SVX: Well here is part 2… I would like to take this moment to wish all my readers a Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas: Lara Winner, Cherry Blossom, and Sabacat I've enjoyed your stories and comments! Merry Christmas everyone!!
A Gundam Christmas Carol-2
Heero stood from his crouched position on the floor and walked towards his room. To tired and disturbed to change out of his close he collapsed on his small cot he called his bed. As he drifted off to sleep he didn't hear the clock tower from the church outside tell the world of the time…1:00am. A bright blinding light filled the small room and awoke Heero from his light sleep. A form began to build in the center of the light and Heero had to shield his eyes from its brilliance. As soon as it had come the light vanished and a tiny child maybe the age of seven stood in his room. The young girl looked so familiar but here white hair and features made her somewhat normal appearance to fade. "Who are you?" Heero was shocked by the tremble in his voice and shook his head.
"I am the ghost of Christmas past, your past," she said her voice echoing eerily in the room.
"But you're just a kid."
"I can remember back as many as a thousand years," she said here blue eyes sparkling. Once again Heero felt that wave of familiarity rush over him as he stared at the spirit. "Shall we."
"Listen I am not about to play along with this little game."
"It is not a game this is your last chance for salvation." She walked towards him and took his hand. He felt like a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders and he couldn't feel the floor beneath him. As soon as the feeling came it stopped and he was standing in a small living room.
"Where are we?"
"This is a moment in your life I don't think you would remember. This is your home when you were very young before operation meteor, before Dr. J." Heero stared at the young girl and then at the rest of the room. A family of three sat on a small couch in front of the fire. A young boy sat on the lap of his parents his blue eyes twinkling with excitement as his Father read from a story book. "This was your family that child is you, do you remember?"
"I really can't say I do." He stared as a pounding came on the door. Before the family could react the house was filled with men. They ripped the family apart and dragged the child out the door kicking, screaming, and crying for his parents. The mother and father struggled against the men but it was in vain as the were shot down.
"They died and you were handed over to Dr. J."
"…" was all he could say.
"Come there is more." She grabbed his hand and that weightless feeling came over him again. This time when he opened his eyes he saw the familiar alliance base. It belonged to a memory he had always tried to forget.
"No please not this," he turned to plead with the tiny spirit but she only stared forward as a younger Heero pressed a small device which set the base on fire. Explosion went everywhere as he watched himself turn to leave. Heero turned to watch a mobile suit fall and knock another into the small apartment building next to it. He watched himself run towards the building and watch it burn. Snow began to fall and the younger Heero walked through the ruble and pick up I tiny bundle of fur matted with blood, then disappear. Heero felt tears stinging his eyes.
"Exactly one year later you saved the Earth," said the young girl.
"But I lost so much…"
"There's another Christmas I'm sure you'll remember," She turned to show Heero working hard on a computer when a young woman his age walked in.
"Heero, please it's Christmas let's spend it together," pleaded Relena as she figited with the hem of her skirt.
"I am just finishing up here and then I am leaving," came his reply with out even looking at her.
"What why Heero, we were so happy and…"
"I can't stay here, I'm leaving and that's final," he interrupted as he brushed past her and walked out the door.
"You loved her," said the tiny spirit staring up at him.
"Yes…she was the first person beside Duo to see past my icy shell," he stared as Relena's weeping figure disappeared.
"You lost Duo as well didn't you?" He turned and glared at her but softened his features.
"Yes I did he died on a mission, we were being paid to kill a man for some reason or another and he got caught. Instead of going back and saving him I went forward and finished the mission. When I came back I was in time to see them kill Duo. I left his body there and…" his voice caught in his throat and he couldn't continue.
"My time is up I hope you learned something from our journey." Heero didn't respond he tucked his head in his hands and sobbed. He didn't even notice his return to his bed. He fell asleep after a while and didn't hear the church clock strike 2:00am.
SVX: Bum Bum Bum well well it's all coming together. This was the end of part 2 I'll hopefully get 3 out before Christmas. Enjoy and keep reading!