Torn between the Past and the Present
Part 10
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Hi. This story may get very religious. If you don't believe in that kind of thing or if you don't believe in Christianity, you may not want to read this.
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Disclaimer: I do not own gundam wing.
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When they finally reached the mansion, Amber had stopped crying and had told Heero and Relena what she was told on the phone.
"Oh my God," Amber said when they reached the mansion. Blood was everywhere : on the walls, on the grass, on the injured and dead.
"This looks like…a nightmare," Relena whispered. There was no other way to describe it. Ambulances and police cars were everywhere. The dead bodies on the ground were all over the place, barely an inch between them. People were walking over them. On the balconies, dead bodies hung over the railings. Those few that were alive were critically injured and needed medical attention.
Heero and the girls made there way to one of the ambulances. Duo and Quarte were inside. When Duo saw Heero, he began rambling.
"I'm so sorry. We should have warned them. I'm so sorry Heero. I'm so sorry. We've should of listen to Cathy and told them. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry…," he continued on until Heero got in to the ambulance and knelt before Duo.
"Duo, listen to me. There was nothing you could have done. If there was, they would be here right now. Warning them wouldn't have made a different. There was nothing you could have done. Your lucky you are alive. It would have been impossible to defend yourself and Reuben, Samantha, and Sophie. Do you understand?" Heero asked.
"But Heero…" Dou began before Heero cut in.
"Do you understand?" he pressed on with a hard edge in his voice.
"Yes," Duo said, giving up on that argument.
"Good," Heero said. Then he stood up and got out of the ambulance. Heero, Amber, and Relena watched it pull away.
"Do you really believe that?" Amber said.
"I have to," Heero responded.
"Why?" Amber asked.
"Because then I'll began questioning my beliefs," Heero said and began to go question a policeman.
"Are you going to be alright?" Relena asked.
"I'll be as fine as I can be. What about you, you're not goin' to blame this on yourself, are you?" Amber asked.
"No," Relena lied. Of course she was blaming herself. If she hadn't gone off without her bodyguard to get some peace, Heero Yuy and his family wouldn't be here right now. His children wouldn't be kidnapped right now.
"Your lyin'. This isn't your fault Relena. You had no idea this would happen, alright?" Amber said.
"Alright, let's get inside," Relena said.
"That sounds good," Amber said.
"Reuben, do you know where we are?" Sophie asked. They were sitting in a room. They barely could see each other.
"What do you think?" Reuben said angrily.
"You don't have to bite my head off," Sophie said.
"I don't have to do a lot of things," Reuben said.
"What does that mean?" Sophie said close to yelling.
"Figure it out," Reuben said, almost yelling himself.
"SHUT UP, THE BOTH OF YOU!" Sammy yelled at her brother and sister. They stared at her direction in shock.
"Look, I'm sorry but we've got to work together if we're goin' to get out alive," Sammy said. She eyed them and Reuben began to apologize.
"I'm sorry, Sophie. I shouldn't have lost my temper," Reuben said.
"It's alright, I shouldn't ask stupid questions," Sophie said.
"This is true," Reuben said. You could hear his smile in his voice.
"So exactly how are we goin' to get out?" Sammy asked.
"Well, it goin' to be hard. Most of the people dead at the mansion were the guards but a lot of the injured were members of this group. Which means they're good but not excellent," Sophie said.
"How do you know about the dead and wounded?" Reuben asked.
"Weren't you listenin' in the van? It was all those jerks talked about," Sophie answered.
"No, I was tryin' to remember what direction they were goin' in.," Reuben said.
"Anyway, they could kill us if anyone of them fought with one of us. But they kidnapped us for a reason so they may not try to kill us. The question is what's the reason?" Sophie pondered out loud.
"Ransom? They get Relena and our parents get us?" Reuben suggested.
"Maybe…what do you think Sammy?" Sophie asked.
"I don't know," she said. They continued to think.
"It's worst in here than it is out there, isn't it?" Amber said as she and Relena stepped inside the mansion. Relena could just nod her head. Bodies were everywhere: on furniture, on the floor and on the staircases. A stench filled the air.
"This is worst than the wars," Relena said.
"Yeah, it is," Amber said.
"How do you know, you would have eight years old, wouldn't you?" Relena asked.
"Actually I was twelve and my parents were White Fang assassins and took me along for the ride," Amber said bitterly.
"So your twenty-nine years old then?" Relena said softly, trying to change the subject.
"Yeah, how old did you think I was?" Amber asked.
"Twenty-five," Relena said.
"So does everyone else. Let's go find Heero and get out of here," Amber said.
"Alright," Relena said. They walked outside and saw Heero kneeling beside one of the dead bodies. Amber and Relena walked over to him.
"Heero, what are you doing?" Amber asked. Heero just handed her something. Relena looked to see what it was. It was a picture of a woman and a child. The child was a girl and had long red hair and green eyes. The woman had red wine-colored hair and brown eyes.
"That's my mother and me and that man on the ground is my father," Amber said in disbelief. The man had had blonde hair.
"Are you going to be alright, Amb?" Heero asked quietly.
"Maybe, I just found out my father's dead and the group he worked for kidnap my children. I think I'll live," Amber said, angrily. Heero was silent.
"They're my children too, you know," he finally said.
"I know, I'm sorry. It just I've never done this before," Amber said, going in to tears again. Heero got up and put his arm around her. They stayed like that for a few minutes with Relena watching.
"Maybe we should go now," Relena said.
"Yeah, that sounds good," Amber said. They tracked to the garage and got into Relena's car with Heero driving and the girls in the back seat. They drove for awhile not going anywhere and saying nothing.
"Do you want to go hospital now?" Heero asked after awhile.
"Yeah," Relena said.
"Alright," Heero said. He drove to the Sank Kingdom Hospital. When they got in, they walked up to the receptionist's desk.
"Hello and welcome to the Sank Kingdom Hospital. How may I help?" the receptionist asked, bored.
"We're here to visit ten people in the Peacecraft Mansion attack," Heero said.
"Ten! Well…I'm sorry but most of those people are in surgery right now or in ICU," the receptionist said.
"I see. Could I tell you their names and have you see if any of them are out of ICU or not in surgery?" Heero asked.
"I suppose it wouldn't hurt. Give me the first name," the receptionist said.
"Duo Maxwells." The receptionist typed in the name into her computer.
"Surgery."
"Chang Wufei."
"ICU."
"Quarte R. Winner."
"ICU."
"Trowa Barton."
"We have a winner. He's in room 302 on the fourth floor. Is there any thing else I can do for you?"
"Not at the moment. Thank you," Heero said. He and the girls walked to an elevator. They got on and Heero pressed the button with the number four on it. The elevator slowly made it's way to the fourth floor. They walk the halls till they found room 302. They open the door.
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I'll finish this here. Please review. And thanks to everyone that did.
Ja ne,
Pinkmoon