?" Meyers also looked up. "You mean the Wing ZERO?"
"The spirit within Wing ZERO." Dr. J turned to Meyers, "It feels
right to refer to Wing ZERO as female, doesn't it?" He shoved his hands
in his lab coat and turned his back to the Gundam, "Despite the fact
that we created the ZERO System, we only understand a fraction of it."
He started walking out of the hangar, "Tell Lady Une I'll be returning
to L-1. Considering the fact that I was somehow responsibloe for what
happened, I doubt Heero will want to see my face for a while."
"What about Wing ZERO? What if she keeps acting weird?" Meyers
asked.
"Heero trusts you are able to handle any situation, so that's enough
for me." With that Dr. J ended the conversation and left the hangar.
"It may be true," Meyers said to himself, "But Heero never said what
I should do if Wing ZERO started moving on it's own." He looked again
at the Gundam, "Don't think on walking around by yourself." He told
the Gundam, before leaving the hangar.
************To be continued**********
Blackthorn Hiei Heero Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Ayanami Shinohara
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's feathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork