Standard disclaimers: you all know them.
Hatikva Ch.17
It was dark. Again. But this time the darkness was warm. What was it about
dead people and darkness? Heero thought.
He could hear someone humming in the distance. It was the same song that
Hatikva had sang earlier to him. He decided that the best thing to do was to
simply follow it to it's source.
After a while, he found himself in Wing ZERO's cockpit, flying between
Earth and the moon. Then he became Wing ZERO. Looking around he saw Hatikva
flying to his right, Relena on his left and Mariemaia above him. He had
to laugh out loud.
He was dreaming.
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"I wonder what he's dreaming about." Mariemaia said looking at Heero's
serene face. "Probably something silly, like the things I usually dream."
"And what were you dreaming just now?" Hatikva stopped singing long enough
to ask.
"I was stupid, really." Mariemaia answered, blushing a bit, "Someone was
singing the song you're singing. Relena, Heero and you were in it too. We
were mobile suits, and looking for the origin of the song."
"That's funny... I was dreaming the same thing..." Hatikva was
thoughtful.
"You sleep?" Somehow, Mariemaia found strange the idea of a sleeping mobile
suit.
"Sleeping is a need of the mind, too. Not only of the body." Hatikva smiled.
"But it wasn´t your voice singing... it was someone else's."
"That song is one of the few memories Heero has of his mother... or at least
someone close to him."
¨She has a nice voice..." Mariemaia looked at Heero, "I wonder if we'll ever
met her." She turned to Hatikva. "What about you? Will you stick around forever?"
"As long as he needs me," The wing girl answered," Which might be forever."
She added with a smile.
Mariemaia's eyes narrowed a bit. "Just keep in mind that he's my big brother
and you'll have to answer to me."
"I'll keep that in mind." Hatikva reassured her, wondering if the red-haired
girl didn't have a crush on the japanese pilot. She wouldn't be surprised
though. He had that effect on people, even when he was at his most
intimidating.
Her mind would have delved deeper into the subject but the ddor opened and
Sally walked in, followed by Quatre and Lady Une. The women looked warily at
the strange girl. Quatre smiled at her and bowed.
"Thanks for bringing him back to us." The arabian pilot said.
Hatikva bowed back, "You don't have to thank me." She answered.
"Who is she?" Sally asked Quatre, "Does she have a clearance to be here?"
"Oh yes. I forgot." Quatre smiled sheepeshly. "Sally, Miss Une, this is
Wing."
"Wing? Heero's Gundam?" Lady Une looked over the girl, who wore a black
kimono embroidered with gold and silver feathers and tied with a violet obi.
On her forehead was a small green jewel. "You don't look like a
Gundam at all."
"That's the idea." Hatikva replied.
In the mean time, Mariemaia found the conversation funny and was trying hard
not to giggle loud. Specially since she was only who had noticed was
Heero was burningholes through everyone with invisible lasers from his glaring eyes.
"Look," the japanese said, when the arguing wether Hatikva was a Gundam or
not continued, "I understand you're concerned about my health and safety, but
could you take your discussion outside? I'm trying to sleep."
"Heero..." Lady Une started, but was interrupted by Quatre who started to
drag her out.
"I'll talk with him." Quatre said as he went after Sally. "I'll go with you
later." He closed the door, leaned on it and turned to Heero, smiling, "How
are you feeling?"
"Drowsy." Heero replied and stretched. "But I believe I'll be out in a couple
of days." He looked around and finnaly looked out the window. The cloudless sky
was so clear that it matched the shade of Dorothy's eyes. 'Why did she pop up?'
Heero thought suddenly, 'Mariemaia's eyes are the same shade.' "Where are we?"
he asked instead.
"At the Preventers' hospital in the Sanc Kingdom." Mariemaia answered, and
Heero just nodded.
Mariemaia, Hatikva and Quatre looked at each other, then Quatre thought to
ask cautiously, "Do you remember anything?"
"Other than What Wing showed me?" Heero continued staring outside. On the
branch of a tree, a black cat was licking her paws. "A little. Mostly it's
Dekim beating me up. and there was this constant humming... must have been on
a colony." he turned suddenly and fixed his gaze on Quatre, "But don't ask
me to show you the way, 'cause I don't remember."
"It's probably better that way." Quatre said and Heero nodded.
"HEERO!" They heard someone on the other side of the door.
"Relena..." Heero groaned. he wanted to sleep more, but with the Vice
Foreing Minister in the room, it was going to be impossible. He could already
imagine her glomping him...
"I'll take care of her," Quatre put his hand on the knob. "You get some rest
and we'll see you tomorrow."
"'Kay." Heero started to get comfortable under the blanket.
"And you," Quatre turned to Mariemaia, "You should go home now and prepare
for school."
"Her classes start next week, Mr. Winner." Hatikva smiled, "You shouldn't
worry about such things."
"Alright." Quatre nodded and prepared to leave, when he remembered something
else, "Oh, and Heero, Lady Une plans to order you on vacation when you're out."
"Knowing them, Dr J is probably enrolling me in a school as far away from
any Preventers' base as possible." Heero sighed and Mariemaia giggled. He turned
to Quatre and glared at him. "We're Gundam pilots. We fought a war and saved the
world. Why do we still have legal guardians?"
"Being able to to fend off for ourselves doesn´t change the fact that we're
still underage in the eyes of the law." Quatre answered. Before he opened the
door, he smiled warmly at Heero, "Welcome back."
Heero watched Quatre leave, heard Relena protest about not being able to see
him, then turned again to the window. "Somehow I thought I was still in the
colony." He finally said as his mind registered that there was a sharp division
between mountains and sky, and that no ground curved upwards. The cat on the
tree was looking at him now. Their eyes met, "That cat... her gaze's familiar.."
"She was at the compound when you attacked." Hatikva answered, "She tripped
the alarms and you used that to get in. She was recently adopted by a
private called Jono."
The cat meowed softly and jumped down the tree. Heero yawned then sighed.
He knew he was going to have nightmares for at least two months. And he just
knew he was going to have a hard time getting back to what he had as a
slightly normal life.
He looked at Mariemaia who was beaming at him and at Wing who simply
nodded. And he knew that the answer was a simple one. He had many friends
willing to help. He just had to discard his pride and training to
accept it.
*********To be continued**********
finally finished. I know, I suck at dream sequences. And there's
still one more
chapter left to go.
Blackthorn Hiei Heero Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Ayanami Shinohara Gowa
Recently self-appointed Preventer Wing
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.17
It was dark. Again. But this time the darkness was warm. What was it about
dead people and darkness? Heero thought.
He could hear someone humming in the distance. It was the same song that
Hatikva had sang earlier to him. He decided that the best thing to do was to
simply follow it to it's source.
After a while, he found himself in Wing ZERO's cockpit, flying between
Earth and the moon. Then he became Wing ZERO. Looking around he saw Hatikva
flying to his right, Relena on his left and Mariemaia above him. He had
to laugh out loud.
He was dreaming.
*********************************
"I wonder what he's dreaming about." Mariemaia said looking at Heero's
serene face. "Probably something silly, like the things I usually dream."
"And what were you dreaming just now?" Hatikva stopped singing long enough
to ask.
"I was stupid, really." Mariemaia answered, blushing a bit, "Someone was
singing the song you're singing. Relena, Heero and you were in it too. We
were mobile suits, and looking for the origin of the song."
"That's funny... I was dreaming the same thing..." Hatikva was
thoughtful.
"You sleep?" Somehow, Mariemaia found strange the idea of a sleeping mobile
suit.
"Sleeping is a need of the mind, too. Not only of the body." Hatikva smiled.
"But it wasn´t your voice singing... it was someone else's."
"That song is one of the few memories Heero has of his mother... or at least
someone close to him."
¨She has a nice voice..." Mariemaia looked at Heero, "I wonder if we'll ever
met her." She turned to Hatikva. "What about you? Will you stick around forever?"
"As long as he needs me," The wing girl answered," Which might be forever."
She added with a smile.
Mariemaia's eyes narrowed a bit. "Just keep in mind that he's my big brother
and you'll have to answer to me."
"I'll keep that in mind." Hatikva reassured her, wondering if the red-haired
girl didn't have a crush on the japanese pilot. She wouldn't be surprised
though. He had that effect on people, even when he was at his most
intimidating.
Her mind would have delved deeper into the subject but the ddor opened and
Sally walked in, followed by Quatre and Lady Une. The women looked warily at
the strange girl. Quatre smiled at her and bowed.
"Thanks for bringing him back to us." The arabian pilot said.
Hatikva bowed back, "You don't have to thank me." She answered.
"Who is she?" Sally asked Quatre, "Does she have a clearance to be here?"
"Oh yes. I forgot." Quatre smiled sheepeshly. "Sally, Miss Une, this is
Wing."
"Wing? Heero's Gundam?" Lady Une looked over the girl, who wore a black
kimono embroidered with gold and silver feathers and tied with a violet obi.
On her forehead was a small green jewel. "You don't look like a
Gundam at all."
"That's the idea." Hatikva replied.
In the mean time, Mariemaia found the conversation funny and was trying hard
not to giggle loud. Specially since she was only who had noticed was
Heero was burningholes through everyone with invisible lasers from his glaring eyes.
"Look," the japanese said, when the arguing wether Hatikva was a Gundam or
not continued, "I understand you're concerned about my health and safety, but
could you take your discussion outside? I'm trying to sleep."
"Heero..." Lady Une started, but was interrupted by Quatre who started to
drag her out.
"I'll talk with him." Quatre said as he went after Sally. "I'll go with you
later." He closed the door, leaned on it and turned to Heero, smiling, "How
are you feeling?"
"Drowsy." Heero replied and stretched. "But I believe I'll be out in a couple
of days." He looked around and finnaly looked out the window. The cloudless sky
was so clear that it matched the shade of Dorothy's eyes. 'Why did she pop up?'
Heero thought suddenly, 'Mariemaia's eyes are the same shade.' "Where are we?"
he asked instead.
"At the Preventers' hospital in the Sanc Kingdom." Mariemaia answered, and
Heero just nodded.
Mariemaia, Hatikva and Quatre looked at each other, then Quatre thought to
ask cautiously, "Do you remember anything?"
"Other than What Wing showed me?" Heero continued staring outside. On the
branch of a tree, a black cat was licking her paws. "A little. Mostly it's
Dekim beating me up. and there was this constant humming... must have been on
a colony." he turned suddenly and fixed his gaze on Quatre, "But don't ask
me to show you the way, 'cause I don't remember."
"It's probably better that way." Quatre said and Heero nodded.
"HEERO!" They heard someone on the other side of the door.
"Relena..." Heero groaned. he wanted to sleep more, but with the Vice
Foreing Minister in the room, it was going to be impossible. He could already
imagine her glomping him...
"I'll take care of her," Quatre put his hand on the knob. "You get some rest
and we'll see you tomorrow."
"'Kay." Heero started to get comfortable under the blanket.
"And you," Quatre turned to Mariemaia, "You should go home now and prepare
for school."
"Her classes start next week, Mr. Winner." Hatikva smiled, "You shouldn't
worry about such things."
"Alright." Quatre nodded and prepared to leave, when he remembered something
else, "Oh, and Heero, Lady Une plans to order you on vacation when you're out."
"Knowing them, Dr J is probably enrolling me in a school as far away from
any Preventers' base as possible." Heero sighed and Mariemaia giggled. He turned
to Quatre and glared at him. "We're Gundam pilots. We fought a war and saved the
world. Why do we still have legal guardians?"
"Being able to to fend off for ourselves doesn´t change the fact that we're
still underage in the eyes of the law." Quatre answered. Before he opened the
door, he smiled warmly at Heero, "Welcome back."
Heero watched Quatre leave, heard Relena protest about not being able to see
him, then turned again to the window. "Somehow I thought I was still in the
colony." He finally said as his mind registered that there was a sharp division
between mountains and sky, and that no ground curved upwards. The cat on the
tree was looking at him now. Their eyes met, "That cat... her gaze's familiar.."
"She was at the compound when you attacked." Hatikva answered, "She tripped
the alarms and you used that to get in. She was recently adopted by a
private called Jono."
The cat meowed softly and jumped down the tree. Heero yawned then sighed.
He knew he was going to have nightmares for at least two months. And he just
knew he was going to have a hard time getting back to what he had as a
slightly normal life.
He looked at Mariemaia who was beaming at him and at Wing who simply
nodded. And he knew that the answer was a simple one. He had many friends
willing to help. He just had to discard his pride and training to
accept it.
*********To be continued**********
finally finished. I know, I suck at dream sequences. And there's
still one more
chapter left to go.
Blackthorn Hiei Heero Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Ayanami Shinohara Gowa
Recently self-appointed Preventer Wing
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